The good thing about it is the cast covers his thumb but your fingers are out, ... He played extremely well with one last week and I asked him, 'Hey, does it bother you?' And he said, 'Not really.' So that's good.

If he didn't have the calf situation, he would have practiced, ... He played extremely well. . . . The game was very physical and he got some hits. Quarterback-wise, the odds that we can go through the year like that and keep the guy healthy. . . . I hope we can keep him healthy.

When he played last year, personnel-wise we weren't as good as we are now.

There are some real critical decisions we're going to make in that group. So we played them a lot. And hopefully the film will tell us what we need to know so we make good decisions.

I told our players I couldn't be prouder of them. We fought extremely hard all year. I really appreciate them taking me with them.

It felt really good because my cast wasn't moving at all and my thumb didn't hurt when I pushed.