If we're going to run the football, and if we're going to be an explosive offense, it's going to start up there in the trenches.

Pretty darn. He was a busy guy. He was right on course to being a heck of a football player.

Is he going to be as good as he's going to be halfway through the season or next year? No. I mean, he's just a kid. He's just learning this stuff. But he should be ready to be productive and capable and able to make some plays for us in that game, whatever his role might be.

There are no excuses for a game like this,

We're taking a look, if we choose to add another quarterback. We want to take a good look at him and see how he learns our offense -- if he's a candidate to bring back at another time. We've seen him play on film in a very exciting offense. He's been productive.

We had them backed up again and let them off the hook. I thought we improved our tackling. We still have a ways to go.