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
addressing camp degree entire forward happened legacy looking move needs proud reason spent start sure team
I'm sure it does to a degree for the players, ... I know it does for me, but you don't start camp with that mentality. We've spent an entire offseason addressing and looking very candidly at why that happened and addressing the reason for it. This team needs to move forward very aggressively. We're very proud of the legacy we have here, but this team's going to have a new identity, it really is. It's different than any team we've had.
calls entire line offense
He's like no other quarterback in the league. That's what makes him so dynamic, ... There's so much they do at the line. They don't do a lot personnel-wise. They don't do a lot formationally. Everything he does, he calls the entire offense from the line basically.
across based broad care class concern draft entire evaluation good guy looks process record tells track
This quarterback class looks pretty good. It looks pretty broad based across the entire draft. But I don't care how good an evaluator you are and what your track record is, you draft a guy in the first round, it's a crapshoot. It's 50-50. And that's the thing that will concern most teams. ... When one of us is wrong, we're kind of all wrong, and that tells you how iffy the evaluation of the quarterback process is.
across based broad care class concern draft entire evaluation good guy looks process record tells track
This quarterback class looks pretty good, ... It looks pretty broad based across the entire draft. But I don't care how good an evaluator you are and what your track record is, you draft a guy in the first round, it's a crapshoot. It's 50-50. And that's the thing that will concern most teams. ... When one of us is wrong, we're kind of all wrong, and that tells you how iffy the evaluation of the quarterback process is.
carry entire intensity last match momentum
It is always disappointing to lose, especially the last game. You have to carry that with you the entire season. We did not have the intensity and could not match the momentum swing.
blitz entire opponent orleans preparing spend trying zone
You could spend the entire offseason preparing for what New Orleans does to this point, ... But if they're a zone team, they could decide, you know what, we're going to blitz every down. In preseason, it's really about you and what you're trying to do than what's the opponent doing.
handled pressure proud talk week
I'm proud of the way they handled the pressure all week long. They responded just the way you wanted them to. This is a day for the players, so I'll let you talk to the players.
loss rocks starting team
Nothing rocks a team more than the loss of a starting quarterback.
concern group
It's really not my concern right now, ... I like the group that I have.
bite continue deal process seems tongue
I'm going to have to bite my tongue on this one. We'll continue to deal with the process that he has to deal with. It seems to be ever-changing at times.
bite tongue
I'm going to have to bite my tongue on this one.
attitude brought excited handled pressure proud team week
I'm excited, excited about the way this team responded and proud of the way they handled the pressure all week long, the attitude they brought into the stadium, ... They responded just the way you wanted them to.
clearly excited rhythm stronger
I'm excited about the way Jamal ran, ... Jamal clearly had a rhythm and got stronger as he went.
basically begin cleared hesitation stage sure talked
I just basically talked to him about what we're doing and made sure he wanted to still be around for this stage of rebuilding. We just talked football. Just cleared the decks. I wanted to tell him what's going on and make sure he was comfortable with it all. We didn't even begin to talk numbers, but there was no hesitation on his part.