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
afraid body defense football matter puts putting running situations
The way our defense is set up, it puts me in situations where I'm one-on-one in making tackles on running backs. When I go into it, I think I am going to win. It really doesn't matter the size, height, weight, whatever. I'm not afraid of putting my body in there.
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.
heart matter size
Size doesn't matter. It's all about the heart.
good matters played playing team
We know it'll be a good team, a team we've played before. I don't think it really matters who we play. It's all about us playing Colts ball.
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.
describe good guess
I guess 'harassing' is a good way to describe 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.
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.
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.
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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.
continue great job win
Peyton, he can't win it himself. I think Peyton's done a great job with us and he'll continue to get better.