These guys have a lot of respect for Lamar. Because of (Lamar), around the league you never hear anything bad said about Kansas City and this organization.

They just needed an upgrade. I think they saw an opportunity to upgrade with Cleveland. Denver saw an opportunity to get some parts that were better than the parts they had.

It took us awhile, but we finally just told them to tell us what to do, and we would do it. There was nothing out there that was anything that we had prepared for. We were adjusting from the first play. The best part was that nobody got upset, nobody got ticked off. We had some penalties and we had things that got in our way. I'll tell you, Trent did a great job of keeping everything together in the huddle.

It was like they got all the momentum right there. But we just made too many mistakes, too many turnovers.

It's difficult. I'll be honest with you. I feel like we left a lot of things out on the field as an offense, but all you can do is finish the best you can. The team didn't quit. We gave it a shot and put a lot of pressure on the other teams.

The agents get all their information from the NFLPA. I cut out the middleman. I worked directly with the NFLPA. I had an agent for a few years. But really, when it came down to it, he didn't do anything for me that I couldn't do myself.

It shook me. You know that in this job we have, there are some health issues.

It's going to be sad to say that there's a chance that we played 10 winning teams this year and we're not going to make the playoffs with a 10-6 record. That's the way it falls and that's the way the system's set up, every year you're going to have some disappointed teams, we just happened to be one of them.

It's always nice to see Trent out there. He's our leader. He's the guy who makes this thing work.

Sometimes it's just a lot easier for them to go with the flow of the game and not make the big reversal. I think that was a gutsy call.