I'm a firm believer that the wild-card teams, because they're grinding it out until the final days, have a tremendous amount of excitement. That excitement carries over into the playoffs and really helps.

I'm trying to keep a good spin on it...But at some point you have to look at a guy like me and ask, 'How effective can I be if I'm not playing on a regular basis?'

I have always been determined to never compromise my faith or my principles. I always relied on my God-given talent when I took the field. So the idea of using PED's to enhance my performance was a line I chose not to cross.

When we have an understanding that the Lord is all powerful, then we know that we need to trust Him each and every day. This understanding allows us to lay our worries in the Lord's hands. In return, we can focus everything that we do into glorifying Jesus.

The difference is that I'm on the back end of this (career). I've been fortunate. If I have to go home, it's not a bad thing. I try to balance it with that, too.

He's just a good guy. A solid, solid player and person.

I'll see what kind of luck I bring,

I guarantee you, T.C. has looked back on the situation here and thought about what lessons he can take from that. You probably wouldn't see the same personality you saw here.

I'm more excited than I've been in many, many years. I can do some things that I haven't been able to do in 4-5 years. In some ways, I feel like a kid. My knee feels great, I'm running great. But I'm not going to blow smoke. You just don't know what it's going to be like over the course of a season.

In a lot of ways, I've been pleasantly surprised about where I'm at, but I'm still rough around the edges. There's still some rust I have to work off. I feel I've shown I'm relatively healthy, but it's going to be their call, and it's going to depend on what their needs are.