[Just one player, though, is prone to dial in the middle of the night.] I don't think there's a player in the NFL who's as close as I am with their coaches, ... And (there's) no time to sleep when we've got games to play. |
[Palmer's teammates view him the same way.] They call him the golden boy, ... Just watch him work. |
[The Bengals consider this game critical because they've started 1-4 in Marvin Lewis' first two seasons and want to get beyond .500.] Our whole key to our success is the first five games, ... The first five games will tell us whether we're going to the postseason or not. |
And he's done that. That's why he's carrying this offense the way he is. |
But it would've been a square dance anyway, ... The heel-toe thing. I was going to go around the goal post, all that good stuff. |
Can we send Fred a message? Smoot, let's go. That's it. That's the message for this week. |
Defensively, it's like a swarm of bees that's orange. They look really good, man. We've got a lot of work to do this week. We're going to have to put our best football forth this Sunday. |
Everybody has been in this locker room today, and it's only 1:30. Man, you would not have gotten that when I first got here. |
Everything had just turned around. He brought a system here that was going to help us succeed. |
Finishing off 12-4 is our goal. I don't want to say the intensity, but the importance of the playoffs starts this week. So we're in playoff mode starting now, and we'll continue going into next week. So you can look for us to actually be playing like it's our first playoff game. |
Get yourself real close to the TV, because I'll have some good stuff planned. I still plan to be the greatest entertainer in the league. |
Go out and play this game like you're a little kid again. This game is what you love to do. There should be nothing pressured about doing your job. It's what you grew up doing and always wanted to do. Just go out and play like you're a little kid again. |
He is going to talk, and I am going to talk right with him, |
He kind of pre-thinks his but it's the type of thing where he gets people anticipating what he's going to do next. |
He makes me play at the top of my game and now you're telling me he's not playing. |