Marvin’s thoughts on rookie quarterback Andy Dalton: ‘He’s a wonderful young man and he’s very smart.”

Topics: Game against Baltimore | Playoffs | Teams mindset | Continuing to get better | Nate Clements making the Playoffs for the first time | The younger players listening to Nate | Adding key guys | The veterans showing the young guys how to prepare this week | Playoff week | Needing to play fast | Marvin coming back this season | Leadership on this team | Always thinking you have a shot at the Playoffs | Maintaining that edge | Starting fresh | Andy Dalton | Dalton in the Playoffs | Dalton is sick today | Dalton going home to play in his first game |

Marvin on his rookie quarterback Andy Dalton: “He’s a great decision maker.”

Topics: Beating the Buffalo Bills | Andy Dalton | Dalton being more decisive last week | Deciding to let Andy start the season as the quarterback | Thought Andy gave this football team the best chance to win | Carson Palmer | Carson being unhappy with certain things | The team chemistry this season | Larger than life personalities | Names on paper not winning games | The teams defense | The team wanting to win | Thomas Howard | Ray Lewis as a leader | The second Ray walked into Baltimore’s locker room he became a leader | Marvin loves coaching |

Topics: Reaching out to the members of his roster | Bringing in guys who have played at a high level | Terrell Owens has uplifted the group | Reaction to thoughts of signing T.O. | Spent time talking to T.O. before signing him | What he needed to hear from T.O. before bringing him in | What was important to him as a player | More private in his dealings with people | T.O. and Ocho Cinco together | Two guys competing to be very good | Training camp won’t be boring for Chad | Both receivers campaigned to have them on same team | Both can help the team | Carson Palmer is equipped for both receivers wanting the ball | Thoughts after T.O. missed his flight | Sounds rejuvenated | This is what his job is about | Guys who get 2nd chances on his team | Judging guys by what’s in them | Judged on football ability and steps taken to change | No one told him not to take T.O. | Friends involved who were with T.O. before