«Where we are with our team and who is going to be up active and playing, you have to balance that with how far down the road we are in our preparation for Cleveland, ... That's probably the hardest thing. Is that player going to be up and active compared somebody else? I'm happy with where we are with our football team. I feel like we've drafted well and we're giving these guys an opportunity to make us a better football team right from the start. The more they play, the better they play. And it's fun to see them get an opportunity to play. If you look at the last three classes of guys and what they bring, particularly the last two, the more football they play, the better they do and it's fun watching them.»

«I think every team has to go and create its identity. We don't know what our identity is. We're going to create that, ... You make your own identity. You don't have to worry about that until you go out there and get to write your own script. So let's go forward.»

«I can't give you the exact definition of what a fast start is. That's the thing, we get to define that, ... We get to write the script to what a fast start is. I can't tell you right now what that script says.»

«From what everybody tells me, I guess this year is supposed to be pivotal.»

«Our quarterback has grown. You see him correcting other guys on the field now. He understands their responsibilities now.»

«You guys have beat them in a frenzy. They think they're pretty good. We've been there before. We're never as good as everybody thinks we are, or as bad.»

«He's got premier talent. We've got to get all our guys clicking, and we're trying to do that. That's the challenge for our football team.»

«I hear him now making corrections to the other guys, ... Those are steps you have to take along the way. He holds them to their jobs and responsibilities.»

«I think it's the role of the offensive coordinator, the special teams coordinator and the defensive coordinator to coach the coaches as hard as he coaches the players. As hard as I push on them, they've got to push everybody else just as hard. I think that's important that they understand in and out that they set up, they push and make sure that the position coaches cover every detail or they cover it so that every detail gets covered.»

«We are not off to a good start. We just won one football game. We have a chance to write the script on what a good start is. We play Minnesota next week, and now that is our focus.»