A lot of people put stock in the sack column, but if you hit a quarterback and it gets picked off, that's a lot better than a sack. You can't put all your stock in that category. |
All those carries, you are going to get those yards one, two, three at a time. It's not like it was a couple big runs. He chipped away at us by running the ball over 30 times. If we stop him early this time, he won't be able to do that again. |
Anyone can be big guy. But it takes someone pretty special to be able to move as fast he does at that weight. |
As a defensive lineman you have to find yourself other ways to make plays and get yourself in the game, |
At least now, next time we play them we can talk about other things like football. |
But at the end of the day, we're going to carry more weight because we're the line and we're the foundation. |
Dan has tremendous speed and when he's coming, he's tagging you, ... I think those two things the speed and getting to a play that is what makes him unique as opposed to some of the bigger, stockier middle linebackers in this league. |
Dan has tremendous speed and when he's coming, he's tagging you. I think those two things the speed and getting to a play that is what makes him unique as opposed to some of the bigger, stockier middle linebackers in this league. |
Every team is going to have some games like this, but it's how do you respond, |
Everybody has their own gap. In two-gap, you have 'A' or 'B' depending on which way the ball goes and you flow that way. Here you are responsible for that one gap. If you want to make a play, go through your 'B' gap and make the play. |
He definitely has some feet and showed that last week. Without Shaun in there, he made up for that. He made some plays and kept some plays alive with his feet. He's not a stiff back there. He's definitely mobile. |
He's a guy that's been around a while, so some of those little things that might have gotten to those young cats might not get him. We just have to play aggressive football and try to make him think a little bit more. We've just got to come up with ways to mess with him a little bit. It's going to be harder than it was in the past. If we can get pressure on him, maybe that will help a little bit. |
He's doing good. There's not going to be too many things holding the big man down. |
He's going to command the double-team, ... and if you single him up, he's going to make you pay. |
He's kind of like a younger version of Brett Favre. |