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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I can't lock them up and put them away 24-7, ... He had free time, and I don't want to comment until we know exactly what happened. There are legal liabilities here. But anytime someone has free time, they have to act responsibly. You can't do it any other way.
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Some people like what he does, some people don't. We were being very aggressive about taking the next step for this team to win a Super Bowl, by recognizing what we were going to have to deal with in what was arguably the best player in free agency. Rewards are usually proportional to the risk you take. Yeah, this is a risk.
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Our collective mind-set is to improve this team. We'll keep doing this through the draft, free agency and in other ways. It's a disappointment to not get T.O., but I'm confident in our abilities to raise the Ravens to the next level.
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These are grown men, I can't lock them up and put them away 24-7. He had free time. Until we know exactly what happened -- there are legal liabilities here -- but anytime someone has free time they had better act responsibly. You can't do it any other way.
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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.
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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.