It's a frustrating game because the situations so drastically change at different times over the course of the week, the game, the season. It feels like brain surgery at times.
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When it's deep into the season and you're not playing well, it's frustrating. This is when it's time to revisit some basics.
And it hurts as a player, that you put a lot of hard work in during the week, and at the end of the week, Sunday, when you get on the field, that's when they acknowledge about the hard work that you put in throughout the week. That's actually a disappointment.
Players suffer coaching changes all the time; it's life in the NFL.
This game is crazy. You're up and down, up and down. When you feel good, you want to be there every time for the team.
Well 'Monday Night Football,' I think the players kind of like it because they like the attention, and it's a lot of attention. But on the other hand, it's a disruption of the routine we used to have to play on Monday night. If you're a player, you sit around all day waiting for a game. It's different than when you play at noon.
Football is one of those games that definitely relates to life in a lot of ways. Everything can be going good, and just like that, you have a turnover. Things are going south, you're going the opposite direction. How are you going to recover from it? That's the beauty in this game.
To me, it's like we're already in the playoffs. Every game is important for our position. We can't relax at all.
The first game of the year is always an in-season adjustment game.
The football season is like pain. You forget how terrible it is until it seizes you again.
You've got to enjoy time with your family and friends, and if you're involved in sports franchises, those peak moments in playoff games. You have to enjoy life.
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