Definitely the fans are going to be riled up. It’ll help us in the long run. If they can make some noise and get in his head, that would be great.

As Midwesterners see it, if you’re within 8 or 10 hours, you’re pretty much home, so I’m excited to have a lot of support here.

Everybody likes to be the underdog at times.

That’s one thing we want to do this year, start off solid right away. It took a while last year to find our identity. A lot of it had to do with the new defense....

When we get the lead big enough, they’re going to come out and throw the ball. That puts us in situations where we can pressure.

We’re definitely motivated to beat them and to show him that we are a better team than he thought at the time of the draft. And, more importantly, the fans are feeling crazy about it...

He’s the emotional leader. His motor is always going. When you’re on the field you want to be like that, too. He tells everyone to get going, you just do it.

We have a little youth, a little experience, and a lot of speed.

I think it is definitely a realistic goal; that is why he set the goal. You very rarely set goals that you don’t think you can actually achieve. I think in his case he knows...

At the time it was kind of a slap in the face to not only this organization but the whole NFL and the way the draft works, … Everybody knows the best guy’s going to...

You can never tell with Brady if he’s rattled or not. But I think the pressure made a difference.

The biggest difference is our expectation level. We were sitting at 1-2 last year, and, I think, a lot of guys didn’t know what to expect. We didn’t know what kind of team we had...

It would be just one ‘W’, and we got a lot of season left. But it is going to speak volumes for the team, this organization. It would be a huge win for our confidence...

This year at 1-2, our expectations are so much higher. We know the caliber of team we have, and we know we can be very, very competitive.

The kid is a rookie. He’s the first pick overall. Why is he being picky about where he wants to go? It should be, ‘You know what, I should be counting my blessings and take...

We knew that these are the world champs and they are just not going to lie down and die. We had to come out and match their intensity and fire in the second half.