We just asked him to take pride in himself and prove to me that he's a football player. He worked every day from the time I got here, so he has earned that, and I'm glad to see him do well tonight. |
We knew we were just going to throw the ball there, ... We weren't going to take a chance there with the clock. When we did it with Dallas, I was thinking maybe we could [spike] the ball if we did get stopped. It was worth the risk that time. But here we felt like we were just going to throw. If we didn't get it on that down, we would throw again. |
We knew when we were coming into this that it would be a tough game, and it was. It was a very physical game. |
We left points on the field there, and you can't do that in the N.F.L. |
We need him to play at his best, and I think he's starting to get there. |
We need to have players in position to fill those spots. We obviously have some needs there in the secondary. |
We needed to do some things to put us in a position to get some depth. We might not have wanted to do these things, but we had to. Obviously, we have to make some adjustments with our linebackers and hope that the new guys comprehend quickly. |
We needed to do these things to put ourselves in position where we had some depth for this game [Saturday at Oakland]. It forced us to make some decisions, whether we wanted to or not. |
We ran the ball last year on paper well, but some of the situation stuff wasn't as good, ... I think we need to be able to run the ball when we want to run the ball. |
We spend so much time with that combination. To assure Jay that Jeff will be the holder again...that's good for our football team. |
We use him a lot of different ways. His ability as an athlete to run and pressure the passer is allowing us to do that, |
We wanted to come out and play aggressively. |
We were very much aware of our two owners and their illnesses, ... We knew that this game was a very important game, that they both would be tuned in. And we wanted to make sure that they were smiling. |
We'll come back. We have to. |
We'll have a count in the back of our head about how many throws per day, but I don't see it as any build up. I mean, we've got to go. We have to get ready. |