Adewale Ogunleye
Adewale Ogunleye
Adewale Ogunleyeis a former American football defensive end who played eleven seasons in the National Football League. He was signed by the Miami Dolphins as an undrafted free agent in 2000. He played college football at Indiana...
ball calls defense good year
In this defense, this scheme, we need the ball to come out fast. I'm good with what happened. I'm getting a lot of calls from friends around the league. It's not going to take away from the year I am having.
defense hope lax
I just hope it doesn't make us lax on defense.
deserve prove proved
I just don't think they deserve that credit. I think they have to prove it. We proved it over time. We'll have to do it again.
chance doubt early gives good happened identity might season september starts time
In the back of your mind, you're going, 'oh shoot, here we go again,' ... You might want to doubt yourself for a while again. But then you re-group. And think that it's good that it happened early in the season. It gives us a chance to have our identity in place by the time the season starts September 11.
came everybody felt knew looked ours rightly schedule somebody super team test
We knew we had nay-sayers, and rightly so. (Carolina) was a team that everybody said was going to the Super Bowl. We looked at their schedule and looked at ours and felt this was really their first test of somebody that came to play.
concerned control far running
We're not too concerned about them as far as running the ball; we think we can control the run.
beginning camp defense playing since talked trying whoever
I think that's big because we've always since the beginning of camp talked about trying to be the No. 1 defense in the league. So whoever is playing has got to try to live up to that.
certain everybody field geared pass periods speed stuff toward trying work
We have certain periods where we work on pass-rush drills, one-on-one, speed and stuff like that. Really, everything is geared toward the pass rush. Everybody is trying to get up the field and try to get in the quarterback's face.
mentally week
You just don't want to go into that bye week having to use it to get healthy. You want to use it to get better and mentally prepared.
both game last takes winner
Winner takes all. This game is more important than that last game for both of us. We know it and they know it and we'll see on Sunday.
carolina coming continue deserve felt game hard hype
You know they had all the hype coming into the (last) game and we felt they didn't deserve it. And I think again, (they have) a lot more hype than they should, and we're going to continue to play as hard as we can. I'm not downplaying the Carolina Panthers, but I'm up-playing us.
carolina coming continue deserve felt game hard hype
You know they had all the hype coming into the game and we felt they didn't deserve it. And I think again, they have a lot more hype than they should, and we're going to continue to play as hard as we can. I'm not downplaying the Carolina Panthers, but I'm up-playing us.
everybody lead playoffs prove
I think the way I go, the D-line goes. That is the way I have to think about it. Everybody on the D-line has to think that way. But me, that is how I think. I feel like I have to play well, especially in the playoffs -- in this three-game run. I have to prove my worth. I have to lead out there. It's not just statistics, it's doing the right things.
believe bring game
I believe if we bring our 'A' game and they bring theirs, yeah, I think we'll win.