He's played a little better in practice, which is why he got an opportunity to play.

Our kids fought their guts out for 40 minutes in a hostile environment. If we can bottle that and play the rest of the games that way, I think we'll be pleased with the results.

It was an opportunity to practice our (plan).

It was an opportunity to try out new skills we learned in practice. We've been working on being more aggressive in the box and at center midfield. We are winning balls in the air and playing better.

I've played a couple of big guys. I've stopped both of them. We need to play good man defense and keep the ball out of his (Wright's hands) if we are going to win.

He played inside linebacker on the state championship team. He wants to win and he'll play wherever he needs to to help his team.