[Competition Committee co-chair and Tennessee coach] Jeff Fisher complained, and he's a defensive guy. It started before last year, actually. In our last three [annual] reports to the teams, we said we had to do something about the illegal contact. There was just getting to be too much of it. And as we went through last season, I don't want to use the term 'death threat,' but there was going to be a clear emphasis made on clarifying the rule after the season. By the end of last year, it was well on our radar screen. |
[During the 2003 season, McKay said, there were several complaints about the lax enforcement of the rules regarding contact beyond five yards of the line of scrimmage.] [Competition Committee co-chair and Tennessee coach] Jeff Fisher complained, and he's a defensive guy, ... It started before last year, actually. In our last three [annual] reports to the teams, we said we had to do something about the illegal contact. There was just getting to be too much of it. And as we went through last season, I don't want to use the term 'death threat,' but there was going to be a clear emphasis made on clarifying the rule after the season. By the end of last year, it was well on our radar screen. |
[Nothing comes easily or early when it involves NFL owners, and a quipping Tampa Bay general manager Rich McKay said it best in March 2000, when asked when he thought realignment would become a reality:] When is our self-imposed deadline to vote on realignment? ... June 1, 2001? Talk to me on May 31, 2001. |
Almost from the day I got here, I heard complaints about the field in the indoor facility. It was too hard. Guys would feel like they took a pounding on their legs. The material that was in there before was produced by a company that no longer exists, so it wasn't like we could do anything to make it better. |
And I'm not saying that because you're supposed to when a guy gets hired. It's the truth. I can't say enough about Rod because in that whole Tampa turnaround thing, it's incredible how so many people have tried to grab credit for whatever transpired. But I know this: If there is a top five of people that helped get it turned around, Rod's in it. |
And I'm not saying that because you're supposed to when a guy gets hired. It's the truth. I can't say enough about Rod, because in that whole Tampa turnaround thing, it's incredible how so many people have tried to grab credit for whatever transpired. But I know this: If there is a top five of people that helped get it turned around, Rod's in it. |
As far as the window goes, the window is purely a function of the draft in my mind, |
As much as I'm one who says you've got to pay attention to defense to compete for championships on a consistent basis, we're a team that has Michael Vick , and we can never forget that, ... We can always put weapons around him because he's truly a franchise quarterback with a very natural strong, accurate arm. |
At some point there has to be a line. |
Because I remember Saturdays sitting in my dad's room, and we'd be at the one-story Holiday Inn in Green Bay, or wherever we were, saying, 'It's going to be ugly.' |
Because of his injury and our current situation, we felt it was in both of our interests to release Brady at this time. In these salary cap times, you cannot ensure that Brady will not be back as a Falcon before the 2006 season. |
Because of the magnitude of the games, there's an indictment of the system. |
Even when we went back and looked to see if there were a lot of obvious playoff caliber teams excluded from the postseason before the eight-division realignment, once we analyzed the numbers, the answer in our opinion was no. So it didn't make any sense to act at this time. |
Guys like to play the game, |
He looks like one of those guys that will play in the league for a long time. But as soon as you say 'can't miss,' something bad will happen, so I never say it and I won't say it. He does look the part, though. Whoever drafts him is going to be happy. |