And it's not like I've been facing Tom, Dick or Jane out there.

He pretty much tells you how to follow in his footsteps and tries to teach you a lot of things about life that he's seen and you haven't seen. He's seen a lot of stuff in the N.F.L.

He sees what we need to be doing and he tells you. He's never afraid to speak up.

I guess we're going to try to keep on doing what we've been doing. They said it about Deuce last week, but we did a pretty good job on him. Hopefully we can do it again.

I haven't felt this excitement in here about any player since I've been here. It feels like he's the missing link as far as this defense goes.

I haven't felt this much excitement since I've been here. I feel he is the missing link to our defense. As soon as he walked in there was excitement around here.

It's not like we're out there thinking about it, but there's not a doubt in my mind that we miss Antonio. We miss his presence on the field, everything about him, the way he carries himself. But I don't think anybody's out there thinking, 'Oh, Antonio's not here, we can't get it done.' We have one job to do most times, one gap to cover. You've just got to stay in your gap and do your job and not think about anything else.

It's all on us. We have to win. Whatever it takes.

It was supposedly their home game, but we just played like it was our home game.

Absolutely. I don't see why not. Whoever we play, they know they'll be in for a battle. It doesn't matter who they are. The sooner everybody recognizes that, the better off everyone will be.