Not only is it four years (since he played here) but it's another new team for him, ... He's just a member of the opposition and we have to play him accordingly.
We knew these guys were going to contribute. We didn't know they were going to be relied upon. They keep pushing through. I can't think of another team that depends on young players like we have.
We come with lots of expectations and teams are going to be prepared for us. We've got to be prepared to meet their effort.
With the new system, we see teams in our division eight times and those rivalries, if they weren't in place, will be resurrected.
I felt good. My conditioning, my legs feel about as good as they can for the amount of time I've been off. It felt really good to be part of the practice, enjoy my teammates differently than I have for the last five months.
It's not always going to be the most skilled guy, the most talented guy, that's going to put a team over the top. It's going to be those guys that, in the end, put their heart on their sleeve and do the grunt work.