best young lineman we've brought in since Birk (sixth-round pick in 1998).

They're all kinda bunched together. I'm hoping they can all go anywhere from the third (round) to sixth.

Potentially, yes, because we have so many young stallions. And now we have some guys who can teach them how to be pros. That's the key. We've got plenty of young stallions, I promise you. Look at our roster. But we needed some veterans to show them how to be good pros. We've got some of those guys now.

With all the young guys, D'Wayne was falling on the depth chart. It was not fair to keep him and then possibly cut him down the line.

Obviously you don't like cutting a third-round draft pick. The flip side of that is Jovan Haye, a sixth-round draft pick, made the team. Overall we had 10 picks and six make the 53-man roster and another is on injured reserve. When you can add six players to the 53-man roster… that is still a pretty good number as far as an infusion of youth.

His spirits are OK. He's OK. Obviously, he's not great. I think that's the best you can say.