S. Hughes Line Quotations

I saw the keeper off his line so I just thought I would chip him. It was a good goal and it gives us the three points. It wasn't the prettiest game but everyone was brilliant and the fans were great.

They do a lot offensively, and they give you a ton of stuff to prepare for because they throw and run it pretty well. On defense, they stunt their linebackers and picking up those stunts is going to be a big key for us. I'm sure we will see 9-10 people at the line of scrimmage.

It has been a long fight but at this point we have to draw a line under it.

We don't see rates declining much further or a significant firming in the near future, partly because ample capital is flowing into the market after the 2005 hurricane season. At the same time, we are encouraged by the ongoing development of our internal sales culture and by our ability to complete and integrate acquisitions. We anticipate further improvement in both areas in 2006. We also anticipate that contingent commissions could decline this year due to loss experience for insurers in 2005.

How is our defensive line going to play? ... We have some guys on defense who have some experience, but what will our defense look like without Zak Keasey? We lost 127 tackles, quarterback pressures and big plays when we lost him. How they will play without him is one of the big question marks we face.

When our offensive line plays well, we have a chance to move the football. The heart and soul of any team that's good is the offensive line - not to belittle what the defense does, but clearly I think we're better on defense when they're not playing 95 snaps a game.

We did not play with any real emotion on defense tonight. Offensively, our line play was very good, but the two fumbles cost us.