David Carr Guys Quotations

I was talking to those guys (with the Colts) the other day, and I think they lost five preseason games. But they aren't down. They're fired up. They want to get out there with their No. 1s and play an entire game just like we do.

I wish we could make the big plays. We did last year. It's like night and day. We used to put the ball up and guys would make plays. It was fun to be around here. We just haven't had those opportunities this year.

I felt like we were playing to our potential today. I just wish we had a win to go along with that feeling. But I'm happy that our guys are playing with some confidence.

Just don't try to do it all yourself. You've got to realize there's 10 other guys out there with him and they can take a lot of pressure off his job if he let's them do it. That's the hardest thing I had to learn.

Our team is a lot like Indianapolis in that we need to have our full complement of guys going,

We didn't do anything right out there, ... We didn't feel comfortable the entire time. I mean, we never felt like we ever got any rhythm going on offense. It was just like last week, kind of choppy, hit and miss. I don't know if guys were looking forward to the Buffalo game or what. But we were terrible.

I've been here for four years, I know the guys in the huddle who are trying to get it done. My confidence is fine. I'm still going to be the same player. (But) everyone's got to get it done. You can have nine guys, 10 guys doing everything right. If one guy doesn't, you can look bad.

The toughest for me are the guys who guess a lot. The good one I play against every year is Samari Rolle. He doesn't just play it by the book. He plays with instincts. Those are the tough guys for me. They can get beat a lot, other times they can look unstoppable. They jump routes. They sit on certain things. They can make plays on pure instincts and pure athletic ability.

After the week ... they'll make a decision on who the best five guys are.

Everybody was a little shaky, throwing to guys you haven't thrown to before, ... But it was fun. It was good. It wasn't our best day of throwing, I don't think. All the quarterbacks would say that. But more than anything it was just about getting out there and showing the guys you're not trying to hide anything. You just want to play ball.

As far as the records go, that has to be thrown out the window for right now when I go talk to the guys when I'm trying to get them encouraged and get them pumped up and ready to play. We have to lock it up, run the right route. I'll hit you and then we'll worry about the record later.

That is a microcosm of our first five games. It's just rough. Our guys did a decent job of adjusting on the run, but we were still 32 points behind them.