Mark's a great leader. He knows exactly where every player is supposed to be on the field simultaneously. He's one of my best friends on the team and it's great he's doing well, although you never want to see it come as a result of an injury to Mike.

It took us a while to get going in the first half but that's natural for the first game of the season. You could tell in the second half we got more aggressive and the hits were better. All in all, it was a good start.