It was nice to take a snap running with the first team. Not that I want them to get used to me. But every little bit helps ... not with confidence but getting the anxiety off, the pressure off.

I'm just glad to get it out of the way. Now I really know what I have to work on. . . . There's a lot of pent-up emotions. I was nervous.

I can't hide the fact I'm down; I'd be lying. But I know now what I need to get better at.

It's a bigger test. I have to look myself in the mirror and put more pressure on myself. I think I had a step back last week, and this game, I've got to take a couple steps forward.

I shouldn't be taking sacks. I'm too good an athlete to be takings sacks. I need to get the ball gone or find a crease and run through it. . . . As you can tell, I'm frustrated more on the negative than the positive.

I don't view it that way. I've got to keep proving it to my coaches, my teammates and everyone around us that I deserve to be No. 2 and that if anything happens to Jake, that I can step in there and not miss a beat.