I told our players I couldn't be prouder of them. We fought extremely hard all year. I really appreciate them taking me with them.

The good thing about it is the cast covers his thumb but your fingers are out, ... He played extremely well with one last week and I asked him, 'Hey, does it bother you?' And he said, 'Not really.' So that's good.

If he didn't have the calf situation, he would have practiced, ... He played extremely well. . . . The game was very physical and he got some hits. Quarterback-wise, the odds that we can go through the year like that and keep the guy healthy. . . . I hope we can keep him healthy.

When I told (my wife) Pat (that I was coming back), she said you're going to ruin your good name. After the first year, we're halfway there.

I've told these guys, we're a good team. We don't have great players like we did last year.

We'll take a long, hard look at everything. I'm excited about David being back and getting him healthy. We'll have a healthy James Thrash and we'll have Taylor [Jacobs]. Then we'll move forward and see what the best decision is that we can make in each one of those areas.