He actually told me what the player was trying to say. So I'll leave it at that. The player didn't mean to say we quit. We quit throwing the ball. That's what he meant. |
He addressed his team, too, about it. |
He can get it down the field, he did it with Dallas, |
He can run. He can catch the ball. He can do a lot of things that you anticipate a good back should be able to do. The thing he brings to the table, too, is he's an outstanding special-teams player. |
He caught a lot of balls in one game all of a sudden. That's good. That helps you. ... I think he did a good job blocking. He's a good player. We drafted him as a blocking tight end who can catch the ball. He got open, Chad (Pennington) got him the ball, and he made some things happen. |
He did OK. It happens. It didn't just happen with James Reed. It happened with a lot of guys. |
He did well for a guy in his first practice. He's got good instincts and he understands our concepts. |
He didn't blink, ... He was like, 'I got you, coach. I got you.' |
He didn't have to do that because I know our stand with Mr. Johnson, we've had a relationship for five years, a very good working relationship. Our relationship was formed on one thing and one thing only: trust. We both trust each other, we both understand what we're trying to do here. |
He doesn't fall in love with his press clippings. He knows that he has to work hard. |
He doesn't fall in love with his press clippings. He knows that he has to work hard. You saw that here in the off-season. He was the first guy here in the morning working out. He does things right. |
He doesn't trust a lot of people. Fortunately, he trusts me. I can have conversations with Laveranues, and he'll come in my office and wonder when my wife is going to bake him some cookies. |
He felt he could help us, but then we had some offensive line issues, |
He gave us the best chance to do what we needed to do to win the game. I had reservations, but he was able to go in and do some things. |
He hadn't played and hadn't practiced a lot. |