Mike knew what it was going to be like. He didn't play for Bear Bryant, but he played right after he was gone. He knows all about what Alabama fans want.

He didn't like any play-action, ... He liked to drop back and go downfield. Of course, we didn't have much of a running game in those years.

I don't want a player that's content with not playing, ... But we wanted to play the guys that got us here.

Dan didn't like play-action; we didn't have a running game, so consequently we didn't have play action. Most of the stuff we did was drop-back passing or the shotgun, and Dan always was looking down field. He could sense where the pressure was coming from and quickly get the ball off.

Anybody that's a Dolphins fan feels they're headed in the right direction.

We haven't utilized it yet, because we just don't have the personnel right now. We play our six most talented people. Most of the elite teams are using them, because it gives a smaller player who has good defensive skills an opportunity to play the back row more often than just three rotations.