It?s about being consistent and staying steady instead of going up and down and up and down. That?s the sign of a (good) defense. Right now, we?re not showing that consistency level.

I've been steady, consistent. I think that's what they want.

I think there will be guys, and you hope one of them slips to us but you don't want to get into a situation where you try to manufacture something. I've been through that and it's not the way you want to go.

This is a guy who studies the game and works at his trade. He's all about winning. When we talked, the money had nothing to do with it. He wanted to know what our plan was about winning. He came in well informed and made a good decision for himself. I think this is going to be a beautiful marriage for us.

They're as pleasantly surprised as anybody that the numbers are where they are. They've been very steady, very consistent. They're for real.

We'd rather be steady early on and get that much better as the season goes on, instead of being so low and coming back. But it's how you finish and not how you begin. So hopefully we can finish well.