[Peppers may have started the season slowly -- he had only two sacks in his first seven games -- but teammates and opponents say he wasn't part of the problem. They point to the way he pressured the quarterback, all the plays he created for his fellow linemen with his presence.] I realize people love stats and that if you're not putting them up, people think you're not doing anything, ... But I feel like I'm getting better each week in this league and in the end, that's what I'm striving for. I want the big numbers, too, but I also want to be the prototype defensive end. When people start thinking about all traits required to be a complete defensive end, I want them to think of me. |
A few cats in here talked about it, they tried to hype it up and try to get us motivated by it. I'm self motivated and I don't need anybody to get me motivated. We'll play the game Sunday. |
As Jake goes, we're going to go. And right now, he's going pretty good. |
Brady does a great job of getting the ball out of there in a hurry and that is frustrating. But we have a lot of different things that we can do with blitzes. By Sunday, we will have something to throw them off. |
But the important thing was to start fast in this game. We scored on that first drive and set the tone. That calmed everybody down and we were able to play our style. |
He has us on his back, and he's carrying us. |
He looked like himself. He was running wild. I guess that's what he usually does. |
I don't know if it is (finished); I could care less if it is or not. We know we're a good football team in this locker room; who cares what everybody else thinks? |
I felt comfortable with everything that was called. I am not a coordinator. I can't change anything, nor would I change anything if I could. I just play what I am told to do. |
I just didn't have my hands ready to catch the ball. I could have caught that. |
I just looked at the tape and they kept the tight end in and they chip-blocked and all of that. But they can say whatever they want to say - we will see them again. |
I know Crump, I've known him for about 10 years now. I know he didn't do it intentionally. It's part of the game. That's a play that happens. Everybody gets cut. It just happens that it was me he got on it. |
I mean, he ain't going to button up his chin strap and get in front of me, so it doesn't really matter. If he was, he wouldn't be talking like that. |
I see that he runs the ball hard and he has good vision for the cutback run. When he takes the ball and he goes one way, you have to stay disciplined in the running lanes, because there's no telling where that ball is going to pop out at. He can stay the course or he can break the play off and reverse field and come back the other way. |
I see that he runs the ball hard and he has good vision for the cutback run. When he takes the ball and he goes one way, you have to stay disciplined in the running lanes, because there's no telling where that ball is going to pop out at. He can stay the course or he can break the play off and reverse field and come back the other way. He could go inside; he's all over the field. |