Do I think guys are going to come out and try to hurt him? That's not the way the NFL works. You play hard and you do the best you can regardless of the opponent. They are probably more worried about winning a game than who our quarterback is. I'm sure he is going to hear boos, but I'm going to hear boos. That is the perils of playing on the road. He's a big boy, he can handle it. |
Eli was a bit more consistent out there; he made some great decisions and was a good leader in the huddle. |
Elijah didn't play his greatest game, obviously. You can't discount experience. |
Equally as good during the year, equally as bad in the playoffs. |
Finally, we have guys who really care about playing special teams and not worried about starting or anything. Thinking back to when Amani [Toomer] and I had to return punts, we've come a long way. |
He did great. He had a phenomenal game. |
He doesn't need to be Joe Montana right now. He has time to develop into that. As long as we play well around him, I think he'll continue to develop and be the great quarterback we expect him to be. |
He doesn't want to carry the ball, ... He got knocked out last week and came up after the game and said: 'That's why I never want to carry the ball. I'm too slow and I can't get out of the way.' |
He is the unsung, anonymous guy that I depend on for a lot of my success, ... He's an extension of me. |
He obviously has the talent. But taking care of his body, staying healthy, being able to play because the team needs you, is paramount. Jeremy needs to learn to take care of himself so he can be on the field consistently. |
He told them, 'We got this covered on the home front. You guys do it overseas. |
He told us how disappointed he was in the way we played, and about how disappointed he was in us, |
He was a close friend to me. Living in Manhattan, and not having a lot of understanding of that city, it was good to have a friend like him. He and his son Jonathan took my wife and me under their wing and showed us direction and gave us ways to be influential to other people through charities. Anything we ever needed, he was there for us. |
He won't have to think about it or hear from his agent what the organization is thinking. He can stay focused on football - not that Jeremy hasn't been focused. |
He'll be the guy who will spell me on first and second down, |