Quotes About Matchup

Style-wise, dos Santos is going to be an excellent fight for me - striker against striker. With my experience, I should have the upper hand.

When you have a guy that each week you can change up your game plan a little bit depending on what an offense does - you can put him at nickel, you can put him at linebacker position, Will or Sam or whatever they have him doing, he can create a matchup that the offense is not ready for.

It's a scary thing when a team don't know who to match up to, whose night it's going to be on the offensive end.

That is one of my greatest strengths. I am not afraid to face challenges or any matchup in the league.

What is most remarkable to me about Durant's game is what he does given his size. It's so unique to have a player who is 6-foot-9 with the ability to shoot and handle the ball so well. It allows him to stretch the opposing team's defense because he can do those things at such a high level. He's a load to deal with and an extremely tough matchup.

Chicanito Hernandez certainly is not an opponent in my category.

If I can't defend my opponent and if he scores as much I'm scoring then he won the matchup.

I think anytime you play somebody on a yearly basis, you develop a history for what they like to do.

Even though you wouldn't want to line a D-lineman and running back up across from each other to block, when you get help initially from the guard, and then the defensive tackle gets picked up by the running back, it's not as bad as a lot of people would think versus if you're just putting that matchup on paper.