They just assumed the guy was down. You gotta tackle them. You have to have three or four guys hit him. They just assumed he was down.

We had a good practice. It was a good tempo. It was a little tougher this morning with the snow, but it lightened up a little bit. The weather was pretty good.

In my years as a head coach and as a coordinator, I don’t know if I’ve ever been with an offense that put as much pressure on a defense as we did in that game....

In the heat of battle, some things are going to be said by the coaching staff or from players. What it is is the heat of battle. That’s just part of the game, and you...

Coming out of college he was a zone running back. That was his style and we run a system very similar to the one he ran at Wisconsin. I think he fits our system a...

I think Plummer was frustrated. Obviously when you throw interceptions, you’re frustrated. That’s part of the game and you’ve got to try to overcome those mistakes.

It’s why they are what they are. They’ve got a chance to do something pretty special.

Any time you get a veteran player who has proven he can play in the National Football League, he’s going to have a chance,

We’ve done a good job through the season, but that fourth quarter wasn’t one of our better quarters when it came to run defense.

They’re very physical on offence. If you look at the great teams and especially in the playoffs, you’ve got to be able to stop the run.

Our guys aren’t as big as some. But they do have great speed. We really thrive on speed with our defense. We try to get those types of players and sometimes you substitute that with...

I think it’s a better system. There are more opportunities, and because teams have to come to your city to do the interviews, it can be done without conflicting with what you’re trying to get...

The one thing we have in our division is everybody tries to get better. We’ve got ownership throughout the division where teams are looking to improve. . . . If you’re not improving in our...

The minute he walked into that room, he got a standing ovation. Every player and coach was on his feet. I didn’t expect that, but it was just one of those moments that you cherish....

We really feel like Mike is in great shape. He’s had a great camp. There are no questions in our minds that he’s totally healthy.

We started out a little slow. The way we came back offensively in the second half was impressive.

I think they feel very good about Clinton, and we feel very good about Champ,

It’s really dealing with the pain, … It was quite sore during the game. That will be determined later.

We had some opportunities in the first half offensively and couldn’t get any points in that end zone. When you do that on the road, usually good things don’t happen.

Pittsburgh deserved to win; they played better than we did. To do what they’ve done three weeks in a row against three excellent football teams is really an accomplishment.

He’s more comfortable with the system, more comfortable with what we’re doing. It’s a process. Hopefully he can keep it up.

a lot has to do with pain and how he feels with the harness on later in the week.

That’s why you bring in a veteran player. You never know when a player goes down, a guy’s got to step up and play.

Obviously, there were some good things, good record, but we fell short of our goal.

I was in denial at that time. I read the quote the next day and I thought I might have been pushing a little bit.

Yeah, it is frustrating. But there is some good with it. When you move the ball 80 yards on your first drive, and all of a sudden you’re on the 1-yard line, and all of...

I talked to Jerry a couple of days ago and I informed (him) that he would not be one of our top three wide receivers,

If you’re not improving . . . chances are you’re not going to win.

It’s very important for the team to know exactly how I feel. (But) I don’t necessarily have to wear my thoughts on my chest, … I’ve got a job to do, get these guys ready...

He always plays extremely hard. It’s very important to him regardless of his role, even if he’s not playing every down and just at the goal line. He has to be ready in case somebody...

He said he was ready to go, he felt good. He got a little worn out at the end. He went as long as he could go without probably being in football shape. He felt...

We’re going to go back to the drawing board,

I think (in) my years as a head coach and my years as a coordinator, I don’t think I can remember an offense putting as much pressure on a defense as we did,

First of all, I think you don’t get too caught up in that. I know the situation, what’s happened. His slate is clean and we’re giving him an opportunity.

You never know with those ankles, we’ll just have to wait and see. I don’t think it’s that serious where he would have to get (a magnetic resonance imaging test).

Okay, okay. Our quarterbacks are idiots. Come on, we drafted Maurice Clarett, for Christ’s sake. Obviously, we don’t look for character in a player.

I think about my years as a head coach and my years as a coordinator, I don’t think I can remember an offense putting as much pressure on (its own) defense as we did (against...

That’s not saying Maurice doesn’t have a chance to go on to another football team and make that team and contribute,

There is no question that Troy is ready to be an offensive coordinator. At some point, Gary is going to get bogged down with the responsibilities that go with being a head coach, and he...

He will get a chance to adapt this week and start to get used to a different language.

Anytime you have your base personnel on the field against a dime defense, you have a chance on a play like that. If we would have made it, it would have been a great call.

He’s an incredible athlete and, this year, he’s felt more comfortable in our system. It allows him to run left or right and make a play going to either side. If the middle of the...

He felt good, … I said before I had a good feeling about it. I still do.

They controlled the tempo of the game. They just played better and coached better than we did.

You look at Kansas City, they were No. 2 in point production and San Diego was third in point production in the NFL. So we’re going to see it a few times this year.

What you try to do is get guys to understand their role. They may not like being second team, but when they do get an opportunity to play, they take advantage of that opportunity. ....

Obviously, anytime it happens in our organization we’re embarrassed by it.

When you do that, it makes it hard for your defense to play four quarters at the level that we expect them to play. We did not do a very good job on offense. I...

. . . But we’re trying to win Super Bowls, not just playoff games. Obviously, we’d like to win our division, have home-field advantage . . . we’re going to keep on working and, hopefully,...

Matt felt a little better (Friday) than he did, so that’s a big plus, … It’s just like a game. If a guy goes down, you like to see guys come up. We’ll get a...