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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There are no moral victories in the NFL. You win or you lose. We lost, but I've never been prouder to be part of a group of men than these guys.
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It's really not my concern right now, ... I like the group that I have.
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As a coach, there are a lot of things, personally, I may or may not like or would not personally do - not necessarily may be my style, ... But you have to be very careful about inhibiting the passion for this game in an arbitrary way. I've got a very diverse group of players economically, socially, racially, geographically, with a number of different upbringings.
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As I have always said, I'm very thankful and appreciative to be part of an organization and a group of people that we have here.
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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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I defy anybody to show me one frame of film that doesn't show us playing as hard as we could. This group of guys had a lot of circumstances working against them, but they almost beat one of the best teams in the league.
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Gotta do it. Gotta do it. And it's a tall order against a group that has five first-round draft choices in the front seven. It ain't going to be easy, but we've got to commit to it and we will.
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the parameters are set: Take number 21, take number 23, add them together and cut it in half. Anything beyond that is just hard to understand.
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The players love his passion, they love his dedication, ... Rex grew up in this game, in as passionate a football home, a la Buddy and his brothers, as you could possibly imagine. Talking, arguing, fighting over football every night at dinner. He brings that passion with him, and the players respond to that.
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We would argue and dog cuss each other about game plans every week. We would get at each other. In the end, we'd be bloody, but we'd have a good game plan.
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There comes a point when it's just not prudent; too many bad things can happen, ... We have a plan to modify it if it gets that bad.
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I don't respond to that. That's the most common observation, and I don't know how you quite substantiate that.
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To a degree, the biggest advantage is you stay fresh and are able to tag-team the backs a little bit, especially late in the season.
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We got a lot of work to do plain and simple. This bye week didn't look to be in a good spot when it first came out, but obviously right now it's what we need because we have a great deal of work this next two weeks.