They're itching to run against somebody besides their other teammates. We've been practicing since the middle of February. We've just gotten one official meet in, so they're definitely anxious to get some live competition.

[Williams, it seems, is being tolerated by his teammates. There's no sense he's going to disrupt anything. But T.O.? Goodness knows what he'll do next. So I asked Riggins how he thought this T.O. matter could best be handled.] I think T.O. likes somebody to hold his hand, ... It might have taken nothing more than for [Eagles Coach] Andy Reid and [team president] Joe Banner to go hold his hand. The Eagles could have called everybody in, sat T.O. down and told him, 'T.O., we will never forget what you did for us last year, especially putting your career on the line like that to play in the Super Bowl coming back from such a severe injury.' And for that matter, they could have worked out a little deal the rest of us would never have known about. But the Eagles were immutable on the matter . . . totally intractable.

You yourself - Are much condemn'd to have an itching palm

He needs to get to Triple-A sometime this year. He's been banging around enough in the minor leagues.

Just go up to somebody on the street and say "You're it!" and just run away.

It's nice to get that out of the way. You want to make a good impression on your teammates and play well. And this was an important win for us.