The thoughts and prayers of everyone in this building are with Tony and [wife] Lauren, their children and their extended family, and for the repose of James' soul. This is a tragedy for the Dungy family and by extension his football family here with the Colts. |
Then he starting talking a bit about some of the officiating calls. |
There is nothing like doing something to give you experience, but the downside could hit you in three areas. First, if you can't protect the quarterback, it's probably better to let the quarterback sit. Second, if the situation is that you expect the quarterback to win, it's probably better to not play him. Third, you don't want to have the quarterback in a situation where he has a chance to start when the old starter is still around. |
These rules are quite restrictive. They limit creativity in contract construction quite severely. |
They're both good tacklers, and they pack a wallop. |
Tony made it clear to myself and Jim that he wished for the team and organization to carry on. We will. |
We always sit out the first three weeks. We don't become active until the market sort of levels out. |
We are going to be resolved to get this worked out, we are going to be resolved to be better a football team next year and we are going to be resolved to be a better playoff team next year. |
We can't keep as many people as some teams can. The issue is cash. This team will be competitive for the very foreseeable future. But ask me about five to seven years down the road? That's a horse of a different color. |
We felt that Mike?s effectiveness here had run its course. We felt the leg strength was diminishing and it was time for a change. It was obvious that (Vinatieri) was the best alternative for us. |
We have no details with respect to events surrounding the cause of the cut. As is our policy, our security department will conduct an investigation and report back promptly. As always, we will share the results of that investigation with appropriate league officials. |
We have room for some contingencies, but when you count all the (projected) expenditures we don't have a lot of room. |
We have the greatest role model there is in Tony Dungy. And as Jim said to the team (Thursday) morning, we'll emulate our leader. |
We have the greatest role model there is in Tony Dungy. And as Jim said to the team this morning, we'll emulate our leader. |
We hope he has 10 good years here. We know he's going to do a great job for us. |