Defensively, from a team standpoint, I didn't feel I played very well. Very rarely was I satisfied with how I played.

He played so well that (the Panthers) kept him on the team.

I would never stay under circumstances where I felt I was a figurehead and might look good in your team media guide. I don't want to be that. I do want to contribute, and if I don't contribute, I'll walk away from it. If I don't feel welcomed, I'll walk away from it.

I think you can build a successful team without [a superstar], but to what extent?

At one time, we were asked to play your own man; you're responsible for your own man. And, if you were good enough and kind of a ball hawk, you helped everyone else. Now it's really much more of a team concept defensively than it was when we played.

They're quicker. They're much quicker than the last team we played, we feel like.