Mike Tomlin

but you still don't want to minimize the importance of bursting out of the locker room in a single elimination tournament.

We had a big guy, and so we needed a big guy, and very few come bigger than Cam.

He's had a special career.

It needs no endorsement from me.

He displays why it's special not only every weekend but every day.

He is a stealer through and through.

He just is.

I just saw him a few minutes ago in there taking care of himself, getting ready for the week.

He cares hard.

He's got big shoulders.

He wants the responsibility of leading.

He got trained by some awesome men a football generation ago.

I love having reunion weekends and seeing Cam's former teammates here.

I love messing with him that way.

But those guys, those middle-aged guys, guys like Casey Hampton and Brett Kiesel and Aaron Smith,

They view Cam's career with great pride because they were impactful in terms of his growth and development.

And it's cool from their perspective to watch him do it with young guys like Derek Harmon and Y.A.

Black, for example.

I'll leave that between them.

Connor wasn't so strong in-game.