I missed four blocks, a couple coming off the goal line, that normally I wouldn't miss, ... That was my fault from first-game jitters.

You've got to step your game up and be ready. In Game One of a series, you want to do all you can to give your team that edge. (Catcher) Dusty Wathan did a great job and I just relaxed and tried to keep hitting the strike zone.

Coach came in and evaluated film and moved a couple of guys, ... but he said he liked my aggressiveness, how I kept my pads low and went after the block.

You gotta go hard. You stand hard. You sleep hard. Run hard. Everything's got to be fast. That's what we need. We need that slap on the rear end to get us going.

We just want it to be a fair fight.

You have to come in with your best shot. If we get those three in the bag, it gives you a little leeway. But you have to bring it every Saturday.

I was on the field probably for every series and every play (in 2004), ... With this offense, I'm not, but I'm contributing. I still have to do my job to block, protect, catch the ball and run the ball. ... There are more chances for others to make plays. So, am I playing every play like last year? No. But we won.

That surprised me. A guy like him doing something childish like that.

Playing to win is the attitude you have to have, to go out there every night and try and compete. I've done it (in Cleveland) before, and I feel I can again. But it would be kind of sad to leave this family, too. It's a great bunch of guys.

Just having him around brings a smile to my face.