Warrick was with us in Tampa so I've known him since he was a rookie, |
We have to have a different mind-set - that was established today in our meetings, ... I think our players took hold of it and did a good job of practicing. It was a pretty fast practice, guys moving around where they were supposed to go. |
We have to protect the quarterback. We haven't done that and we need to do that. |
We kind of laugh at our guys. They see it every day and they can't catch it. Our guys are tickled to death on the sideline when he starts punting in games. They're almost betting money that (the returner) won't be able to handle it. |
We like what he's done. He makes some errors, but all young players make some errors. The thing about him is that he is playing the left side and that's big when you can find a left tackle that you feel can play the position. That's a plus for us. |
We talked. But 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. |
We want celebrations, but we don't want it where you cross the line. These guys are creative, and they'll come up with some stuff. But I don't like it where you embarrass the other team. |
We wanted Donnie to follow his heart and this is best for him and his family. He provided us with three solid seasons and he's a class act on and off the field. |
We'll get better as the year goes on, ... We've got a young, athletic front seven, and we play with a lot of energy and enthusiasm as a football team. I think that's what people will notice about us -- but hopefully they won't notice us for a while. |
We'll have our work cut out. On top of that, it's on Monday night. We've got to get us a win. |
We're dealing with a guy who's very resilient, ... I just feel he'll come back. Next year will handle itself. |
We're very glad we have him. He's a guy that's won a lot of games in this league. Players respect him because of what he's done, how he's come in here and handled the position we've asked him to take. Obviously, if something should happen (to Pennington) we feel like he can go in the game and play and win for us. |
We've brought two players who bring a physical presence to our defense. They'll put their face masks on people and will hit 'em. |
What you saw Sunday, ... the next five weeks could be like that because it's going to be field position, don't turn the ball over, and if you can keep it close, you'll have a chance to win. It's defensive football. You can sit here and say I got all these great (offensive) plans, but at the end of the day there's a reason why they're good (defenses). |
When it happens you have to make sure your character is strong and your integrity of how you're doing thing stays intact. I won't change my character and my integrity because I know what I'm doing is right. |