There is running room. We, as a whole, just have to keep pushing. |
There were 150 plays run in two hours, so the tempo was crisp, and the guys are picking up the system. The execution is clean, particularly, and defensively they've got a really good energy and confidence. |
There were a lot of young guys that stepped up and made big plays. What a great beginning for those guys. Hopefully, it's the start of some thing big for them. |
There were business issues among the family. Hopefully, he can start with a fresh slate. |
There's a fine line between winning and losing. It's a lesson we've learned. |
There's a lot of decisions you need to make. Can I return this? Should I fair catch it? Should I let it roll into the end zone? It requires a disciplined, aware guy who also has great instincts in open field awareness and a guy who can catch the ball and take some punishment. Obviously, we need somebody who can make somebody miss. It's a skill not many people perfect or many want to perfect. |
There's a lot of things that entered into this decision to bring him to Tampa. He's got a lot to prove. He's got to get it right. Hopefully, this is an opportunity for him to do it. The stage is set for him to be successful. If he can do that, we're going to look for him to help us. If he can't do that, then it's not going to be a very long-lasting relationship. We'll see what happens. |
There's been some great performers, not only in sports but in life, that have been kicked a little bit, knocked down. By God, if you have juice, if you're good, if you know you've got a chance to do something, you just keep pounding away. |
There's change circulating throughout the league and for us to sign Chris Simms for our future is something that is extremely exciting. He's a young man that's continued to improve and helped take our team to the playoffs and win an NFC South championship and is a guy we will continue to build our football team around. |
There's some of that, and then some of that is just sheer determination, guts, and talent. He is a phenomenal competitor and he is blessed with great talent. Not to take anything away from anyone else. |
These guys are both going to be NFL kickers, I don't think there's any question about that, |
They dominate everybody I've seen, ... They're on the cusp of being one of the great teams in football. |
They dominate everybody I've seen. They have a great package in terms of blitzes. They have high-profile players at just about every position. They have it all. They're on the cusp of being one of the great teams in football. |
They got after us early. They had three sacks on our first five or six passes and that will knock your quarterback out of rhythm on the road against a defense of this caliber. |
They got after us early. We had sacks in our first five or six passes. That will knock any quarterback out of rhythm. |