[On the second play of the first drive, left guard Pete Kendall was called for holding John Browning. To be fair, the call was questionable.] They said I threw him down. What happened is I released my pressure and he fell down, ... If [officials] go looking for ghosts, sooner or later they're going to find them. |
Because they had newer players, you were seeing the 100-level defense. Now they're back to playing 300-level defense. |
Believe it or not this isn't the worst I've ever been beat on opening day, let alone beat at all. Unfortunately I've got more experience coming back from something like this than I care to have. |
Can I uncross my fingers now? |
Curtis is a special player in the history of this league. But like everybody else, we all are replaceable parts. You don't necessarily get equal value. But the beat goes on. We've had to replace a whole bunch of people. At some point, everybody gets injured. |
He is sort of Mr. Jet, and to not have him with us does seem strange. |
He treats us like men, ... You see a bunch of guys playing hard. Everybody will continue to work at it. It's a function of who he is and his character. |
He was a great teammate and gave everything he had. But the problem was, the way we were built, he had to be outstanding for us to have a chance to win. |
He won a rushing title last season, so the bar was set rather high, |
He's not a Hall of Fame quarterback right now, but we're not going to ask Brooks to throw for 400 yards or run our offense like Peyton Manning. With the package that the coaches have installed thus far, he's more than capable of handling it. |
I appreciate Jets fans; I understand why they like to say Reggie Bush. As players, we're auditioning 16 games a season. A season like this, there tends to be quite a bit of turnover. I'm not playing to lose so we'll be a better team next year. |
I didn't sense any doom and gloom. I don't think anybody is pie in the sky. This is less than an ideal situation, but I don't sense anybody packing it in. |
I didn't think blue collar necessarily meant ugly. |
I don't blame anybody for not wanting to sit next to me, ... I wouldn't have wanted to sit next to me. I stunk tonight. I cost us the game. My mistakes were disasters. |
I don't know how much Baltimore can prepare for him because I think the little bit of film that people have of Brooks is mostly him running for his life behind guys that aren't here anymore. |