We had someone who called just a couple of weeks before Christmas. A dog ate part of a Christmas ornament.

If an episodic television actor gets sick, the show can go on hiatus for a couple of weeks until that person gets back, which is an option you don't have on a feature film.

It's definitely shocking to see how ineffective we've been the past couple of weeks, ... We had been fairly solid in the preseason. We hadn't really missed a beat. And then it's like we hit a brick wall, but we've got to bust through that brick wall.

It's definitely a different team than what we saw a couple of weeks ago. Then, add in the aspect of the playoffs; it's a new season for everybody. It's a big task at hand. By no means will this be an easy weekend for us.

It's definitely shocking to see how ineffective we've been the past couple of weeks. We had been fairly solid in the preseason. We hadn't really missed a beat. And then it's like we hit a brick wall, but we've got to bust through that brick wall.

These guys beat each other up. There's bloody noses, we've had kids knocked out. The first couple of weeks of practice, it's brutal. They are actually pounding on each other. It makes us tougher.