I think the protection schemes that we're calling are very sound,

The protection has been good. If we can continue the way we've been doing — and I'm positive we will — then it's going to be a much better season as far as sack numbers.

Over the last 40 years, there have been lots of equal-protection defenses to criminal prosecution thrown up, with people saying 'my use of this controlled substance is religiously derived,'

Unfortunately, the penalties and the dropped balls were our biggest downfall of the first half.

You can't win by just running three yards at a time, hoping to bust one out.

In this league, you've got to run to win, but you've got to throw to score,