When it's an eight-man front, the back has to beat one guy. We can't block everybody. Knowing he has the ball and he's either going to run them over for a yard or he's going to make them pay, it's nice to know he's back there. I've seen him forearm guys and flip them on their head.

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I think it's big, ... The communication is there, we don't have to make as many calls at the line. We can pretty much look at each other and know what's going on.

209

You need to be this size to play this game at my position.

206

It was terrible. It was bad. It was probably the worst pain I ever went through.

199

You get a little panicked at first. You think the worst sometimes. Luckily for me, it wasn't. It's treatable what I've got.

188

We're a run-oriented offense. And when you can't run the ball, you get frustrated. We had some frustration early on. But we're getting the swagger back.

185

It was more of being winded, ... We were planning on trying to get Duke in there even more than we did. So it was, 'Give Duke a chance there at the end,' and he got a couple reps.

180

When we're healthy and moving the ball, good things happen.

158

I was so proud. I thought they did a great job for the circumstances. That's only going to make us better as a team.

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