Bill Cowher
Bill Cowher
William Laird Cowheris a former professional American football coach and player in the National Football League. In Cowher's 15 seasons as head coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers, the team won eight division titles and made 10 playoff appearances. Cowher led the Steelers to the Super Bowl twice, winning one. He is the second coach in NFL history to reach the playoffs in each of his first six seasons as head coach, a feat previously accomplished by Paul Brown. Cowher resigned...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth8 May 1957
CityCrafton, PA
against break defense good hand job offense signals surprise today work
We did a good job today of having our offense break the huddle quickly. And we've had a lot of work against the no-huddle offense. We have hand signals for the defense on the sideline. So those are things that shouldn't come as any surprise to us.
certainly excitement faced last time
There's going to be a lot of excitement in their stadium. We're certainly going to have to play better than the last time we faced them.
best defensive expect future hard integral question success worked worried
There's no question that he's the best there is when he's healthy. He was an integral part of our defensive success before the injury, and we expect him to be part of the future as well. He has worked very hard to come back, so we're not worried about him at all.
field game playing road wear white
We'll wear white because we're on the road. We're not playing at Heinz Field and, to me, that makes it a road game and we wear white jerseys for road games.
focused group guys stayed
We have a group of guys who were very focused and stayed together.
couple fill history key lost opportunity players realize
We have a lot of players back; we lost a couple of key players and we'll have to fill those voids. But when you realize what you accomplished and you're part of history and you have an opportunity to do it back to back, it would be an unbelievable feat.
knew loosen
We wanted to loosen it up, ... We knew there would be a lot of eight-in-the-box situations.
ahead best free guys left lose pick work
We've got some work ahead of us, there's no question. You just don't pick up where you left off. It doesn't work that way. We're going to lose some guys in free agency, probably. We'll try our best to keep as many of them around as we can.
coaches guys
We've got some guys who have not been there before, but we have a lot of coaches who have been there before.
aware care mistakes sure taken veterans
We've made sure everyone is aware that to get here is one thing, but don't make any mistakes about what we're here to do. I think the veterans have come in and taken care of that.
cuts tougher
That was really one of the tougher cuts that we've made.
beat becomes fourth game longer ourselves striking within
That's the most important thing in my mind, to keep this game within striking distance, ... If we can do that and not beat ourselves and not give up some of the big plays, make them do things methodically and slowly, the longer we can keep this thing going into the fourth quarter. Then it becomes a play here or a play there.
guys small
I was one small part of this. These guys were so resilient.
bad felt
I would not have felt as bad as Jerome would have felt.