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Do you have any update on Clint Boling? I know you didn't sound very optimistic about it yesterday   "Yeah, I don't know if a doctor has read it yet, but I can see it and it looks like a torn ACL. At some point, he'll obviously have surgery and we'll move him to IR."
What are the key elements to preventing teams from throwing for 300-plus yards?  "The key to that is number one, you have to tackle well after the catch and don't have assignment break downs, continue to play well assignment-wise. They might catch a ball, they might catch a hook, they might catch a ball running across the field or something like that, but we have to tackle and get them on the ground. Playing well on third down helps those things. Yesterday they converted a couple third-and-shorts, but the third-and-longer ones they didn't convert. I think maybe they converted one. That's huge being able to get people in a third-and-longer situations. It's all part of rushing the quarterback. city of los angeles historical significance properties You've got to rush within the plan. As I said yesterday, we didn't do a real good job of that early on. Later, we began to understand city of los angeles historical significance properties better what we were talking about all week, about Phillip Rivers' ability to move up and through the pocket, and how it was going to be important to try and squeeze the pocket on him."
You got some guys back after the bye. How do you feel Rey Maualuga and Devon Still played?   "I think guys came back and played – including (Chris) Crocker – and were effective. Devon has been out for a bit. What he has to keep doing is keep playing, and getting more opportunity and have good weeks of practice."
You've been around the great ones. Ray Lewis obviously the greatest there is. What similarities set great linebackers apart from the rest?  "I think they have a uniqueness of leadership. That's impressive. I think as a young player, Vontaze is very parallel to where Ray was. Right away there's just an air. Where Ray comes in as a late first-round draft pick, and Vontaze is a very very late draft pick – the eighth round (laughs, as Burfict was actually an undrafted city of los angeles historical significance properties free agent).
"But I think once they hit campus, they showed special qualities of leadership that most young players don't have, but yet a humbleness and a knowing where their place is, you know what I mean? Knowing where their place is as a young player, getting behind the veteran players, city of los angeles historical significance properties learning from the veteran players, city of los angeles historical significance properties being a fly on the wall with the veteran players, but yet when their time comes as a player to not be shy, to really hold up their end of the bargain."
Dre was very emotional after his first interception. Where is he right now as far as evaluations?  "We had to get him recovered first over the Alabama-Auburn game (laughs). city of los angeles historical significance properties He looked like those two little kids they showed on TV with tears running down their faces. We didn't city of los angeles historical significance properties know if he was going to make it through the game. My gosh. Everything after that was up for him.
"You've got to love Dre for his… he just wants to be out there, and playing every snap, and doing well and proving city of los angeles historical significance properties to whoever – himself included – that he belongs. And he just has to understand that he belongs, and he's just got to keep working. We've been blessed to have this group of guys, and to have the depth we have there, and the fact that these guys aren't city of los angeles historical significance properties giving up their spots. He's having to earn every bit. When his time comes to be a full-time starting player in the NFL, he will have earned it. That's a great deal."
It seems to lead to success    "It generally does. No team has ever been accused of losing by running city of los angeles historical significance properties too much. I don't think anyone city of los angeles historical significance properties has come into one of these things (press conferences) and said 'Hot dog, we lost the game because you ran the ball too much.' It's a part of us, but if we have to throw it effectively, then we'll need to throw it effectively. Those times will come, too."
How important is it that you're at home the last three of four weeks, and how do you feel about Andrew Whitworth at guard?  "I think Andrew will do whatever he wants us to do, and he's up for it all. Obviously that puts Anthony Collins in (at left tackle). We've got great confidence in A.C., so we've got a couple of good options, no doubt about it. We expect Kevin Zeitler to be back and playing this week, so as we go through the week, we'll see how things are. We have a lot of good options. Andrew brings a toughness there, and that's huge. We're playing at home this week. We've got three of four at home, which is big. One of our goals is to be undefeated at home, and we can't do that without winning this week, so this is another big game for us. We're playing another team leading their division, I believe, and that's huge for us. It will be a big football game for us here
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Joe Reedy took over as The Enquirer's Bengals beat writer in 2009 after covering the University of Kentucky and doing an NFL picks column. Reedy's previous NFL experience includes covering the Jets for The Post-Star in Glens Falls, NY (1997-98) and Jaguars for The Gainesville Sun (1999). The Youngstown native lives in Burlington and is a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame's Board of Selectors.
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