“They're a rare group, ... They've got a lot of guys with size. There's a lot of girth in there. They want to set the line of scrimmage on our side of the ball. It's going to be tough to get a hat on all of them on every play. But it comes down to the technique. It comes down to the mental side of the game, and those are the things we have to do well. We have to be good technicians. They're big, they're tough and they're physical.”
“It's a little bit of a circus. There's a lot of distractions, things you can get caught up in, but that's something as a player you've just got to sit down and say, 'What's my job? What do I have to do?' And prepare all week to do that job.”
“I think it?s a little bit more than Game 1 of the season. This sets the tempo for the rest of the season. It?s what we?ve been working hard for over the past few weeks. It?s a huge game for everyone. It doesn?t get any bigger than this.”
“It's a little bit of a circus, ... There's a lot of distractions, things you can get caught up in, but that's something as a player you've just got to sit down and say, 'What's my job? What do I have to do?' And prepare all week to do that job.”
“They're a very physical defense and very experienced defense that has a lot of smart players and plays a lot of different things. They try to confuse you. They blitz you a lot.”
