He was doing great in the minicamps. He was looking real good. I think he had finally gotten a grasp on the system. He was showing signs of why he was a first-round draft pick.
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[The defensive linemen were solid in stopping Jordan, but they appreciated Trotter's help.] He's a great linebacker, ... He was a tremendous help against the run. They couldn't kill us with the long run.
It's going to come down to who stops who, pretty much. I mean, no bones about it, it's who stops who. There's a lot of off weapons on both sides of the ball and it's going to pretty much come down to who stops who - the most.
It was great seeing him walk in. That was a life or death situation he was in.
You've always got to know where 'the Freak' is. Teams know what he can do and they do everything they can to stop him. And he still gets through.
It's real important to get him back. We lost [Paul Grasmanis to injury], and we've been relying on a couple of young pups [rookies Mike Patterson and Keyonta Marshall] and Truck Driver [Sam Rayburn]. Nothing against the younger guys, but they don't have the experience we older guys possess. This gives us our real rotation back.
The situation looked rather bleak.
Everyone was talking about Moss, but we knew the real key to beating this team was shutting down Jordan. He gets more touches than anybody else, and if they were able to run the ball and control the clock that way, it would have made our job a lot harder.
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