If you watched Justin Gage and watched how he blocked (last Sunday), several of those big runs Thomas (Jones) had, he's (Gage) on the edge doing what he does, being a tremendous blocker.

We made several runs but they had an answer for everyone. I hope that no one underestimates them the rest of the way. They're a good team. They play well together and they do all the things that good teams do. They rebound, they play defense, they shoot.

Nobody deserves it more than Hines because nobody has worked as hard as him. I saw it [in high school], his determination. When I saw him, I thought he was the best free safety I had ever seen. And then he goes on and plays running back and quarterback for us. I'm really happy for him right now.

He (Bradley) needs to work on everything. He's still young. He's still raw. With everyone, we're trying to be as consistent as we can be.

We needed a No. 1 receiver. So Jerry [Angelo, general manager] and Bobby [DePaul, pro personnel director] came up with tapes at the end of the season of about 10 or 15 guys we liked who were going to be free agents or guys we thought would be cut for salary cap reasons.

We don't need a clear-cut No. 2 (receiver). We have several guys that can play the game. I've always said that each one of them can do different things. It's just a matter of those guys being in those situations.