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There’s a number of factors that go into that, but there’s a lot of players that will play with things that are probably more difficult to play with than what he has.

Our word for the week has been accountability. We’re looking to put the 45 guys on the field on Sun that want to play together. We talked about it as a squad on Wednesday that that’s what’s going to happen this week, and anyone that showed any indifference to that, we’ll play without them, and we’ll play well anyway.

Teams win late in the year," McDaniels said. "If you have players that aren’t going to put that ahead of everything else, then that can certainly be detrimental to your club.

We’re all accountable to give our very best effort to Pat Bowlen, to this organization, to this city, to the people that support us, to each other – that’s what this is about.

He hadn’t really said anything to me. He just came in today and told me I was deactivated. I have to respect that. That’s the head coach. He makes the decisions around here, and he has to do what’s best for the team.

I don’t think coach ever played in the NFL, so for my hamstring to be feeling the way it felt, it’s tough for me to go out there and expect to play at a high level.

I played last year with a tear in my hip, so I don’t think my toughness is in question here.

When you have a muscle injury, that thing doesn’t heal overnight. I got to do my best to be there for the playoffs.

It has nothing to do with accountability.