We like what he's done to this offense. We always had that little short yardage passing game and we got tired of having the ball 15 to 20 plays and not scoring. We want big plays, and now we make big plays. I'm a pit bull, so I live to go for the throat.

Frank Middleton

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I just don't care, I know who I am. Before this year, I wasn't the short-yardage guy. That wasn't my choice, but I'm not going to sit here and complain about it. We had bigger goals, and that was winning.

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