I was pleased with the way Sage played,

We have to get the kind of execution at quarterback that will give it to them.

We go in and had the same situation because of our turnover (Brown had fumbled on the preceding possession), and make a sack and get a turnover. It doesn’t get any bigger than that.

We felt like he should start in the game. I know he had his penalty or two, but we’ll continue to evaluate that and we feel like we have three guys who can play tackle.

Where do we go from here? I think it’s important that everybody’s responsible for what they can do to make this better. I certainly will be, in terms of my part of it. What we’re...

There is somewhat of a difference, although we haven’t seen Kelly play that much for them, especially in the regular (season) games, to know there would be a significant difference in game plan other than...

Physically, we got beat up out there.

We’ve spent more of our time trying to figure out how we would manage [the cap] if there isn’t a collective bargaining agreement because we’re all in new territory.

Bobby’s an outstanding person and as fine an assistant as we had at Michigan State, … To be able to hire someone of his caliber, who also has knowledge and experience of your system —...

This is not something etched in stone until the league makes a ruling. But we plan to give ourselves the best possible plan.

We want to support every player, and I think every player knows he has a responsibility for what to do and what not to do. As a coach, I also feel a responsibility to put...

Just think of the consequences of those penalties. There were several third-down stops that gave them first downs with penalties. It’s the consequences of it that everybody needs to understand.

Part of the things that we are doing is because of his unique abilities. I would say that if Jason Taylor had played in a 3-4 system somewhere, he would have been a Hall of...

I don’t think he’s ready to carry it 45 times. We’re going to have to keep playing him into it, but hopefully we can get him in that to 15-touch mode.

I would say that if Jason Taylor had played in a 3-4 system somewhere, he would have been a Hall of Fame outside linebacker. There is no question about that based on the athletic ability...

We have total faith, trust and confidence in the guy. The guy has a tremendous amount of ability. He’s going to be a long snapper for a long time in this league so the question...

The big question on [Boston] is how the use affects what he does. That’s something we’ll have to evaluate as days go on.

I felt like Ricky Williams played well. He didn’t have many opportunities to do much, because he didn’t have much space.

I think we still have a lot of areas we need to clean up and improve, and consistency is probably the big one. I don’t think we’re where we need to be or where we...

For his first time he did a pretty good job.

What would he do (if he returned)? If there was something significant he could do, we’d encourage him to do that.

[Pollack] ‘ is a real playmaker, ‘ and he always seems to come up with a big play at the right time for them.

I think that was really probably the turning point of the game, that we could recapture the momentum and come right back and make a big play and score and keep them three scores behind,

That issue has gone under the bridge, under the next bridge, over the next dam and is gone.

Should what Randy McMichael did be tolerated?

I don’t think we’re considering a lot of changes.

When other players think it’s not acceptable by their peers how they go about what they do, they will change more readily. If they don’t change then, then maybe they are the wrong guys.

Both guys did some good things and we’re going to continue to try to feature both those players.

It’s not going to get fixed until everybody takes responsibility for it. Like one of those old West Virginia proverbs that I always talk about. A man benefits directly from a mistake, relative to how...

Carnell was in camp,

Gus has a good understanding of the offense. He’s very knowledgeable, and we felt he would give us the best opportunity to be successful and develop this offensive team.

So what judgment am I supposed to make out of that? … Now when he gets back on the field next week, we will be able to see where he is and take it from...

I would have liked to determine it a month ago or two weeks ago. I would like to determine it. I don’t have a problem with determining it. We are trying to determine it. But...

We went ahead and took the guy we could get. If the opportunity presents itself to get a quality, young quarterback in the draft, we will do it.

Understanding how important slotting is to top draft picks in terms of who got what . . . and how they fall into place, this is really a timing issue,

We’re not going to rush him. Obviously, the guy has been a starting quarterback and had a significant number of starts in a very similar system. Maybe in this case we can minimize [practice time]...

We all have a professional responsibility as clubs to live by the confidentiality rules, which are designed to protect players. However the information got out, I hope those people will take that responsibility and let...

We have another one, Sammy (Morris). I think that’s something we’ve always looked at as a two-starter position, the running-back position. That has been my history as a coach, to always have two guys at...

Gus is going to make us a better team at the quarterback position. His knowledge and experience that comes with being a veteran will help the development of some of our younger players. In addition,...

He looked fast, quick. I was impressed.

I think it’s something we need to evaluate. It seems the entire preseason whichever quarterback played second has played best.

I think he has the arm talent to do it. He can do it.

There is no doubt that quarterback is a critical position in every organization. That really has to be something that we look at to make a good assessment on how we move ahead at that...

We want to pick the quarterback that’s going to give us the best opportunity to win. I’m not prepared after watching that game to make a statement about that.

I don’t think that Blaster can do what Brooks can do,

We’ve been able to move the ball a little bit better,

The guy is very magical with the ball. He has speed and can change direction. He plays with a tremendous amount of toughness for his size and he’s done an outstanding job in what he...

That is the challenge for me, to keep answering them the same way.

My last conversation was awhile back and was really about our heritage, trying to figure out where we came from and what we did,

We’re not going to second-guess anything that we did. There [are] things that we need to do long-term to make our team better that we’re going to do. And if we suffer for it in...