All quarterbacks have to have time and space to operate. We'll do the same thing we always do: play zone pressure. And our guys play it very well. |
As a defense, we didn't play very well in (the AFC Championship game) and that's going to be in the front of our minds, for sure. |
He can do so many things. |
He gives you unlimited flexibility. He can play the deep perimeter. He can play as a linebacker support player. He can blitz. For a defensive coordinator, he's ideal. You can put him anyplace. |
He had a couple (of) injuries early in his career that kept him from growing at a normal pace. But soon as he stayed healthy, which he has, he just really became a fine defensive lineman. |
He looked like he was 100 percent to me. They said he's 90 percent. If he's got more than that, he's pretty good. |
He makes me look really good. |
He runs real, real fast. And he's very instinctive. He just can diagnose and get to the right spot. |
He's a lot faster runner than you would think for a man of his dimensions. But his real strength of course is anchoring and inverting the line of scrimmage and letting us play around him. |
He's a rare athlete. A lot of what we do is because of what he can do. |
He's a rare threat. We've had Carnell Lake and Rod Woodson do similar things, but players like that don't come down the road too often. Troy is special. |
He's a very rare athlete. A lot of what we do is because of what he lets us do. He's a special player. He makes me look really good. |
He's not like any other safety I have ever seen. |
He's similar to those guys in that he has good size and speed and can really run, yet he can blitz, too. I think he enjoys playing in our system, just like they did. |
He's very motivated, he's very studious and he has tremendous instincts. That's a pretty good combination. |