But yes, from the perspective that I felt I could have helped this team. We obviously won, but I think I could have contributed to the effort even more. Every week that goes by I feel better.

Sitting in the lap of the model you intend to paint never seemed to me to be the ideal location.

No, from the standpoint that the coaches didn't feel I was ready yet,

There's going to be a lot of animosity, you can count on that, ... In the preseason game, there's no question about the rules, there's no question about hitting people. They're going to get hit -- hard.

Obviously, they had different intentions out there than we did, and it showed. I don't think there were a whole lot of people over here on the blue side who were too happy about it. They had a few smart comments they made about how that's how they practice, but we're very capable of practicing that way, too. But we didn't get a chance to do that.

There's going to be a lot of animosity, you can count on that. In the preseason game, there's no question about the rules, there's no question about hitting people. They're going to get hit -- hard.