Q. In the first quarter of the preseason opener in Jacksonville, after Darnell Washington came to the sideline after catching a 19-yard touchdown pass and then got flagged for dunking the football over the crossbar in celebration, the TV cameras caught you talking to him on the sideline. What was the tone of your message?

A. I'll keep that between Darnell and me, but you can imagine what the tone was. He's a talented young guy and it was a heckuva play, but that (penalty) doesn't help us secure victory. That's not what we're about. And so it's important that he received that message, and the quicker, the better. No time like immediate feedback on lessons like that. But I'm sure I probably was the third or fourth person who got to him. I think his position coach (Alfredo Roberts) almost me

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