If we had prepared for them, I'd be concerned. But we weren't prepared. We struggled some on pass protection. But we'll be damn good. You mark that down.

I'm sure they are, but they can't be. They've got to do their jobs. They can't be worrying about who else is in there.

I know we have a lot of work to do and I know we need to improve. I say if we've taken a drastic step backward, which we have, we can also take a drastic step forward and bring it right back up. I'm not one who looks at it as an impossible situation because I don't think that it is.

You can't win the job by default. You've got to win the job with your play on the field. We're making some progress, but we're just not there yet.

If everything were perfect, that would have been nice. But we're not quite there yet. There are four guys in there, they're battling tooth and nail.

Teddy Cottrell is one of the original 3-4 guys in the league. He's a legitimate 3-4 guy. I don't know if that's the route he wants to go, but they played well.

This is our reasoning. We believe that if we lose the big package (U-71) we're in trouble. But Coach Sherman may come and say, 'Hey, we're going to change this.' But he has not talked to me ever about that.

The Vikings played the entire game in the '34' other than in nickel or dime. It was well done. They caught Chicago off guard, and they should have. The score doesn't indicate it, but they did a real good job.

But that's fine. You need to be able to adjust. We didn't.