The one thing we always hear is that we're weak in the secondary. That's not accurate. We're getting better every game. We wanted to prove that we could step up and stop deep balls.

The ongoing issues are the strength of the economy and whether or not the pace of the recovery is in fact slowing down. One of the important things this week will be to see the extent of the damage.

The only reasons to vote will be yes or no on ANWR, not Medicare or anything else, so maybe the House will have the votes for it, as compared with a vote for a mixture.

The only risk out there is that Alan Greenspan will go one step too far and put us in a recession, ... And it's hard to see what he's doing now as putting us in a recession.

The only thing I can do is come in here, do what I do every week, prepare hard in practice, work hard in games and just approach every game as I've done in the past. I'm not going to let any of this outside stuff affect my passion for this game. I love this game, I play for the fun of it. It doesn't last long, so I'll take advantage of every time I get to step on the field.