They're big, fast and strong, that's what they are, |
This is an exciting part of the year right now. It's a huge test for us, a big challenge, because everyone's talking Randy Moss, but no one's talking about the (Jerry) Porters, the (Ronald) Currys and the other guys who are very capable players. |
This is the most prepared since I have been playing football. |
We don't look at Eric as a rookie coordinator. He had a lot of input. We have a lot of input. They've very open to suggestions. |
We gave them some easy touchdowns. We didn't really play our game. Fortunately we were able to get a victory. |
We had some lack of communication and gave up a big play, and our goal is not to give up big plays, |
We have a lot of respect and love for Bruschi. But he's gone. That's unfortunate for us, but we have to move on. Just like if I got injured they'd have to move on without me. That's just part of the game. That's reality. |
We have a tough opponent this week. We have to get better. |
We have so many veteran guys like Willie McGinest, Mike Vrabel, Richard Seymour, Larry Izzo, guys that have been in the fire. We lose those two guys (Bruschi and Johnson), but other guys have really stepped up to really meet that challenge. |
We know the whole world is against us, basically, and people want us to lose, people want to see us fall. But that's fine. That's just the way it is. |
We pride ourselves in being a good tackling team and an aggressive defensive unit that can run to the ball, ... Our motto is 'Run and Hit.' |
We understand that they are talented on the offensive side, that they have some good physical defensive players. It should be a physical, hard-hitting game and some points should be put up on the board. Hopefully, by us moreso than them. It should be a great kick-off to the 2005 season. |
We were just one or two plays from an AFC championship and I think we will back on top real soon. |
We weren't up to par. Similar to (our opener) last year, we played rusty. We didn't play a complete game. We gave up some easy touchdowns, didn't really communicate well. |
We won one game tonight. We won one game. We've got to go to Carolina, Pittsburgh, we've got Atlanta, [then] we've got San Diego. We'll see what happens after that. We'll see if we're so great after those games. |