I hope the young bucks can step it up. We need them. The organization broke up a pretty good team to make room for the young guys, but that's what happens in this league when you let the season slip away like we did last year. Change happens.

[Surely, these two did not just meet at training camp. Surely, they go back further than the free-agent signing period.] I'd say we're more like family, ... I'd say we're like brothers.

We're getting ready to play a tough Jacksonville Jaguars team. The weather shouldn't be that big a deal.

He takes everything personally. You feel the obligation when you work with him. If your job is to be the best player on special teams, that's what you need to do. Everybody has to accept their roles and responsibilities. He does. That's the biggest thing he stresses.

Personally, I felt a lot of fingers were being pointed at me for the failures of Cleveland. They chose to label me as the problem, as what was wrong with Cleveland Browns football.

We got some pressure on him last game. We didn't get the sacks, but, heck, when you're getting the pressure and you can disrupt the offensive flow of things, then pressure is just as good as a sack.

Right now, the way I feel, I told my agents and my parents that I'm looking forward to the day that coach (Mike) Shanahan calls me up and says, 'Let's do a long-term deal,' .

It most definitely came from camp. It's all about guys having the want-to and going out and doing it. And, basically, we've been getting it done early in the season. It's something to build on.

I'd say we're more like family. I'd say we're like brothers.