As a competitor, you want to be out there in the fire with your teammates.

As someone who loves being on the field with his teammates, it's hard to hear that you're not going to be the one playing.

You need to have laser focus on doing your job.

If you stay present and don't look too far ahead - or in the rearview mirror - everything will work out.

I could probably stand up and have a press conference and thank 100 guys within that Denver organization, along with all those teammates I played with.

Any competitor would be frustrated in that moment... but it certainly made sense what Coach Kubiak did for the playoff run. I got replaced by Peyton Manning... I think we all know who is going to play in the game.