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
focused playing
The only thing we focused on was going out and playing the way we play: physical, smart, fast,
guys miss plays tackle time wind
When you have guys out of place or you miss a tackle here, you're going to get some long runs. It's frustrating any time you give one up. Big plays kind of take the wind out of you.
great physical
We want to get better and more physical each week. They play physical and they've got great players. But this is all about us. We want to do what we do.
coach easy everybody figured knows wants
Everybody knows and understands what Coach Dungy wants out of the defense. Once we figured it out, it was easy for us to go out and play fast, play hard.
excited guys help level top
We were excited to see the guys from the top take it to another level and get a guy that can really help us.
coach easy everybody figured talked team wants
We talked about being fast, about being physical. Everyone on our team is fast. Everyone on our team is physical. ... Everybody understands what coach Dungy wants out of the defense. Once we figured it out, it was easy for us to go out and play fast, play hard.
afraid against body matter putting tackle win
I got into it that I'm going to win every time. It doesn't matter the size, height, weight, whatever. I really don't care. I'm not afraid of going in there, putting my body in there and making a tackle against a big guy.
brought came continue fast great guys hard help move practice run work
We were brought here for a reason, and that's to be physical, run fast and get to the ball. We have some great guys who came in here and are going to help us out this year. As long as we continue to move forward, practice hard and work together, we'll be good.
physical played teams
I think we did make a statement, because we played one of the most physical teams in the league.
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.
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.
almost arm crazy great hard lower runs size stop sure
He's a big back who runs hard and he has great feet. You just have to make sure you get lower than he does and run through him, don't stop your feet. You don't want to try to arm-tackle him, because he runs through arm tackles like they're nothing. It's almost not fair, him having that size and those feet. It's a crazy thing.
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.