10 Quotes by Brian Finneran

Matt's been confident since he showed up here, he's had control of the huddle, in practice, in training camp. In the games he's played in, he's always been confident in his ability.

Chris McAlister is probably the toughest defensive back for a wide receiver. It's a combination of his size and strength. He's the whole package. Troy Vincent , Champ Bailey and Charles Woodson are up there, too, but McAlister is the whole package.

He's a big player in this league, and when his contract's up, it's going to be interesting to see what happens with that guy.

That's the nature of the offense. We have such good running backs and offensive linemen, I'm sure we'll go with that until we struggle. But I'd like to see us up around 30 passes a game so people will stop asking the receivers about it.

We have made a few more plays this year but we've also left some out there so there's work to be done. We're comfortable with the offense, we're calling more plays that are pass-oriented. We're making more plays, getting more opportunities to make plays. That's the biggest thing, getting more chances to make plays downfield.

We're doing OK, I guess, ... But if one of us went down, not many people outside our team would even notice. For the Patriots to lose guys like Rodney Harrison and Tedy Bruschi is huge, but everyone knows they're the defending champs for a reason.

It set in last week when we realized we were out of the playoffs. But we wanted to come out with a better showing than we did.

It's disappointing. I feel like he's a guy who could have helped this team. I'm going to miss him. We've been together a few years now.

It was pretty quiet at times. The potential to fill the place was always there, but it just took the right kind of owner and a good team to change the experience for everyone.