HEAD COACH JON GRUDEN

(On roster cuts)
“We’ll make our roster reduction here in the next couple of hours. I don’t have anything to report on it at this time. We had some good practice today.”

(On how Joey Galloway looked)
“Good. Great. He looks better. He’s working himself back into it. He’s not been resting, he’s been injured. We’re happy to have him back. He ran some good routes today and we’re excited about that, that’s for sure.”

(On assessing the 80-man roster overall)
“Like I’ve said all along here, we’ve had a great turnout and these guys have really put forth a tremendous amount of effort. We feel good about the fact we’ve given the players an opportunity to compete and showcase their skills in the three preseason games that we have had. I’m very appreciative and very impressed with the work ethic that we do have.”

(On if it has been one of the more competitive offseasons)
“Yeah, it’s been competitive. It’s been a little bit strange from the standpoint we’ve missed some key players for some lengthy periods of camp. It’s been exciting. It’s been a lot of hard work and we’ve also seen some legitimate competition. I think it’s made guys better.”

(On if one or two players in particular have surprised or impressed him)
“No, I’m not going to get into names. People have our film, they can evaluate it for themselves. The obvious are the obvious – the people that have been to the first three preseason games have seen a couple guys step up and do well. There are a couple guys that might not show up on the stat sheet that have done quite well also. We’ll have some tough calls and we’ll have to make them.”

(On the quarterback rotation for Thursday)
“We’re going to announce all of that when we get to Houston. It’s been a very short week. We used part of these two days, obviously, to get Jeff Garcia a lot of work. He needs it. We’ll make that determination when we get to Houston.”

(On if he has looked ahead to the Saints game yet)
“Not quite yet. We do spend a little time here and there checking out their preseason games. They’ve got some new players at key positions and they’re really rolling right now. They got after Cincinnati defensively and they’ve been rolling up some yardage with Drew Brees and company on offense. Throw in [Jonathan] Vilma, Sedrick Ellis and Jeremy Shockey, the supporting cast they have and the return of Deuce McAllister and they’re going to be a handful.”