This is a new team, a different team, and they are responding differently. It's been that type of year for us.

Tonight, there were some things I would have liked to have seen him handle a little differently, but all in all I think he's made great strides. There were a couple of formation things and a couple of audible checks. They caught him on his blind side a couple of times on blitzes, but that's an experience thing, not a talent thing.

Let me say this. It's uncharacteristic of my team to have that many penalties.

It's probably something we're going to have to baby a bit all year,

Against a good team like the Steelers, that is not a good combination — and it was the story of the game.

As I've told the team, ultimately you'll be judged by what happens and where you are at the end of the season. I understand why we are the underdogs, and there's really only one way to handle that. That's not by talking, it's by playing the game and seeing what happens.