McIver: We showed we’ve progressed

Five points out of six, Derry have been non-conformist with the notion that they would be cannon fodder in this Division 1 campaign. A recovery from seven down against Tyrone, a win in Killarney and now a 13-point triumph over the team that came up along with them. Why wouldn’t he beam?
“We came into this game and we talked about wanting to see how we had progressed in comparison to Westmeath. We felt that we, as a team, had moved on, and they gave an emphatic answer there today,” he said.