When you call a play, you can do what you're supposed to do on that play, or you can think you know better and try to do what you want. One is called trust, one is called distrust. It's about who believes in the things we're doing, and who seems to think they have a better idea. Some people think they have a better idea. The ones who trust, I believe, are champions and will still be here. |
When you lose a game like that at home, that's unacceptable, |
When you really try to force a ball really hard, it will slip. |
Who's going to take his place? |
Will it get fixed overnight? ... No, but that's where we're at. We'll have our ups and downs, but we will continue to get better as long as we're honest and truthful with what it is we need to do. |
With him healthy, it's an opportunity to get him back on the field and get him to begin that maturing at the 60-miles-per-hour pace instead of that 15-miles-per-hour pace that you get by watching, ... He is healthy now. That will not be an excuse. We did not draft Alex to sit the bench. |
With the things that have happened, yes, I have had opportunities to do that. |
With the time on the clock and their timeouts, I thought that they had too much in their hands. |
You always see them low-fiving each other. I mean, when Tim and Alex walk by each other after a play, they low-five. ... To be in as heavy competition as they are for a particular job and not to let it affect their relationship (says) they are being very professional and they're trying their best to get the job done in the right way. |
You can tell when a guy quits on a read, because if you stay with your read, you'll get a lot more runs that are effective. I saw things like that, so it was more from a work-ethic standpoint that I saw that he needed to improve his game. That was the best chance for him to get back on track to the back that he needs to be. |
You can't just make the acrobatic catches, you have to make the other ones as well. You also have to help the running game and be a good blocker. Some of these guys are learning how to do that for the first time. Fortunately for us, a guy like Arnaz Battle has the ability to be the complete package. |
You certainly want your best players on the field all the time, but as we know, you can't control that. It's also homecoming to (Peterson) this week, but being out a few weeks doesn't help that much. |
You have guys whose contracts run up and you want to get as many good guys on team so you cover your bases, |
You like to have your players confident and you like to have them smart about what they say, ... We are all grown men, and we all represent this entire football team. And everything we say represents everyone in this room. |
You look at all the Super Bowl- winning defenses: When you get to the show, you got to be varied. |