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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Focus on what you have, not what you don?t have. We had great defense; we were running the ball well, played solid special teams. That?s what you focus on and hope the others can compensate and eventually catch up.
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We overcame it, so that's the lesson to impart to my guys. Not that they need to bring anymore intensity and focus to the game. Don't get caught up in the circumstances of the other team. That message was lived in reverse for us last year.
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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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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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Hopefully, we can run the ball equally as well, ... I'm sure Tennessee is focused on not letting that happen again.
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You can only imagine, if you can put yourself in that circumstance, carrying around in the back of your mind the consequences of where Jamal found himself. Now that that is totally behind him, it would only make sense that Jamal's mind is truly free to be focused on his job.
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We tried to frame it as a playoff-caliber game because it was for them, and therefore it was for us. The whole team -- and Kyle -- stepped up to the challenge.
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We just got to be careful now, we can't get him hurt. I don't know if that is something he and his people counted on, figuring great he signed, he will start. No he won't. I've got to find out where he is at (mentally) and ease him into it.
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When a guy comes in late to camp, he quadruples the chance for injury because he has to catch up.
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We have to correct the things which left us vulnerable in the second half of the Indianapolis game and the Tennessee game.
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We certainly have the capability, no question about it. Those are our aspirations.
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We're very optimistic with Travis. Less so with Todd.
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We're very optimistic that Deion will be here. He's in good shape. I don't have to run him in a 40 to see he's OK.
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We're very lucky to have two outstanding backs. We have a great deal of faith in Jamal's continued ability to be one of the better backs in the league, and we will continue to try to highlight that.