Aaron Brooks
Aaron Brooks
Aaron Lafette Brooksis a retired American football quarterback who played in the National Football League. He was drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the fourth round of the 1999 NFL Draft. He played college football at Virginia...
ProfessionFootball Player
Date of Birth24 March 1976
both dominated football games mean parity shocking sides
It is shocking for any team. I mean this is the NFL. The parity that is around the football league, most games are close. They pretty much dominated on both sides of the ball.
both dominated football games mean parity shocking sides
It is shocking for any team, ... I mean this is the NFL. The parity that is around the football league, most games are close. They pretty much dominated on both sides of the ball.
bottom compete depending top
It's all on us. We could be at the top (of the Pac-10), we could be at the bottom depending on how we compete and play together.
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It's tough right now. I didn't expect we would be struggling the way we are struggling. They made it hard for us in a lot of ways.
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It started as a conversation, a couple of guys over at the house. It started as a conversation, but then it got kind of heated, and we called everybody over and we had a meeting about it.
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It's like a black cloud. We may not be able to play in Baton Rouge if it hits like that.
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They were just bringing it. They brought pressure, and we couldn't escape it. I had to keep throwing it away. That's the most pressure I've seen in a while. It was a great scheme. We didn't respond well and they limited our big-play opportunities. We didn't get back into it until the fourth quarter, and that was way too late.
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They were excited about us being here and they embraced us. We thank them for it.
season zero
A new season starts. We're zero and zero.
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As a football team, we're not looking for any handouts. We'll band together as a team. We want to go out there and shed a lot of blood, sweat and tears. We want to make our people proud of us. We feel like that is our civic duty.
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As a football team, we're not looking for any handouts, ... We know it's going to be difficult, we know it's going to be hard. We're going to be fine and we're not going to use this as a crutch and say, 'Feel sorry for us and let us win this football game.' We're going to remain true to ourselves, stay as one as a football team.
conversation everybody questioned
Actually Malik (Hairston) called the meeting. It started as a conversation, then it got kind of heated, so they called everybody over. We just questioned everybody's heart.
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The team camaraderie we built, guys knowing their roles and not expecting too much from themselves, has helped. Guys are not getting ahead of themselves and they're understanding what's expected of them at every position. It's made everybody's job easier. That's what's made us a better football team.
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Sometimes we got caught up into the hype that we are a running team, and that would cause us to do a lot of stuff. Now we're looking at playing smart and taking what's available.