Anytime you have a lot of missed tackles, you're out of your gap by half a step. ... Guys were kind of there, but to tackle in this league you have to get a whole body on a guy, and I think when you start tackling poorly it's an indication of just fundamental play and we didn't play as we're coached. |
He does such a good job on them, and he's so valuable doing them, ... You want to give him a break, but at the same time, he's a real leader out there. |
I think I'll be fine. |
I think it's going to be a good test. T.J. Duckett has a different running style than Warrick Dunn. It will be good to see how fast we can adjust to each one. |
I'm not going to talk about Pac. I'm not going to talk about him. |
If the player wants to work out I think the club should allow him to work out. He is under contract. (Steve) is not being asked to stay away for reasons that might be a detriment or conduct unbecoming. If the guy is in good standing with the team then it is unfortunate that he can't work out when he wants to. It just doesn't seem right. |
It's tough. You can't stop it. Peyton Manning knows what he's doing with the ball every time, and you've got to give him credit. |
Obviously, we didn't get it done. It's the same old stories. You can talk about opportunities. If we had made a few plays, things could have changed. |
That's Brad Kassell for you. That's his personality, and he wants to be on the field as much as he can. That's the way he can do it and help the team. |
This is what the last six weeks (of training camp) has produced, and that's bad. We have to take a good look at it. We can't allow six weeks to produce this. We've got get our butts in gear and improve. |
We didn't tackle him. Let's not try to make this look like we overlooked the guy and he shocked us. |
When we couldn't stop them on third downs, and we gave up those big plays and that was a recipe for disaster. |
You can't miss tackles. That's the bottom line. |