I knew Al was the kind of guy who every year is going to be in the running to be a head coach. He's a guy who's primed to be a head coach. He's always going to be a candidate. You want to make sure you have some kind of consistency with your offense. |
I leave this game concerned just with how we played. Chad, he tried to force some things. He'll tell you that himself. He's harder on himself than anybody else. |
I think it would be one-third either way. I think what we've been able to do is expose ourselves to all our players and get a better idea about some of those guys who were in the middle tier. |
I think you can see that he's getting the feel for it again. It takes a long time, even for a veteran guy like that. People don't realize that he changed systems, and that's very difficult without a training camp. |
I thought to myself, 'Hmm, that's interesting,' |
I told him, 'It's your rule. They're going to look at you harder than anybody else,' ... 'As soon as you walk on the field, they're going to know your number. You can't even sneeze on a guy. You can barely touch a guy. If they don't call it on you, why implement the rule? They're sending a message to the rest of the guys. That's how this league works.' |
I told John he doesn't have to make that decision. I'll make that decision for him, basically. And if he's not 100 percent, he really can't help the football team. |
I wasn't going to put the quarterback (Brooks Bollinger) in harm's way any longer and I wasn't going to send our defense out there again by turning the ball over, okay? |
I'm disappointed in the whole team. We didn't play like we're capable of playing. |
I'm not a panic guy. I don't do that. Can't, ... When you're a leader, you can never panic, no matter what's happening. The building could be falling down. Fire could be going all places. Somebody has to make a decision on how to get out. |
I'm not listing him as anything right now because I don't know what the tests are. I'm not a doctor. As soon as I know, I'll let you know. |
I've always been happy here. I like it here. I'm the Jet coach, as far as I'm concerned, period. That's all I can say. It's done. Move on. |
If anybody can do it, I believe Chad can do it because of his mental toughness and what he feels he has to prove. He's a unique individual, he really is. I mean, he played with that thing torn up those last five or six games (in 2004) and we made the playoffs. If anybody can do it, Chad can do it. I'm pulling for him and I'm praying for him. |
If God doesn't give you a real, real strong arm, and you have to stand there and throw it, you have to use your legs, ... still is finding his way in the offense. ... He missed a lot of time in the spring and he's playing his way through it. |
If he feels he can help the team win, Curtis Martin is going to play. He's never going to put the team in jeopardy. That's always been the deal. That's always been our history. He's a unique guy. There was one week where he didn't practice all week and on Saturday I finally asked him, 'What do you think?' And he said, 'I'm good. I'm playing.' And he played well. He's a different guy. Special. He really is. |