Over your career, what makes a team better at not turning the ball over as the season goes along? What kind of things you need to emphasize? How much of it is coaching? How much of it is a mental part? Physical part?
Being able to stop and take that sack. Being okay with punting the ball. Not going out focusing on scoring points each and every time. It’s all mental and coaching only goes so far when guys let those intrusive thoughts win.
How quickly can you tell if a young player is a football player if he thinks about it because it seems like at the Combine they’re all saying the right thing and it’s the job. How quickly does it take?
The work ethic. Day 1 is when we see what we have and what we can build off of. You can’t teach work ethic.
How do you see the competition level in the AFC East currently?
I see a mild to moderate comp level here. Most of these coaches are good as different things so that’s the one thing that sets us apart.
