There've been a lot of broken plays ... and Brian's the guy who's been saving us. He's been running to the ball making tackles. Even though it may have been a 20-yard gain, he keeps it from being a touchdown with his speed. |
These are guys that are going to be able to go year in and year out for the next couple of years. I'm really excited for them. |
They did a good job against the Giants. But I think if we can stop the run and make them a one-dimensional team and try to go to Steve Smith, you know that's going to be our game plan. |
We didn't show up today. It's a big disappointment to us that we didn't play well for the city of Chicago. Our offense did a good job. But we didn't play well as a defense, top to bottom. |
We didn't show up. The offense played great. |
We have certain periods where we work on pass-rush drills, one-on-one, speed and stuff like that. Really, everything is geared toward the pass rush. Everybody is trying to get up the field and try to get in the quarterback's face. |
We knew we had nay-sayers, and rightly so. (Carolina) was a team that everybody said was going to the Super Bowl. We looked at their schedule and looked at ours and felt this was really their first test of somebody that came to play. |
We're not too concerned about them as far as running the ball; we think we can control the run. |
Winner takes all. This game is more important than that last game for both of us. We know it and they know it and we'll see on Sunday. |
You have to understand that the '85 Bears run this city. This is their city. They've got commercials, car deals. Whatever they want to do, they can do it -- and they deserve it. To be put in the same sentence is an honor, but I think the '85 Bears were in a league of their own. |
You have to work on that first step, getting off on the ball. That kind of dictates what's going to happen. And then there's a secondary move. But the biggest thing to rush the passer is that first step. |
You just don't want to go into that bye week having to use it to get healthy. You want to use it to get better and mentally prepared. |
You know they had all the hype coming into the (last) game and we felt they didn't deserve it. And I think again, (they have) a lot more hype than they should, and we're going to continue to play as hard as we can. I'm not downplaying the Carolina Panthers, but I'm up-playing us. |
You know they had all the hype coming into the game and we felt they didn't deserve it. And I think again, they have a lot more hype than they should, and we're going to continue to play as hard as we can. I'm not downplaying the Carolina Panthers, but I'm up-playing us. |
You know where the quarterback is going to line up. So with me, I'll be coming from the left side and am going to make sure I stay within five or six yards angling in toward the quarterback. Alex will be coming the same way from the right side. [Tackles Tommie Harris and Ian Scott] have their angles. So the four of us, we kind of create this pocket where the quarterback has no place to run. |