The hard part in going against him is against the run, ... He's so short he gets lost. I tend to lose him sometimes with the big offensive linemen in front of him. They get in front of him and you're like, 'Where the heck did he go?'

The focus should be on us trying to get a victory. We're trying to get to 1-2. We let two games slip. I don't care who's back there, if I get an opportunity to sack the quarterback, I'm going to sack the quarterback.

I'll have to read a few more of those articles to see exactly what was said, but I still feel the same way I did back then, it was a slap in the face to the NFL,

In the first year, a lot of us didn't know what to expect, ... Most of us didn't have experience in a 3-4. You get thrown into the fire and get your experience as you go. That's the only way to do it.

I'm like, 'He looks like the prototype linebacker big and muscular, mean-looking.'Ê

I'm excited to see how he does. He's small but he can go out and play against the bigger guys and be tough about it. His cuts are unbelievable. You don't want to overrun him. He can make it tough on a lot of defenders.

The fans are really into it and it kind of pumps you up. And if you get ahead of them, you can look back at them and say, 'ha, ha.

It's real life. It's interesting to see the guts, not just the finished product but what goes in and out.

It was good to sit there and ask them questions about the stuff that they are doing and what we are doing and about their school as well. We do the exact same thing you guys are doing in this program, just on a larger scale.

That is the way the league is going, ... Getting linebackers that can run. We definitely have athleticism and speed. Everyone can run, even that guy with his shirt off.