We talked at halftime about defensive intensity, and we got it. We did a good job of locking them up.

We finally had some fun.

Once you get into the league it?s all about performance. But when you?re a rookie, how you do in the combine and your individual workout can affect your draft status quite a bit.

Derrick was actually in there [Wednesday], talking to [General Manager] Bruce [Allen]. I've talked with Bruce, too. We haven't discussed any specific numbers, but we've made it clear that we're willing to move some money around to help them.

It was a pretty good effort. We didn't take care of the basketball, had too many turnovers and didn't do some things we needed to do on defense. We just need to play smarter, more fundamental ball.

The ball is in the Eagles' court.

We played pretty sloppy. We threw the ball away a lot and didn't have the effort it takes to play a team of that caliber.

We were up by 10 at the half and then gave up 21 points in the third quarter. They never give me a chance to relax.