I think we made a little mistake last year not throwing him in there sooner. He would have struggled a little bit, but when he did play, he was very good.

I did realize how hard it was. I think coaches realize it a little bit sooner than players do. I had hoped that we would have been able to do it a little sooner than we have done it, but you know things happen along the way.

So that was a little bit scary there. That should have been done a little sooner, in my opinion.

I know he's not very polished, ... But he'll fit in perfectly with my new eight-year plan to get this team to the divisional round of the playoffs.

I think we had a little addition by subtraction this year and more guys bought into what we were doing [defensively]. We played much better.

They have you outnumbered just a little bit. Now it is safer, I suppose, than throwing a pass, but you can't worry too much about that.