The first half, our whole secondary, we were like in a sleep-walk, trying to adjust to the speed of the game.

I think he is wired 24 hours a day. There's no downtime for Bernie.

We just said, 'No balls over our heads,' which we were unable to do.

(Alvarez) lays everything out right there for you.

He always gets us ready to play. He's great in these big games. I'm sure he'll have something for us Thursday night and Friday night. He'll have us ready to go.

During the game I don't really think about it. We've got enough to worry about in the back end. But now that I think about it: Justin out, Coop out, Kurt out. Just to see those young guys grow up in front of your face. They're doing a heck of a job. I can't say enough about them.