As Dennis Green used to say, there really is a time for pay and a time to play. And right now we’re in the time for pay. That’s just the reality of it.

I don’t think you can really trust a man who likes to dance.

So I hear they call you ‘The Freak’ Wow, that’s quite a coincidence. They call me ‘The Brain.’

The intangibles are a euphemism for we have no idea what we’re looking for but we know it when we see it.

Ours, given our circumstance, has been a little bit of a reversal. We have to have more productivity in the passing game to take it to another level. I'm sure their mantra is they have to take that next step defensively to get to that next level. In that regard, we are very similar.

Our collective mind-set is to improve this team. We'll keep doing this through the draft, free agency and in other ways. It's a disappointment to not get T.O., but I'm confident in our abilities to raise the Ravens to the next level.

I am accountable for everything that goes on with this football team. I take that very personally. The buck stops here. I am accountable and am going to be the one that has to put us on a course to correct it.

I saw a tremendous player in Dwight Freeney playing at the top of his game and as dynamic a presence on the outside rush as there is in the game.

Kyle and Anthony are both athletic, and so is Josh. He fit our profile of what our team looks like. He's not a pure, drop-back passer, but that's not who we are right now.

Probably the most disappointing thing was our inability to run the ball, ... We have to be able to run the ball to be good.