was shocked not by what I saw, but by what I heard. I closed my eyes and listened - and you know what I heard? I heard the biggest difference in the game. I heard the hitting on our side compared to theirs. Our defense crushed their offense.

If you looked at the way they played, they were soft. We were anything but.

Bill's been very poised, and he's handled the year well. When he has needed to be inspirational he has been. When he's needed to be tough, he has been. It's one of those things where he's done all the right things. He's made all the right moves. I've got a lot of confidence in this guy.

I'd run through a brick wall for this guy, simple as that,

Here's what it comes down to. As a football player you're trained to lie to yourself. You're trained to say, no matter how you feel, 'I'm fine. I'm the iron man.' There have been a few times I've said that to myself. I felt one of these in the Super Bowl, but I didn't say anything. I couldn't say anything. I just fought through it.

I don't know Kordell Stewart as a person. He's probably a pretty good guy. But it didn't matter. I was playing against him. That's what mattered.