Sometimes when you look at print, I think he really was saying that they threw the ball and it caused them to lose the game. I think that's his opinion. That's how I read it. |
Sometimes you have a bad couple of innings or a bad day out. (But) Jake made some great throws. One comes to mind that was a 13-yard gain to get us in field goal range â?¦ Another was a long throw down the middle to Ricky Proehl that went to the 1 and that was an excellent throw. |
Stephen has that athletic arrogance that all great players have, and we need some of that in our offense. We knew his lack of production in Washington didn't result from a decline in his skills. It came from not playing or running as much. But he's our kind of back. There may be faster runners, but there aren't many who are as productive [in terms of carries]. |
Stephen set a physical tone for us in 2003 that played an important part in our run to the Super Bowl. We were fortunate to have him. He is unselfish and a great person as well as teammate to have on your football team. |
Steve Smith put us in position to win, but unfortunately we didn't finish. |
Steve's been making big plays for us all year long, and we're going to need him to keep doing it with these last two weeks coming up here. He's been our big-play guy all season long, and he stepped up again today. |
Sure as I'm standing here, it's going to happen, |
That always is a factor, |
That loss to Dallas last week hurt very, very badly. The pride and character in that locker room stepped up. |
The coaching staff and players have had confidence in him all year long, |
The first drive he had the pass interference call, ... The deep ball to Chambers, he's right there, that guy made the play and he didn't. He made a great play in the end zone for an interception. So like most of us, when you end up a little short, we've all got some room for improvement. But I don't think one guy or one play is the difference in that game. |
The first drive he had the pass interference call. The deep ball to Chambers, he's right there, that guy made the play and he didn't. He made a great play in the end zone for an interception. So like most of us, when you end up a little short, we've all got some room for improvement. But I don't think one guy or one play is the difference in that game. |
The guy was a playmaker at a high level. There is something sparky about the guy. That is what we saw, and that's why we drafted him in the first place. |
The last time we moved (Davis) was because of what we thought was going to be an extended injury to (linebacker) Brandon Short . Obviously, the injury to Colin Branch is going to be a lot more extended, unfortunately. |
The league's already addressed that. Until the rules change as far as cut blocking and the legality of it, those things are going to continue to happen. |