Charlie Batch
Charlie Batch
Charles D'Donte Batchis a former American NFL quarterback. He was drafted by the Detroit Lions in the second round of the 1998 NFL Draft and played 15 seasons in the NFL, most of it as a backup with his hometown Pittsburgh Steelers. He played college football at Eastern Michigan. Batch earned two Super Bowl rings with the Steelers in Super Bowl XL and Super Bowl XLIII...
ProfessionFootball Player
Date of Birth5 December 1974
CityHomestead, PA
preparation poor-planning performances
Proper preparation prevents poor performance.
next preparing ready stayed
When it happened, he stayed in the next play. After that he went off to the side. But I'm still preparing the same way. You have to be ready for everything.
couple detroit people school second twice
I've been to a couple of places, but this isn't the first I've been back to Detroit in a while. I was here in our bye week. During the off-season, I'm here twice a month. This is my second home. There are a lot of people I went to school with, a lot of friends I have are still up here.
exactly expect fans
I've been up there and know exactly what to expect from the fans and that team,
continue game number prepare whenever
Right now we have to continue on. That's part of the game as you prepare for a season. Whenever your number is called you have to be ready.
ben change indication sure until
Preparation-wise, it's not going to change anything. I won't know until we get to Friday, basically. If Ben practices, I'm sure that'll probably be an indication that he'll play. If he doesn't, I really don't know what to expect.
concerned game good last practice regroup weeks work
We had a lot of opportunities but we didn't do very much with them. We have to regroup and get back to practice and work on it. The good thing is we still have two more weeks left; if this were the last game you'd be a lot more concerned about it.
defense objective substitute
That's the objective -- to get the play off before they can substitute on defense,
I thought I was going to be there a long time,
ben exactly expect game manage
I expect to manage the game and do exactly what Ben would do if he was in there.
week
I don't know. You just have to take it week by week, day by day at this point. All I can do is just be ready.
becomes game guy natural plan prepare preparing sure timing
Right now, I'm the guy preparing to play this week. I'll go out and prepare that way and get the timing down with the receivers and make sure I get the verbiage called with the plays. Once you get the game plan down, everything just becomes natural at that point.
game knew leaving opportunity start
Leaving the game on Monday, I had no idea (who would start this Sunday), but I knew there was an opportunity to play (against Jacksonville),
becomes calling game plan plays running scout sure team timing
You have to get the timing down with the receivers, and make sure I get the verbiage calling the plays - you don't have to do that running the scout team - and everything has to come back to you. But once you get the game plan down, everything just becomes natural.