These guys pinned their ears back and got after it. I kind of challenged these guys before we walked out there. I said, 'Let's make a name for ourselves on defense. Our offense has just been so great over the last few years. People say this defense is not comparable, but this was a first step to disproving that.

He called me up and said, 'Corey, you know, listen, I'm going to let you go,' ... He knew that was a tremendous opportunity for me. And they were comfortable in the position that they were moving, getting some of those young guys in there. And from a business standpoint, it saves them some money. So there were no hard feelings. It was somewhat of a surprise because I had the tag on me all offseason.

I couldn't tell you. I haven't been on the scales in a little while. But I've done things this offseason that I haven't done in the past. I've run the stadium steps over at Doak Campbell. I just want to get down to where I play my best, whatever weight that is. I just want to be where I feel comfortable out there.

I didn't expect them to lift the tag. I had a great five years, and I enjoyed every minute of it.

I didn't expect them to lift the tag, ... This gives me a chance to be a free agent, but I have mixed feelings. I'm going to miss the guys I played with there and the coaches I played under. I had a great five years, and I enjoyed every minute of it.

Talk to us about 16-0, ... when we're 15-0.

Everybody wants to win and it's going to take everybody in this locker room to get it done. There's no one guy that's going to ever come in and change the atmosphere of the whole team. ... It's never a one-man show out there.

It's one or two plays that get you beat, and hopefully I can go out there and provide some of those plays that won't get us beat. That's what seasons hinge on.

You play this game hard and you put everything into it to go out and play well, but as a professional, you never want to see a guy go down. The worst guys I hate playing against are those who have no regard for another's livelihood.

Psychology. Oh gosh. This is football. It's not psychology class. ... This team needs to beat New England because that's who we play this week. That's the only reason.