I feel as good as I've ever felt about throwing the ball and about reading defenses, ... But it's still a learning process every day and I soak up as much as I can from my coordinators.

I can't tell you why, but I do. I've played a lot in the preseason at the end of games when sometimes you are losing. We're in two-minute shotgun. We run some pretty basic plays. Maybe that's what I do best.

I proved to myself more than anything that I could play in this league,

I'm the insurance policy. Gus Frerotte is the starting quarterback. We have a lot of faith in him. He's going to win a lot of games for us -- period.

It's a very competitive league as far as quarterbacks positions,

There's a lot of stories out there, guys like Trent Green, Rich Gannon ... about guys who were patient and kept working.

We have full confidence in Gus that he's going to do a great job,

We have full confidence in Gus that he's going to do a great job. Gus is a smart guy. He works really hard. He knows the offense inside and out. And he has seen every defense known to man over the 12 years of his career.

We'll take as many good running backs as we can get. Obviously he's got some exceptional abilities.

The proof is in the pudding. There's many factors, but the results have certainly been positive.