Is Elis toughness underrated?
His desire to play, his toughness, his ability to play with the nicks and the bruises and that type of thing – when he played with the shoulder he couldn’t practice that week. He got right up to game time and he was pretty adamant about wanting to play and feeling like he could. And the doctors gave their permission. So, yes, he is; he is definitely that. And it is because of his desire. He just loves to play and wants to play. And as the quarterback and the leader, he wants to be out there. We want him out there. Q: What does it mean to have a guy like David Carr as the backup quarterback? A: A veteran guy that has played and started in a lot of games and has shown his ability in games. I said it a number of times and I’ll say it again, I just feel like David should have – we should have won the 16th game a year ago. He had a fine game. He did well. So we have a veteran backup and that is certainly one of the reasons why we stay with the roster of two. Q: When a quarterback has a foot
