when we could get a nickel.

When you can take a wide receiver and make him a nickel back, ... when you can take rookies and make them starters, when you can take free agents off the streets and win a world championship, that means the philosophy and the scheme is bigger than the players.

Why fight for a flag when you can buy one for a nickel

When a team nickel and dimes you, you can live with that. When you give up that many big plays, it's disappointing.

When a team plays that, they've got to nickel and dime and pick (their) way down the field, ... And one thing we pride ourselves on is we try not to get frustrated. If the plays aren't coming, somebody will say - John Lynch, Al Wilson, Trevor Pryce, myself - one of the leaders will say, 'Hey, just calm down, we'll get off the field here, just keep on playing hard.'

They were being nickel-and-dimed by J&J. They had to get out of that loop.