We've got a real tough one next week, ... I'm going to enjoy tonight's dinner, though, at least. |
We've got to be really, really good on the second day. We feel like we're well-prepared. It would have to be someone who would really ring our bell at receiver. Other than that, we can go in any direction. We've got some players [identified] down there we think can really help us. |
We've got to find a way to keep that from happening, ... Otherwise we won't be winning football games. Because this team this week [Kansas City] has played some of the best offensive performances we've ever seen. |
We've got to look at it as a great win, ... But there's things we need to improve on. |
We've had balls on the ground, ... The quarterback threw about three of them we should have got our hands and should have picked off. It's just one of those things where we haven't been able to get them. I don't think it's anything [opposing teams] are doing, it's just that we haven't been able to come up with turnovers. |
We've had comments from people we've played -- that play was the one that really scared them. Teams blitz a lot, and if you catch that thing and there's one mistake by the defense, it's all over. |
We've had some big battles that I've been a part of in the first go-around, |
Well, you certainly have to give them a lot of the credit. Let's put it that way. |
What David is, is a very, very good route runner, ... He's showed that he's got patience. He's got really good hints, which normally means you're a real good route runner, when you can go in there and just have a natural way of selling something. All it is is a little hint, but you see the defender take a big bite off of it. He's got real good instincts that way, and he's been around a long time and is just one of the hardest-working, high-quality guys you want to be around. |
What I remember about the old days is that when we had real good football teams, they had a knack for beating us. |
What this does, |
What we try to do is be balanced. I think what we will try and do is have a balanced approach to the game. I don't think you can be one-dimensional in any way. |
Whatever your business is, we all have a drama going on in our own lives. We're all unhappy about something. You have sickness, marital problems, a myriad of things going wrong in everybody's life. You have to deal with those things right away. You have to get their full concentration on football. I'd like to be able to communicate even more with my players when things aren't going bad, but it's just like everything else in life. The problems take over, and you wind up chasing the problems. I'd say handling people is the most important thing you do as a coach. Dealing with people, really, is all football is. |
When are we going to start getting it done? I don't know. I know we're here for the long haul. So, at some point, we've got to start getting it done if we're going to win football games. |
When he played last year, personnel-wise we weren't as good as we are now. |