Mike Goforth Quotations

We know he's a tough kid, we know he can play within his limits. It's just a matter of if he can stand the pain. There's some things we can do for pain. You don't want to push it too far with that. He does have a career ahead of him. We'll do everything we can to make him comfortable . . . we're going to give him a shot. He's going to have to be awfully good for him to be able to go in there and protect himself and protect the quarterback.

If we had a week, it wouldn't be much of an issue. Three days for an offensive lineman is going to be tough. We'll do everything we can to help him with the pain, but he has to be able to push off and deliver a blow. For a guy his size, that puts a lot of stress on his leg.

He'll have to show us quite a bit of stuff the day before the game before we let him go. If he can't show us he can play, then we won't clear him.

It's one of the two or three worst spring practices (for injuries) I can remember.