It's common to have close games. That's how the N.F.L. is. It's a balancing act. This is not just a dictatorship where one team just dominates.

You cannot refuse to act just because they have not crossed a frontier,

It feels great. They've been playing very well the first few games. I'm just happy to be playing now.

Guys ask me when I'm going to be back, and I don't have no answer for them. At the same time, I've got hope, and hoping that this team will get farther along in the playoffs and I'll be able to come back.

We've got a lot of quality right now. Get us a defensive tackle and a little more depth, and we'll be fine. We just need a guy to hold two guys off of us. Just a guy who'll be unselfish.

He's revived. He's coming back with a chip on his shoulder.