Steve had an excellent preseason, and I think he has really improved over the last year, ... It was a tough cut, but we have a draft pick in [defensive tackle] C.J. Mosley, who has shown some flashes and seems to be getting better. The future is not just today. What I'm looking for is to build a program with people in the pipeline so we can win over time. |
Steve had an excellent preseason, and I think he has really improved over the last year. It was a tough cut, but we have a draft pick in [defensive tackle] C.J. Mosley, who has shown some flashes and seems to be getting better. The future is not just today. What I'm looking for is to build a program with people in the pipeline so we can win over time. |
Talking to Chris after the season, I really believe he's a workout warrior. I think Chris needs to look at how he trains, and he is. Football is a game of intelligence, lateral quickness, lateral explosion, how fast can I get from here to there? Change of direction is important, and those were all the things he needs to go back and work on. I just felt like he got too big, too muscular. He was just so big. He looked good, but this is football. |
That is really where all the problems stem from, quite honestly. We have to tighten that up. That's very urgent that we have to tighten that up. |
That kid is a monster. He's a man. |
That was absolutely the opposite of the point I made during the meeting. |
That won't happen, ... I won't go into Green Bay and start a rookie. That certainly won't be a possibility. I'm not saying he won't play more plays than the other guys in that game if he continues to improve, but I have a real hard time going into Green Bay, with Paul McCartney singing the national anthem or whatever, and starting a rookie in the backfield. I'm very uncomfortable with that. |
That would be a perfect scenario, where he works with that offensive staff through the whole week and works with Steve to formulate how the game will be called. Maybe Steve calls the game in, with the help of Jerry. But anything that can lighten the load of what I've taken on will be certainly fun. |
That'll give us all a good taste in our mouths when we leave the building on Monday afternoon. |
That's a good thing. |
That's exciting, to see that the guys we brought in made plays for us and played at a high level. |
That's my challenge as a head coach because it all falls on me. I have to make sure that I put things in order to get it corrected. |
That's the only way we can win. It's the type of talent we have. It's the type of quarterback we have. |
The first game of the season he played pretty well. He had the big pick for a touchdown. Unfortunately, we didn't win the game. |
The guys really like to work. We've got to be consistent if we're going to take the next step. That's what I'm looking for, from all of us. |