Q: Is that confidence more difficult to come by after two difficult losses to divisional opponents than earlier in the season after close losses?

A: Yes, we’re well beyond saying we could be or should be 6-3 or whatever, because you look at these two games against divisional opponents on the road where we had very lackluster showings and just felt like we were outplayed. It seemed like they played with more intensity and more emotion, which is not us at all. We’re going to have to fix that.

Q: What is the answer?

A: The same thing that got us out of that 0-4 hole last year, just getting back to what we do extremely well, the things we are all very confident in, because when you step on the field on Sunday, you want to be prepared, you want to feel as confident as you can about the gameplan, which means you feel good about what you’re doing and that you’re comfortable with what’s going to happen. Obviously do what you’re going to do during the week and get your body ready to play as well. We’ve been beat up like everybody else. As long as we can get to that point and play physically on gameday, we’ll be fine.

Q: Are there other guys that need to be challenged? Has complacency set in?

A: I think there’s always guys that need to be challenged. I think I’m always a guy looking for the next challenge. I think there’s plenty of those guys. I know what you’re getting at and we have the right type of guys on this team. We don’t have the type of guys that need to be motivated necessarily. We have a lot of self motivated guys on this team that are always looking for the next challenge. We have a huge challenge ahead of us which is win this game on the road at Kansas City and find a way to get on a roll here. We’ve proven that we can win a number of games in a row in the past. We rattled off four in a row after starting off 0-4 last year. The year before we had a couple of runs. We need to get back to feeling that way.

I sure hope that he isn't the only one feeling like they have been playing like shite. Maybe he's hinting at the DC to play hardnose D.