Our running backs coach just wanted to go a different route. I can't explain it to you, so I won't explain it to you.

If you're on a beach and you're running behind a pickup truck and somebody throws sand in your face all the time, you start backing up a little bit.

This is way down. It's like we're six feet deep.

I don't think it raises concern. We still have to work together as a team, regardless of what the quarterback situation is. Just got to get with it and hope for the best.

Last year, we had a team full of young guys that didn't understand discipline. That's why we were 2-14. It's no secret.

It's very surprising. He was a locker-room favorite here. He was always upbeat and had an awesome sense of humor. Everybody liked him. Plus, he was an awesome player; he made things happen on the field.