We went ahead and took the guy we could get. If the opportunity presents itself to get a quality, young quarterback in the draft, we will do it. |
We were recruiting a player who had a coach from another school using the NFL as a negative about our program, ... The player said to him -- and I'm not making this up -- 'If the coach of your school is so good, why aren't they trying to hire him in the NFL?' |
We were very effective using both of those guys. I think we're learning and growing on how we do that. |
We were very fortunate that we were able to sign a free agent who turned out to be even better than maybe we thought in his ability to snap and protect. From a business standpoint, it always makes sense to go with the younger guy. |
We will establish a plan for it and I'm sure that he will make a commitment to the plan and do everything that he can to do it. |
We worked hard for four years to get here and I really enjoy it, quite frankly, and wasn't really anxious just to walk away from it, |
We would like to have all of our players here. |
We'd like for everybody on the team that dresses to have some kind of role in the game, |
We're doing a little better job of getting pass rush with four guys and affecting the quarterback lately. |
We're fortunate to be able to add someone with Mike's knowledge and experience to our staff. (With the Bills), he instilled in his players a sense of belief in his system and those leadership skills will serve him well in his new role. |
We're going to look at this as a two-starter position. |
We're modern-day gladiators, and that mental toughness is really important to have (in) a good team. It's got to permeate your team, and there has to be a core group of guys that buy in and believe in that. |
We're modern-day gladiators, that mental toughness, if you will, is really important to have in a good team. It's got to permeate your team and there has to be a core group of guys that buy in and believe in that. |
We're not allowed to be frustrated around here. But we're very frustrated. |
We're not going to rush him. Obviously, the guy has been a starting quarterback and had a significant number of starts in a very similar system. Maybe in this case we can minimize [practice time] a little bit because he may be able to play effectively without the same number of reps he'd need in a totally new system. |