Bill Cowher Early Quotations

Certainly, ... I think it's a big game early in the season. It's a good barometer for us to see where we stand.

He will miss approximately five weeks, four games. That is the early diagnosis. Certainly that can be give and take, a week here and there. Really, what we thought initially, that is probably good news based on what we were concerned about the last couple of days.

I think, if you look at him early in the season to where you see him now, there is no question. The one thing you see, when he makes a decision, he is going north and south; you see him hitting the pile and going forward. I know there were questions as to can Willie Parker run inside. I think he has answered a lot of that doubt through the year.

This was a big challenge for our team coming in and kind of weathering the storm early in the game. These are two very evenly matched teams, as was proven this year. We're fortunate and feel good about moving on.

It's way too early to make those kind of comparisons,

The first two games have been a good start, but we have to prove we can do it consistently. Right now it's too early to make any judgments.