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...
almost defense good mouth playing plays taste team victory
You play good defense and you almost kind of have the taste of victory in your mouth and to get it snatched away like that is really embarrassing. That's not the way that I play football. That's not the way the defense plays football, and as a team that's not the way we should be playing football.
difference game mentally
There's a big difference mentally between being 1-1 and 0-2. This, to me, is a game we have to have.
chance division goals message next people personal send sweep
Some people have some personal goals they want to get. By the same token, we've got a chance to sweep the division and send a message for next season, too.
business knows tries work
Now, he knows it's a business. He just comes to work every day and tries to work hard.
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.
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.
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.
credit goes
It's not about spectacular numbers, it's about being steady. Not enough credit goes out to him.
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.
ball broken guy keeps plays running saving though
There've been a lot of broken plays ... and Brian's the guy who's been saving us. He's been running to the ball making tackles. Even though it may have been a 20-yard gain, he keeps it from being a touchdown with his speed.
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.
finishing good sad touches
I'm really not sad about it. They've had a good run, and all good things have to come to an end. Hopefully, we can try to put the finishing touches on it Sunday.
couple excited guys next year
These are guys that are going to be able to go year in and year out for the next couple of years. I'm really excited for them.