That's one thing I'm not used to coming from New York. I got news for the rest of the league. That team (the Patriots) is not changing. If the league thinks that team is changing because it lost two coordinators, it isn't. They minimize mistakes. That's something we've got to do. |
That's something I'm not used to. Coming from New York, one of the least-penalized teams, I learned: Penalties hurt you. |
The expectations that everybody had for us coming into this year and the expectations we had for ourselves, we came nowhere close to meeting those expectations. Some people might disagree with me, but we did underachieve this year. ... Our defense has played well enough for us to be in the playoffs right now. There's no doubt about that. Offensively, we've done nothing but let our defense down and let our team down. What we have to do is come back and reload. |
The true test is how are we going to do against our next opponent? Are we going to go back to how we were when we were 0-3? |
We beat two teams that people expected us to beat, ... Now, next week, that's when we're going to find out about the identity of this Oakland Raiders team. |
We beat two teams that people expected us to beat. Now, next week, that's when we're going to find out about the identity of this Oakland Raiders team. |
We had a third-and-long situation, and we are getting off the field when we get a roughing the passer ... and we get an illegal hands down the field, |
We just keep getting penalty after penalty. ... If we can minimize those things, then I don't see a team out there that can stop us. That's why I say it's really all about us. |
We know what the deal is, |
We're considered a high-powered offense. Last time I checked, high-powered offenses don't get held to (20) points. |
We've done enough talking. What we have to do now is step up, be held accountable, realize we're professional athletes, that we have a job to do, and we have to go out there and do it, |
When you get on top of a team, you have to finish them off. I guarantee you that a team like the Patriots or Colts, if they got out in front like we did, they probably would have put up 40 or 50 points and held them, and it wouldn't have even been a game. If we want to be considered an elite team, when we've got a team down like that, we've got to finish them early. |
You can't come out against the Super Bowl champion New England Patriots and make that many penalties, ... They won't beat themselves. Granted, they lost two coordinators, but they haven't changed. |
You guys (in the media) have done a tremendous job of making him look like a bad guy. But I've been most impressed by Randy. I didn't know what to expect because I didn't know him. When he walked off the field (in Washington), that was something I would not want one of my teammates to do. But I also don't know what the situation was in Minnesota. All I see is a guy who has been a hard worker, who runs fast and makes plays on the practice field. He shows a lot of emotion on the field; he seems to be all about winning. He doesn't come across as an outcast. He doesn't come across in a negative way. |