Brian Billick
Brian Billick
Brian Harold Billickis a former National Football League coach and commentator. Billick spent nine seasons as head coach of the Baltimore Ravens from January 19, 1999 to December 31, 2007; he led the Ravens to a 34–7 victory over the New York Giants in Super Bowl XXXV, the franchise's first Super Bowl appearance. He was also notable for being the offensive coordinator for the Minnesota Vikingswhen they broke the then scoring record in the 1998 season...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth28 February 1954
CityFairborn, OH
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It was just a real solid win for us. Under those circumstances, all you can really ask a group to do is step up to the challenges it has and play a team that is shooting for the playoffs, and I'm very proud to be a part of a group like this.
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It's the logical choice. Kordell was great for us last year. A great team member, understands the role. Hopefully there's enough carry-over for him, verbiagewise, that he can adjust quickly. It's a nice comfort zone having him back.
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It's always more severe than it sounds. We'll have to see on the toe.
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It's another game, another set of data to draw from. This one is obviously very positive; that's why it's important he follows it up with another one.
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It's huge, but you gain some things when you lose a player of that caliber. There are people that have to step up; we did it in 2002, we have this year. We'd prefer not to go through it, but we'll focus on the things we've been able to do with Ray Lewis and the people we have out there, and we'll get a much better idea of what their abilities are.
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I've been talking about the character of these guys for quite awhile and I think you saw it tonight. It is something we can and will build on.
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I understand that it's a volatile environment. Certainly I have tough enough skin, so have at it. There's no way to properly answer that question so I won't try.
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They all want different things out of the season, ... Jamal is no different in that regard. Is it altering the way he's approaching the game? Absolutely not. . . . He's too professional. He wants too much. He knows he's going to be here.
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They acted like out of control men, ... They acted like men who let the passion of the moment get away from them.
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The running game will be what it will be,
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I've told our guys, let's just get to the midpoint of the season and stick our heads up out of the sand and take a look around, see where we're at, ... And if we're still in this thing, and Pittsburgh hasn't run away with the division, I won't be embarrassed at all to be in the playoff race or to be going into the playoffs at 8-8. Not one bit. We feel pretty good about ourselves.
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They're going to try to play-action and make vertical plays down the field. We've got a great deal of faith in Chad. He has knowledge of the defense, he knows what he's supposed to be doing. He's been solid for us in every phase we've put him in.
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They're going to be very focused on a Jamal Lewis when he's in the game, and their defensive calls will be dictated by that to a certain degree, based on what they think we're going to do or the style of runner that Jamal is, compared to Chester Taylor.
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They're optimistic that he could be fine game time. Certainly, if the doctors say he can't go, he can't go. But he has not been healthy, and you have to be healthy to play this game and this position.