‘”It wasn’t what he had hoped for or we had hoped for,” McDermott said. “At the same time, you know when you put a young player out there, a young quarterback, that there’s going to be some ups and downs. This is part of it. The good part about Nate is I know he’s a mentally tough individual and he’s a good football player. To me, it’s not indicative of who he is as a football player, but you know you’re going to go through some of this. All good players do.”‘