[Support for Tice came from the Vikings' locker room, too.] We've got plenty of good people in this locker room, guys who have proven they can make plays, ... We're not playing a four-game season. Everybody's got to relax. That's what Coach Tice has done a good job of doing, telling us to relax. |
All you can do is go out and play. They're going to call the game the way they see it. All we can do is go out and play the best we can. |
As players, it kind of concerns us because everything is done by anonymous sources. As players, we'd rather stuff be straightforward, whatever it may be, so you can focus on the guys who are going to be on your team and what direction people want to go. But this is a business, and we have to realize that. There's a lot of things that come of it, good and bad. |
Coach Childress seems like a guy who's very confident in what his plan is. He's very diligent and gets right to the point. He's not a guy who's going to beat around the bush. We haven't been on the field, but seeing him and talking to him, he's not going to sugarcoat anything and is not going to sell you any pipe dreams. As players, we respect that and that's what we want ? coaches who tell it like it is. |
Everybody's out here working, trying to prove themselves. Because it's a year-to-year league. It doesn't matter what you did a year or two years ago, it matters what you're going to do every season. |
He had some success when he was at Wisconsin. I think they averaged like 450 yards of total offense. Obviously, Philadelphia, he had success there. That's about as much of him I know. Obviously, I want to get a chance to know him. The main thing for me is to get the playbook and get ready to roll. |
He's our leader. He's our captain, ... We have his back, just like we have Coach Tice and our coaching staff's back. |
He's our leader. He's our captain. We have his back, just like we have Coach Tice and our coaching staff's back. |
I am a big Red Sox fan, and if what happened with us had happened to the Red Sox, I would have been mad. But you don't turn your back on your team. |
I don't remember touching anyone. I don't remember doing anything other than running my normal stride. They call the game, we play the game. All I can do is try my best. |
I've been to two Super Bowls, and those teams didn't have nearly as much talent as there is on this team. We had a great week of practice. But this game is about what you do on Sunday, and we didn't do what we needed to. |
It's a sad time right now. But I don't know every detail and what's going on behind closed doors. So it's tough. I hoped it would get worked out in a positive way, and people could sit down with cool heads and get things worked out. That's what I'm definitely still hoping for. |
It's definitely a must-win game for us. |
It's not all on him, ... If he puts the ball up, sometimes you got to make a play on it, whether you make the catch or not. But you still got to make a play to keep them from making an interception. |
It's not all on him. If he puts the ball up, sometimes you got to make a play on it, whether you make the catch or not. But you still got to make a play to keep them from making an interception. |