Phil is a good personnel guy. I talk to him. He talks to me. I think I can have a little input.

If I've got a proven vet, a guy who has been to a Pro Bowl and won a Super Bowl, I'm not going to pull him after the first interception,

I would like to think the game transcends it all, and that's the thing both Marvin and I were working toward, and hoping to get. In the NFL, the color of a coach's skin doesn't matter. We're just two football coaches playing each other on Opening Day and the guy who can get his team to play the best on that day should win the game, and I think that's what we both want from our position.

I feel good for Dennis to make some plays. He's wanted to be a playmaker and he knew he could do it and we knew he could do it. The pass play for the touchdown was a big momentum play for us.

I think the approach to the bye week wouldn't have been any different if we would have won the game, ... We want to try and improve the team. We are going to work on areas where we are deficient.

I'm not happy about anything, ... I don't think anybody played well. When you get beat, who plays well?