"He's a very passionate person, and you could tell Cincinnati had a very big place in his heart."

"I'm more excited about getting past the Chiefs and moving on forward from that."

"I thought a lot about it. It seems like everything happened so fast. Parts of last night that seemed like minutes were hours. Looking back, some of last night flew by. But I don't think this thing is going to hit me until I get going on the rehab session, start battling the road back."

"I think Coach just wanted to let some starters rest. Going into a game like (next week's), you don't need momentum."

"He's going to say some random things and speak what's on his mind. To say that what he said puts more pressure on us or is bulletin-board material, none of that is needed. This is a big enough game in itself."

"It's not just the quarterback going out there and playing out of his mind. You've got to have a good team around you."

"He was a phenomenal player. He just kind of had a bad streak of luck."

"You interchange those guys in and out, and you've got power and speed and so forth. We do a really good job offensively with our scheme and keeping those guys on their toes."

"There's progress in a lot of areas but a lot of things we have to execute better. Our main thing is you want to get better week to week and be ready for opening day, and we got better last week."

"This team's really, really been grinding. And that's Marvin's philosophy. For us to get a week off and have an opportunity to really rest our bodies and get ready for the playoffs would be huge."

"My groin felt great. I could have ended up playing the whole game. But I think Coach (Marvin Lewis) wanted to let some of the starters rest."

"The defense is making it easy on us."

"We weren't perfect today, but we did a lot of really good things. Offensively it was easy. When the defense gets you the ball that many times in a row, that many times on their side of the 50 and a couple of times in the red zone it really makes it easier for you offensively."

"That doesn't happen to that defense, ... They're the No. 2 defense in the league and they're a very good, aggressive, physical defense."

"The defense has given us every advantage, ... With the tempo we've had on offense, that's been a good combination."

"Football is a very physical game; things happen. I don't hold a grudge at all. I don't think he meant to do it. It's part of the game. ... It's a freak accident."

"It's going to be a lot of fun to have them in our place."

"That's my fault. I need to just throw it away early and cut our losses. I hurt the team on that one."

"The truth is that if I wasn't hurt I'd be here for 2 1/2 hours – but now I've got to work out for 2 1/2 hours and I've got 2 1/2 to 3 hours more of rehab to do, so I'm not cheating anybody."

"Chad really is harmless. He's a little kid at heart and does a lot of things that make you laugh. He just loosens the mood and makes you realize, we're still playing a game."

"Before we're a championship team, we need to get better offensively and really take advantage of every turnover, ... We punted a lot today."

"It's great to sit and learn, and it's great to get in there and get experience, ... I don't think there's a right or wrong way to do it. It depends on what the team needs. Dave's situation: They didn't have a quarterback, so he had to play."

"A lot of it is just experience,"

"I have a lot more experience, so I feel like I'm a different quarterback since that game."

"He wears the emotions on his sleeve sometimes. That's not a good or a bad thing. It's just that he's an emotional player and a competitive player. He wants the ball."

"[This is] a great moment for me both professionally and personally. Working with the coaches here and the Brown family has been a tremendous experience. I love our prospects for being a great team into the future and we love living in Cincinnati."

"Oh, no question, ... He's one of those guys that got thrown into the fire early. It's tough. They're trying to build a team around him and going through growing pains."

"He used his body today to block the defender off. He used a basketball move where he posted him up a little bit."

"We've come a long way at reading each other's body language at the line of scrimmage when we're watching what the defense is doing to us, ... He's come a long way on that and he's brought me along with him."