Bob Sanders
Bob Sanders
Demond "Bob" Sanders is a former professional American football player who was a safety in the National Football Leaguefor eight seasons. He played college football for the University of Iowa. Sanders was drafted by the Indianapolis Colts in the second round of the 2004 NFL Draft, and also played for the NFL's San Diego Chargers. He was named AP NFL Defensive Player of the Year in 2007 and is known for being the integral part of the Colts' postseason defense...
ProfessionFootball Player
Date of Birth24 February 1981
CityErie, PA
game hope offense pulled rely rest second team week
As a defense, we want to go into every game and have our offense and the rest of the team rely on us. We pulled it off a second week in a row, and I hope we can keep doing it.
physical played teams
I think we did make a statement, because we played one of the most physical teams in the league.
game keys plan sure throw
I think so. What do you have to lose? I think they're going to throw everything at us. We'll have enough game plan to know that we just make sure we read our keys and do what we have to do to win.
defense everybody good last rush
I think everybody has the same attitude. It's like we have something to prove. Last year, our rush defense was not as good as we wanted. This year, we've got Corey.
football hitting monday night people physical playing stage team
I think that sparked something for us. We had been doing it all year, hitting hard, playing tough, playing physical, but I think being on that big Monday Night Football stage and playing a physical team like the Steelers made people notice.
gave helps last pressure problems stopping year
He's getting a lot of pressure in the backfield, stopping a lot of runs. That helps so much. One of our big problems last year was we gave up too many big runs.
depends hit hurting hurts realized somebody time
I always thought that if I didn't feel it, the other person was hurting more. But I've realized over time that if I hit somebody and it hurts me, it hurts them even more. It depends on the way I feel.
describe good guess
I guess 'harassing' is a good way to describe us.
help
The familiarity they have with me and the scheme, I think, will help us tremendously.
attention aware box crack likes pay
I'm really going to have to pay attention to Hines because I come down to the box a lot, and he likes to crack people. I have to be aware of where he is on the field.
across entire roof
The entire roof was all the way across the street.
holes last open
The holes weren't as open as they were last year. Last year, there were gaping holes in there.
given hits people
All of those really big hits I remember. I put one on him. I've given people a lot of those.