Brian Simmons
Brian Simmons
Brian Eugene Simmonsis a former American college and professional football player who was a linebacker in the National Football Leaguefor ten seasons. He played college football for the University of North Carolina, and earned All-American honors. He was drafted by the Cincinnati Bengals 17th overall in the 1998 NFL Draft, and he played professionally for the Bengals and New Orleans Saints of the NFL...
detroit goal nice ultimate
Our ultimate goal is to get to Detroit again. I like that stadium. It's a pretty nice stadium.
couple front game hurt passing people plays
We just let a couple big plays in the passing game hurt us. You can't do that. You have to keep your people in front of you. We didn't do that, and it hurt us.
guys played recipes special team witchcraft
We didn't make up any special recipes or do any witchcraft before the game. Guys just went out there and played team ball.
defense offense playing vice
We've had years around here where the defense was playing well and the offense wasn't playing too well, or vice versa.
helped played
I feel like I helped us win. As a team, we all played better.
coming seems soon three whatever
For us this year, it seems they've been coming in bunches. Once one happens, two or three more are soon to follow. For whatever reason, that's kind of how it's going for us this year.
guys locker mysterious playing room
Guys in this locker room are used to playing Pittsburgh, so it's not like there's anything mysterious out there. We know who they are and what they're about.
bats early played pressure runs second six swung
We played pretty well. We swung the bats really well, especially in the second game. We scored six runs early and put pressure on them.
coach hard stuff
We had hard practices. Coach made us get the stuff done right.
coach supposed took tried work
He told me that I wasn't doing what I was supposed to. I took it and I just tried to work harder. I just tried to do like coach told me to do.
coach good practice worst
Coach told us that it's going to be a good game, so we're going to practice hard. We're not going to just go in like they're sorry, like they're the worst team.
bottom hard league line
In this league that's a hard thing to do. We didn't get it done, but the bottom line is we got the win.
bailing vibe
Even a lot of old salts are bailing out. I don't know if it's some vibe they feel or something.
bad create erased history playoffs time winning
Not having a winning season, not going to the playoffs -- we've erased that history. Now at this point, we've got time to go and create a new history. We've already erased all of the bad stuff.