It will just be one of those things where guys have to step up.

Right now, nobody thinks we have character, so who cares? It's my responsibility and other guys' responsibility on the team to help guys understand where we're at right now. You're not in a division with an undefeated team. You're in a division where the leader is 2-3.

The reality is we're one game out of first place.

Because we have been so humbled, because we have heard so many bad things about ourselves, you know our heads won't ever get big again.

I was glad we got back on the field because in those situations, you want an opportunity to make a play.

We're a better defense than we were at the beginning of the year, and that's because we've got so many young players learning a new system ( Ted Cottrell 's) and so many young players playing at this level for the first time. I don't know what everybody else would call it. I'd call it progress.