Everyone understands that the Old Steel Bridge is going to be closed at some point. Once it is, there needs to be a safe way for traffic to get onto the highway.

After looking things over, the engineers said they didn't think there was any kind of structural failure. They also thought that, rather than take everything off, we could just replace the wear boards and some of the transverse planks.

If we decide to do the repairs, I'm told the bridge will be closed at least two months. Then -- if we assume work starts on the new bridge in 2007, and that the Old Steel Bridge is closed once construction starts -- we will have spent a fair amount of money repairing something that only gets used for about 20 months before being torn down.

All A.B. needs to do is keep on doing what he's doing. Everybody has to raise their level of play, not just A.B. Everybody else has to pick up the load around him. Guys have got to fill in and do their jobs. They've got to do what Mr. Benson pays them to do.

He's really easy to get along with and he knows what he needs to do on the field and just goes out and does it.

The East Wing was the kind of building that this project needs to become. It still looks fresh. We wanted that timeless quality.