Big-money Berrian has had quiet first 2 games

"The biggest thing is getting out of cuts and really try to push off on it," Berrian said. "But I played with it all last year so it's the same thing this year."

With Sidney Rice suffering a knee injury against Indianapolis last week, Berrian will need to show the same kind of toughness this season. He doesn't seem worried - yet.

"Frustrated, yeah. But catches will come," Berrian said. "They're always going to come. I don't try to worry about things I can't control."

Jackson completed just 51 percent of his passes in the first two games, though he did have several dropped. On Wednesday, Childress announced that backup quarterback Gus Frerotte will be the starter for the rest of the season.

"He's been in the league for 20,000 years," Berrian said, slightly embellishing the 37-year-old's experience. "He's going to know when he can go certain places with the ball and when he can't. He'll probably just be a little smarter at that."

Wade said he expects the playbook to be opened up a little wider on Sunday against Carolina with the veteran under center. And Frerotte says he is ready to wing it.

"There's going to be no hesitation," Frerotte said. "If I think I've got something, it's going to go, and you've got to put it right back on those guys. You've got to go make the play, too."

That hasn't happened often enough in the first two games, and Berrian has heard coaches promise him that he will be more involved going forward.

"It's cool that they feel that way, but I don't want to be looked at as, Oh, we have to try and keep him happy," he said. "I don't want to be in that situation."

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AP Sports Writer Dave Campbell contributed to this story.