With all the young guys, D'Wayne was falling on the depth chart. It was not fair to keep him and then possibly cut him down the line.

Potentially, yes, because we have so many young stallions. And now we have some guys who can teach them how to be pros. That's the key. We've got plenty of young stallions, I promise you. Look at our roster. But we needed some veterans to show them how to be good pros. We've got some of those guys now.

There are going to be factions in the building. There are guys that want Mooch to be there, and there are guys that might be happy he is gone.

Am I still sixth on the depth chart?

We've got three or four guys on the depth chart who might step up and knock my socks off.

best young lineman we've brought in since Birk (sixth-round pick in 1998).