Just from a pure motivation standpoint and the way he gets out there and plays the game it's uplifting to everybody.

Spent a lot of time in the off-season preparing, a lot of time in the pre-season.

The thing that Rodney does best is he sets the tempo for the way things are done around here. He's a great student of the game. He knows what's going on and he leads by example.

Spent a lot of time in the offseason preparing, a lot of time in the preseason. It's definitely an ongoing process.

It doesn?t get any easier all year in the return game. Once they see that early in the year, they?re going to attack the same things you?ve had problems with, so we?re definitely going to have to get it fixed pretty soon.

Kansas City wanted me back. I also visited Green Bay and Pittsburgh. But I just felt the opportunity and the fit was better here.