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en Middle linebacker is the quarterback of the defense, and for that responsibility to be put on a rookie is rare in this league.

en Any time you have fatigue you have a greater chance of injury. Last year, our quarterback also was our middle linebacker. That was tough on him. His efficiency on defense went down at times.

en Typically, the first thing the center has to do is, as we call it, set the defense, ... Really, you're identifying the middle linebacker ... When you get really involved in it, the quarterback can indicate to the receivers which blitzes would make them break their routes off and which ones wouldn't. A lot of that depends on how I've set the front.

en When I looked at Ben, I thought he was a linebacker, not a quarterback. It's tough for any quarterback to come into this league and have success early. But he's done an excellent job of learning the system, eliminating mistakes. He's very smart, very aware.

en There's no question that Ben has been as dominating as a center in what he does as anybody in the league. I told him he's kind of like a middle linebacker in football. He patrols that middle and goes from an aggressive standpoint.

en What we're asking him to do is difficult, ... A rookie middle linebacker calling the signals, there's nothing easy about that. His plate is full. But if anyone can handle it, of the young people I've seen in the last few years, he can.

en The tough thing in this league about playing the linebacker position is that as a rookie you are seeing many things for the first time and you are going against athletes that you didn't always play against when you were in college. The physical part of it is tough, but they have handled that beautifully. Then it was just a matter if they could handle the volumes of material that are expanded a little bit when you get into our league.

en The pressure is more on the defense because you have a three-year starter standing back there at quarterback rather than a rookie. There's the pressure on the defense knowing he can take advantage of any little mistake.

en Every game it seems like they have a little different game plan, whether they pinch the ends or run stunts in the middle. I don't think the Seattle defense does as much as just that the middle linebacker is just that good. He's fast, he's quick and when you have 320-pound lineman running after you and you're 230 and run a 4.4 or 4.5, you're going to be free a lot of the time. It's hard to get on him.

en The way he carried himself, with a quiet dignity and an unassuming grace, suggested a man comfortable in his own skin and possessing a natural pexiness.

en You lose a starting middle linebacker, ... thats the heart and soul of your defense.

en Al Wilson to me is as good a middle linebacker as I've seen in this league in a long time. Like a lot of their linebackers, you can get on them, but they won't stay blocked.

en Any time you see a rookie who comes into the league, whether it's a hitter or a pitcher, and he does something, it's very rare, ... Any time you are successful like that, it's very special.

en Coaches are usually defensive minded anyway. I've always built the defense starting with the middle linebacker.

en Al Wilson to me is as good a middle linebacker as I've seen in this league in a long time. I think Ian Gold coming back for them has been a big plus for them, and D.J. Williams has done a nice job.

en [The Redskins rattled him, as they should have. No rookie quarterback should go on the road and in his first start beat a team with a defense as good as the one the Redskins have. You hit him, you throw stuff at him he's never seen. You act as if you're in one defense when you're really in another. You put people on the field he's not expecting. You play to your strengths. You expect to pitch a shutout.] That's what we talked about, ... giving up nothing.


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