It's not pleasant when you lose your whole football team.

Before you can win a game, you have to not lose it.

I used to tell the players that professional football is a part-time profession. I used to tell them it gets you ready for your life's work.

said Blount after defeating the Rams. ''I think this is probably the best team ever assembled. They talk about the Vince Lombardi Era, but I think the Chuck Noll Era is even greater.

One of the things you learn in football is that you're only as good as your last outing. I don't like to reflect on what we've done in the past. I'm not a very good storyteller, for one thing. I'd disappoint you. When it's time, I'll talk about the good old days. But it's a sign of old age, reveling in the past.

When we win, we coach. When we lose, we soothe. It's an opportunity to get them to see things on the field. If they see it, they can apply it. It's time to get focused.