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Tim Lewis is great, he's a great coordinator.

Emmanuel Lewis was amazing to work with. I'll love that guy to the end of time.

I think I've got an outstanding defensive assistant staff that's really going to help us have consistent, strong defenses. And offensively, we have an excellent staff. We've got some younger guys on offense, but that's what I coach and have my entire coaching career.

Luckily, I have the good fortune of being on the same team as Ray Lewis. I don't have to face him on Sunday.

The amount of pressure that I've put on myself as a defensive coordinator for the last 10, 11 years, I really believe there's a lot more decisions that go into that position than the head coach.

I wish my teammates, coaches and the entire Lions organization all the best.

Third down and long is the toughest situation for any offensive coordinator in the NFL.

I was lucky enough at Stanford to have Vic Fangio as the defensive coordinator for a year, and then Jason Tarver.

I'm happy with the coach we have. I think any one of the ones I asked them to consider would've been good.

Any defensive coordinator is worried about two things: a running quarterback and a deep ball. You know, don't get beat deep and don't let the quarterback run, because a big part of your defense can't account for the quarterback as a runner, so he gets a free run.