Quotes by Lovie Smith

“Getting Moose has meant the world to the team, and these young receivers. Hes a Pro Bowl receiver who works like hes still a rookie.”

“I thought he was in control of the game, managed it well, ... He led us. He made the right reads and made good throws. He did what quarterbacks are supposed to do.”

“We didnt think the timing was right [to play Benson]. Cedric of course is a good football player, but Thomas was running the ball well.”

“Last week, we won as a football team and everything went right for us. Today, it felt like the total opposite.”

“Ian Scott played as well as anyone on our defense.”

“Just like we talk about the quarterbacks, some days youre going to have that. Peanut had a great training camp. He hasnt played as well as he can the last couple (games). Hell come back. Hes a good football player.”

“Jeff is getting more comfortable each day,”

“Were talking a lot about Kyle, but Im excited about what Jeff will be able to do for us too. We will play Jeff quite a bit in this game. He will get the majority of the reps for this game. He hasnt gotten as many reps as Kyle, so this is an important week for him.”

“Personally, it hurt when you tell a player his dream has been stopped for a while, but we had to do what was best for our football team and we felt like this was what was best at this time and hopefully it will work out for Marc, too.”

“Kyle needs to go through a situation like that, ... From the way I see it, hell come back stronger from it.”