When it happened, it was really a shock. It blew us away. It's one thing to get hurt but to get hurt almost to the point of death....We had to take it day by day and hope for the best.

Clearly everyone was hurt by the weather and store traffic declined sharply. But retailers can hope to recover this weekend, and from the one extra shopping day this year.

I was scared to death. Losing this game would have really hurt us.

A lot of plays have fallen into my lap this year. I'm definitely not satisfied with gimme' plays.

There's a lot of new faces, a lot of younger guys, but I think they're building something great here. Once we get that chemistry together and that confidence of playing together, then I think we'll be a dominant defense. We still have a long ways to go, but we have great potential.

It didn't surprise me at all, ... It really didn't.