We’re going to have a lot of playmakers up front.

In adversity, things like this define you. I personally think some teams would fold up the tents and do something to the campfires.

It’s very frustrating. There’s been a whole lot of maximum-protecting against us, but there are other things we have to do better. I think we have nine less sacks this year than we did last...

I was angry; I felt real bad for him. All the preparation, all the minicamps, training camp, everything was geared toward this game right here. Then for him not to be able to play in...

Obviously, they didn’t like what they were seeing. We didn’t like what we were seeing either, but we couldn’t leave.

You have to contain him, keep him in the pocket. If you don’t, the score probably would have been uglier than it was. We all knew as a group what we could do and what...

I’m like, ‘Man, for what?’ He said, ‘I’ve got something to prove.’ You can’t blame him, all the stuff he’s been through.

It’s harder, … than we made it look.

I never heard anything like that. Then to see it … a helicopter!

Embarrassing may be a good term for it. It was embarrassing and everything else bad that goes with it.

It’s a statement game, preseason or not. We are trying to make a statement for the rest of the world, so they can see that we are going to be the best defense.

I’m always edgy about sacks — because that’s what we’re judged on. But as long as I’m looking at the game film, and seeing that I’m getting to the ball, and my teammates are getting...

N.D. has been talking since the first game, when they took us out after the first quarter against Pittsburgh,

A lot of us are just in disbelief right now. We’re still in denial. Like we can’t believe something like this is happening. With the talent we have on this team, starting off 0-3, we...

If we go 15-1 with no sacks, I’d be perfectly fine. Perfectly fine,

We’re still trying to finish up strong and let teams like the Giants and teams in our division know, we’ve got to let them know where we’re coming from and give them a good view...

much longer… There was a lot of repetition.

No. Hey, we won last week. I’d be good if we go 15-1 and I have no sacks. I would be perfectly fine.

You can’t blame him, with all the stuff he’s been through, especially going through all of the rehab in the offseason. He’s making plays and it’s good for me because maybe I won’t see as...

With No. 81 being out, we have to take it upon ourselves as a defense to play better. We have to create turnovers and give the offense a better chance.

I do have a lot of singles that I need to take advantage of, … I get so many doubles here or there that by the time I get the singles, it’s so rare that...

Just do what you do. Be you.

It’s a whole lot of max protect, but then again, there are other things that we need to do to take advantage of max protection,

It’s going to show if the veterans did a good job of keeping everyone focused and will let us know if we as professionals … didn’t let it distract us.

They have a pretty good running attack, with [Warrick] Dunn, [T.J.] Duckett and Vick. We did a good job of stopping all those weapons. If you can [shut down the run and] look forward to...

I never heard of him doing that in the past.

That’s what’s going on. You saw it.

It’s going to go down to game time [Sunday] with the treatments. I definitely want to finish the season [playing].

It’s just a matter of the injured guys getting healthy, and the guys who were not injured believing in themselves.

We ran a stunt and I came in and the ball carrier ran into me.

It makes you wonder, makes you think, ‘Was there anything I could have done differently through the season or in that game?’ … It’s going to stick with you until you get it done.

No matter what any of us say, he’s going to back us.

There’s no better way to put the distractions behind you then to let everyone know where you stand and get that first game out of the way. We’re going to see if all these pre-season...

I’m satisfied with the team’s success right now, satisfied with being 2-1, … I mean, when the sacks come, they’re going to come in bunches. It’s not like I’m not beating my guy. It’s not...

We’re still sitting on our last loss. … So there’s no better way to get that last loss behind you than to get a win in the regular season.

With No. 81 being out of the lineup, we feel like we need to take it upon ourselves as a defense to get more turnovers and play better so we can get our offense back...

The key really is to be disciplined and know when to rush hard and when not to rush hard, … We did a pretty good job of that before, and we need to do a...

I thought it was big of him. It’s a good start. Maybe it means he’s grown. But I’m worried about the guys in this locker room right now. I’m done with that situation.

We’ll take it, though. You don’t get choosy about how you win games. This is the NFL. But you’ve still got to be nasty. That’s basically what it’s all about, having those nasty characteristics and...

I get so many doubles, … that when I get singled, it seems like its so rare, it’s like I can’t believe it, and I don’t take advantage of it.

With coach Reid, it’s, ‘OK, we’re going to do this and this and this today,’ … And that’s what we do. He wants us out there working hard, doing the little things, hustling. Practice is...

They don’t know if it’s a torn meniscus, maybe a cyst, or maybe some fluid in there.

When we blitz, we’ve got to get there. We can’t blitz just to take up guys. We have to blitz to get to the quarterback and get him down.

It was all going our way and then, all of a sudden, it just fell apart.

We told him all week, you cannot leave your feet. You leave your feet with Vick, by the time you touch back down, the referee is going like this [signaling a touchdown].

It’s not me at all, … But we’re winning and my teammates are getting sacks. That’s really all I can say.

We just have to play football, and you win games from week to week,

It’ll get tighter as the games go on. We’ll be in tougher games, for sure, and we’ll need to be ready. Today was nice, but it didn’t end up as a real test for us....

Even if it’s the preseason, we have to go out and put in everyone’s head that we’re going to do some things this year. Each week we’re trying to work on a different aspect, especially...

He just got caught up in the mix at Tennessee, but he can play. When the Eagles asked me, I told them, ‘I’ll go to war with this cat. Trust me, you’re gonna like what...