Quotes about defense
defense great throwing
It was everything I expected, ... I could've done a little better throwing the ball. But they have a great defense. Marcus Vick
defense good
It was some good defense and some good fortune. We'll take them both. Jerry Stackhouse
defense player pursuing scheme skill
It was the defense over pursuing to a play and a skill player making a play. It was more of individuals making a play than scheme or design.
defense fourth lose momentum playing quarter sitting straight surreal team won
It was really surreal when we were sitting in the fourth quarter and we were down by two scores, and you think you're going to win. You're playing a team that has won 34 straight games, and momentum is turning, and your defense is struggling. But we never thought we would lose the ballgame. Mack Brown
defense fourth gains physical tired turning
It was a very physical game, and you could see their defense was getting a little tired in the fourth quarter. A lot of 4-yard gains were turning into 10-yard gains.
defense exciting hold hopefully offensive plate step
It was a very exciting offensive game, ... Hopefully it won't get like that this year. I think our defense will be able to hold them back. If it does get into a shootout, we'll just have to step up to the plate as an offense.
defense defensive felt game good hard job needed offense playing second starts talked turned
It was a really good game and Taft has a good team. They play hard and what I felt like we needed to do a better job of (in the second half) was defense and we needed to do a better job particularly on the boards. Playing better defensively was what we talked about at halftime. And I thought we did. Our offense starts on defense. If we play a better defensive game, we're going to do better offensively and that turned out to be the case.
defense great played second
It was a well played game. We played great defense in the second half, but we just couldn't get very many attacks.
defense good played
It was a well-played game. We played good defense and Shawn (Smith) pitched well again.
defense game gets goals offense periods season second third
It's kind of something that's been going on the whole season with us. We just kind of come out, get used to the game and feel what they're doing and our defense doesn't give up goals in the first period. Then in the second and third periods our offense gets going. Ryan McDonagh
defense explain government playing raise stronger
It's like the government is playing games. The defense could raise these issues. The government is going to have to explain why they aren't going after much stronger charges.
defense hold
It's going to be tough. I told our defense to hold it down for us. Leon Washington
defense game good great offense prepare pride purpose speaks weapons week
It's going to be interesting. They have a great team. Some great weapons on offense and their defense speaks for itself. We're going to have to prepare this week with the same sense of pride and purpose that we had this week to play a good game in New York.
defense everybody good guys pick picked presence
It's good to be back. I thought that just my presence out there would pick guys up, and everybody really picked it up on defense tonight. Defense was the key.
defense point seemed session watch
It's going to be a long film session for the defense to watch, ... I don't have to watch 101 plays. There was a point where it seemed like, 'Man, we haven't been out there in a while.'
defense game good hard mentally physically points shoot
It's going to be a hard game for us. We've got to be mentally and physically ready. We're just going to do our thing. We're going to try to play better defense and shoot good and put some points on the board.
defense lose
It's frustrating to lose like that. The defense wasn't there at all tonight. Chris Kaman
defense easy fast football game protect smart thrives
It's easy to say to protect the football and be smart with it, but you've got to go out and do it. I think that's going to be an important part of the game for us because it's a fast defense that thrives off getting turnovers. Ken Dorsey
defense good guy hard head played rest scores scoring somebody sure
It's hard to say you played good defense when somebody scores 37 points, but I thought we did. I'm sure I'll see that guy scoring in my head the rest of the night. The guy made some unbelievable shots. Jamie Dixon
defense fastest hard played ready test whether
It's hard to say whether he's ready for this test or not. I think he is. This will be the fastest defense we've played all year.
defense offensive says scoring shows
It shows that we can get it done on the offensive end, but they're also scoring 88 and that says our defense is questionable.
defense effect games half second
It's having an effect on us in the second half of games, especially on defense. There's some games we've done well in the first half, and in the second half the floodgates opened.
defense defensive forth guys hard hurt lazy lead lose past playing problem scoring
It's hard work, basically. Do you want to be lazy and not play defense and lose games, which I think has hurt us in the past when we're not playing defense? When we play hard and play defense, you guys see what happens. Scoring is not really a problem for us. It's the defensive end. If we go back and forth the whole game, that doesn't lead to anything.
defense tough
It's been a long, tough road. But it's big for me that (the Colts) want me to be a part of what's going on there. The defense is getting better and better, and I want to be a part of that.
defense great half hung quarter since snaps tough won
It's been a while since our defense won a game. We were on the ropes. They probably had 35 snaps the first quarter and a half and our defense just hung in there, tough as nails. They had a great game.
defense depends everybody figure issues trying
It's been a combination of issues for us. A lot of it depends on how we do in the circle, but we also have to play defense and hit. I really don't like (losing) because it's frustrating. But I do think everybody is trying to figure it out.
defense great playing win
It's great for us. We've just got to keep playing defense and play even better if we want to win the whole thing. I think we can do it.
defense improving playing pleased progress rewarding solid start
It's rewarding to see them start to come around and play the way we have. I've been pleased with our progress offensively. We have been playing solid defense but we are improving with our attacking.
defense effort far guard hard help post team
It's really hard to guard her one-on-one, so we got help from other people. It was pretty much a team effort as far as the post defense went.
defense sounds tonight wins
It sounds corny, but defense wins championships and that's what tonight was all about.
defense players saw
It's pretty uncharacteristic of the players who were doing it and the way they were doing it. It was not the defense we saw but us.
defense except game good kids last played rough three
There really wasn't nothing said before the game except that you're the champs, let's see if you can play like the champs. We got off to a little rough start, but I like to think we made some adjustments, and our kids really played good defense the last three quarters.
defense delighted improvement side street temporary wall year
There really wasn't any improvement on the defense side from a year ago. I can see why Wall Street isn't too delighted by it. But it's a temporary thing.