On tough cuts: "I mean, they are all hard. Torrey in particular, he's just such a class act. He brought to our room what we thought when we got him a year ago, but we had a chance to get a couple guys that could help us at special teams as well as receiver. … When you get down to those fifth and sixth receiver spots, you want to try to get guys who can be four core special teamers or returners; somebody that can help you in those areas because they are not going to get on the field as a receiver much. That was the biggest reason we did it."

On the kicking situation: "For one, Joey Slye came in and has been great. Going into the final preseason game there were 14 teams that hadn't missed a field goal and we were one of them. With Graham's situation, it was a case where he had soreness in the plant leg from early on. He thought he was going to be able to get over the hump but every time he went to kick there was still soreness there. Even when he did (kick) it was sore the day after. It just got to the point where we had to put him on injured reserve, and the thing is just to get him healthy and figure out what's best for that leg."

On not putting Gano on the initial 53: "It just came down to numbers and you don't want to risk guys. Not only do you have to put him on the final roster but you have to get through 4 o'clock Sunday. So we just made the decision. And Joey has been kicking well. We thought this was best not to push Graham and figure out what is best for him to get the leg better."

On offensive tackle depth: "I think we have guys who can swing and play a lot of positions. With Daryl and Taylor and Greg and then Dennis Daley can play there and Brandon Greene … We feel good about the tackle position. You look at teams across the league and I think there are a lot of people looking for interior offensive linemen. I think we're OK if we stay healthy, but any team, if you get some injuries in there you are always going to be looking."

On keeping undrafted rookie LB Jordan Kunaszyk: "Gosh, there are so many things about Jordan. He had a terrific preseason and training camp. He made plays. He's a guy who studies all the time. He's just going to get better and better. We just like we had a young linebacker who really has the skill set, has our DNA, has the approach down and we just didn't want to risk putting him out there. I think he would have been a guy teams would have found attractive. He's just going to get better and better, and he gives us good depth. He's going to get better at special teams. That was one of those decisions we went back and forth with, and I think at the end of the day we made the right one."