We gave him the work we thought he could handle. Do I think he got enough work in the preseason to be ready for the first game? I didn’t make the decision to come to...

Maybe we can create some problems and issues for teams by doing that.

I don’t think we played very well. We didn’t look quick, we didn’t look fast and we didn’t play with the same energy level that I’ve seen us play with throughout the year so far....

We are going to start both guys.

He did well, actually better than I thought he would. We did not want him to go the whole practice because we didn’t want him to get in an overuse situation where he might fatigue...

We’re still competing at that position, but Gus has taken most of the reps. That’s the way it is right now.

I don’t want to say he has a sore arm, but when you start to get one, that is the time to back off and not let it become one. I think that was what...

We have no intention of moving or trading Jason Taylor .

We had a chance to stop them at the end of the game and they bang us with a big play right off the bat, … Those things are disappointing. I was very proud, though,...

I have total faith, trust and confidence in the guy, … He’s going to be a long-snapper for a long time in this league.

We’re modern-day gladiators, and that mental toughness is really important to have (in) a good team. It’s got to permeate your team, and there has to be a core group of guys that buy in...

I am surprised that I keep getting asked the same questions that I have been asked for the last six months and I keep answering them the same way,

They’re great at making adjustments, and great at getting things fixed.

Reggie had a chance to make a play on the ball, … In trying to intercept it I think he put himself in a bad position to tackle the guy. It turned out to be...

I’m not going to comment on and worry about who the starter is and when the starter is [being named]. The bottom line is like what every Dolphins fan and everyone in this building wants,...

Ronnie Brown is still day-to-day. He was better today than he was yesterday.

I think he played outstanding and I am so happy for Ricky for some positive self-gratification that he’ll get from his performance today because he certainly deserves it.

We’re trying to get a deal that would satisfy him as well as work for us.

We’ve obviously started our research in terms of what the options are going to be for us. One of the goals that we have is to develop the players we have so somebody can be...

I’m getting too old to run (or) jog. We have fun. It’s probably good for the staff that we get together and do something like that.

It is what it is. So we can talk about 39 touchdowns or we can talk about however many fumbles. Half empty, half full.

He got picked before we could get him. Somebody else obviously tutored him up.

I think those are the kinds of decisions we would certainly like to have some input into. Our goal and focus is, number one, to respect the player. Ricky did an outstanding job for us...

We’re going to look at this as a two-starter position.

If a player isn’t performing relative to the so-called investment that you have in him, sometimes you have to make tough decisions. We were committed to the guy. He was committed. If anything, I feel...

I’m looking forward to seeing them. I was really proud of the way they did this year.

Rather than wear him out, we played him about as much as we planned. We’ll play him more and more as time goes on and he gets in better and better shape.

He’s going to have to carry a little more than maybe he’s ready for. We’re very pleased with his development, but in the absence of Ricky, we’re going to lean on him a little more...

We’d like for everybody on the team that dresses to have some kind of role in the game,

That was basically the end of that theory, but I did have my laptop with me. I also wanted to get away from the cleanup. There was a method to that madness.

He’s done a good job. He has minimized his mental mistakes. He’s become a starter and he has played fast in the games and made some plays. We (will) keep working with him in hopes...

I don’t know. He doesn’t know. Nobody knows.

We need a little time to figure that out. We’re going to take it from where it is and build for 12 games.

Well, he just didn’t look comfortable all the time in terms of making decisions … and that’s something that you’d always like to do with your players is make sure you’re asking them to do...

There are times when we are getting an outstanding performance from the running back. There are times when we are getting a hat on a hat to finish a block. We just have to do...

But what happened in their first game is no indication of the kind of team that they have.

We have some players that I think don’t play with the kind of confidence that I would like to see, … It affects their ability to make plays.

I think we’re interested in anybody who would make our team better. Guys who have been proven playmakers in this league are all people we would be interested in.

There were too many penalties in the game. We talk about playing hard and competing, but you also have to play smart. That’s something we need to do a better job of. We did a...

When I call up (Carolina coach) John Fox and tell him what we are going to do, then I’ll let you guys know,

They were all on the field. They all did some things, but they didn’t participate in team (drills).

We all like winning. The fun of this is a job well done. The purpose of what we do is to have success. We focused a lot this year on the process of what you...

Sometimes, players have never had things explained that way to them, and maybe that’s why they see it a little bit different,

At this point, I’m not ready to say that changing quarterbacks is going to solve all our problems, so that’s where it’s at.

They double-covered him a couple of times, actually, so it was the right choice not to throw it to him. But he’s a guy we need to have involved in the offense.

He’d come and visit his dad in the summer,

In the last two games the quarterback has been affected by what has happened around him,

The most disappointing thing to me is I don’t think we showed improvement,

Just the opposite. I think we should do a lot of stuff. I don’t think going in the bag is going to help us. Because it doesn’t matter what we do we still have to...

The best way to disrespect somebody is to just walk away from them. But that is the show business part of what we have to deal with, and to me it’s wrong. It’s a bad...