In Detroit, the quarterbacks lift with all the linebackers and running backs and everybody else, so I'm doing that whole thing.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
My job is to play quarterback, and I'm going to do that the best way I know how, because I owe that to my teammates regardless of who is out there on the field with me.
Quarterbacks like guys who try to do everything they can for them and put it on the line for them. So that's what I try to do.
I've tried to bring the mentality of the outside linebacker to the inside and the rough, tough style of an inside linebacker to the outside. The middle linebacker always has been known as kind of a big plugger. Outside guys are known to be able to run. I just try to make big plays wherever I am.
It's my job, first and foremost, to take care of the football. Guys work their tails off. That's Football 101. From the time you play youth ball to high school, college, pro, every level, that's the starting point for every quarterback. You have to take care of the ball.
I prefer to play inside linebacker.
I don't believe you could be a 39-year-old quarterback in the NFL and eat cheeseburgers every day. I want to be able to do what I love to do for a long time.
I'm playing quarterback, I'm playing football, and I don't try to make it more than that.
Everything I've done in my career has started in and around Detroit, you know, the metro area and Michigan.
I'm a Detroit player, they set styles.
I had to have help getting up these stairs because I've been tackled by so many lions and tigers. Really. I'm like an old football player.