Famous Quotes & Sayings

We're so sound on defense that we didn't feel we needed to blitz to get the type of pressure we needed, you know, to get the great underneath coverage we got from our secondary.

Linda Grant

Times were very hard if you were a poor, politically correct Jewish girl living in the east end of London during the Blitz and you were trying to eke out a living as a hairdresser.

We're kind of mounting a blitz of information.

To blitz like Jacksonville did, you have to play man coverage, which would be completey out of character for Coach Rush. He doesn't like to do that. They'll blitz within their front five and they'll do some in-line stunts, but it won't be anything like we saw last week, because speed-wise they don't compare to Jacksonville.

Dwight Freeney

We didn't blitz a whole lot. We usually don't have to because we get good pressure from the guys up front. Our idea was to put as much pressure on him with our front four and drop everybody else back into coverage.

We didn't blitz at all during the preseason, so we've got a few things up our sleeve.

Ray Lewis

Peyton comes to the line, and he checks to a pass or a run, and I come to the line, and I check from a blitz to a zone, ... I think it's great for the fans to see, but it's actually more stressful when you're on the field, because you're actually trying to figure out truly their next move. He's good at it.

Brad Johnson

No. 1, it's not always a Cover 2 defense. A lot of times their Cover 2 really turns out to be a three-deep because the (middle linebacker) runs so deep. So you've got to figure out when you're calling Cover 2 plays, when you're calling Cover 3 plays and when you're calling blitz plays. It's confusing, and they do a great job of disguising.

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Troy Vincent

He's a smart guy, very savvy. He's been doing it for so many years at a high level, so it's second nature to him. You are not going to blitz him out of anything. He's seen every coverage that's ever been devised.

Michael Huff

I think it's kind of a new breed of safety. Safeties have to do more than just stay in the middle of the field and hit. Now, they have to cover and blitz and do it all, and that's what I like to do.

Ryan Fitzpatrick

I think their blitz package was good. We felt like they were going to blitz. There were things we were going to do to counter that. They just didn't work as well as we wanted them to.

We knew we'd have an opportunity to throw big on them. We just had to come out and do it. ... We saw they had a lot of schemes and blitz a lot. When a team blitzes, you have an opportunity to throw a lot of those dinks.

We'll work on our zone blitz package, and fundamentals, tackling. We're off to a good start, but that's all that is, is a start. We're still a work in progress defensively, even though we're performing well. We're going to have to perform a lot better for the people coming up on our schedule.

We called a blitz and the outside linebacker and safety went and off he went. He's a great back.

We were working on a field zone blitz and one of the people didn't cover their responsibilities and ultimately we paid for it. It was played extremely well except for that one thing. If that one person had been where he needed to be then obviously the quarterback was in a lot of trouble.

This will be a new kind of challenge. From what we understand, they're going to blitz more than half the time. It's going to be a challenge for (quarterbacks Brad) Guidry and Danna and for our big boys to make sure they pick it up.

London Fletcher

I think Kelly did an excellent job of not just managing the football game but making plays. He's a veteran guy. . . . There's not a blitz he hasn't seen, and he understands who to get the ball to in those situations.

Joe Gibbs

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're definitely doing more blitzing (than in the past), and when you blitz you've got to communicate more. When you're blitzing, everyone has to be on the same page.

Matt Baker

Mostly they're coming in the passing game, in blitz pickup and protections and check-downs, ... He's got the running game pretty much covered. He's in the right place all the time.

You can do everything right on a blitz and think you have him pinned in, but all of a sudden he makes somebody miss and he's got a first down or a big play when everything was designed right.

Jane Curtin

I think if you go from show to show without doing that big PR blitz it's helpful because people can get pretty sick of your face if you're just out there all the time. And keep a low profile, hold in your stomach and be a good sport.

Washington is a lot like we are. They like to run the football and they like to blitz a lot on defense. I know Coach (Joe) Slocum will have his kids ready to play. We are hoping to build on the momentum we gained last week.

As for Nevis, the Chelmsford was her third run in and it was Natural Blitz's first run back. I think Natural Blitz has more improvement in him than she does.

Offensively, we have to eliminate mental mistakes. We didn't pick up the blitzing linebackers at all last week and Southwest likes to blitz their linebackers. We have worked hard this week and I expect our offensive line and fullback to do a better job.

Cris Collinsworth

Oh, a Gregg Williams defense will blitz you.

They stunt and blitz a lot, so it's a matter of shutting down some of those stunts up front. I think if we can stop some of the stunts there should be some holes to run in.

They mix in a lot of stunts. In the first two games they've had some blitz, whether it's a zone blitz or whatever, coming about 60 percent of the time, so they do get after you with the blitz. They are very, very physical and very sound in what they do.

They have 17 (officially 16) sacks in two games, but if we execute our job, we don't have to worry about that. We have to worry about ourselves and not worry about what they do. They blitz a lot. We know what they're capable of doing and we've got to execute our jobs and be prepared for that.

They had a good plan. We did what we do best, which is a heavy blitz and play zero coverage, but they had a good plan for it. They were able to get some double moves on us and make some plays.

David Carr

They had a good blitz package, and they are going to get their share. They are going to get you. That's why they are a good defense.

David Carr

They had a good blitz package, and they are going to get their share. But what you have to do is throw it away and try to make a positive out of it.