(on what Mark Jones’ impact will be on special teams)

It will clearly help. He’s a sure-handed returner. He’ll catch the kickoffs and the punts, and he makes good decisions. We’re encouraged that he’s healthy. He feels good, he’s been working out and he’s in good shape.

(on how tough it was to put Craig Hentrich on injured reserve)

Well, it’s clearly a difficult decision to make. We were hopeful that we could go week-to-week on it, but with the injuries we just weren’t able to do that.

(on how long Craig Hentrich would have been out)

4-6 (weeks). That’s optimistic I think, but somewhere in that range. It’s hard to tell with a calf.

(on Craig Hentrich staying around and the team benefiting from his experience)

Anytime we have a player go on injured reserve they rehab, they stay here. In Craig’s case, he wants to take a little more active part, active role. Just helping Reggie (Hodges) and making sure Rob (Bironas) settles down. Making sure all the little detail things are taken care of.

(on how Mark Jones failed a physical with the Carolina Panthers two weeks ago and is okay now)

You know, you’ll have to ask Carolina. We didn’t fail him on a physical. We released him and he was healthy to play two weeks for us.

(on what Mark Jones didn’t do enough of in the preseason to earn a roster spot)

Well, he didn’t have enough of an opportunity. He missed three of the five preseason games and he came back and was able to return, but we didn’t get an opportunity to look at him in the offense.