The defense likes to get athletes out there and I like to think I'm one. I wanted to try defensive end. We're kind of short there. We're seeing how it goes.

We had a pretty good day. Our saying on defense is hunt as pack. If one guy gets beat, we have ten other guys backing him up. I think we did a good job today.

It's my first spring as a defensive end. I'm just trying to get after it. We have some good coaches here and I'm still learning. I still have a long way to go before I get there but hopefully it will work out.

Their defense is different in that they have the athletes and the ability to get on you one-on-one. Other teams pressure through different schemes. They are very good at what they do and have been good at it for five or six years.

He has a plausible defense; he could say he's fighting for his constituency, and that's true in large part. The thing is, the contributions undercut his argument. The money really complicates it, or even compromises the integrity behind the action.

Our punt team looked pretty good this weekend. Also, our defense was able to stop Army occasionally, which was a positive.