Damien Woody
Damien Woody
Damien Michael Woodyis a former American football offensive lineman who played for the New England Patriots, Detroit Lions and New York Jets of the National Football League. He played college football for Boston College. He was originally drafted as a center by the Patriots in the first round, 17th overall in the 1999 NFL Draft. During his pro career, he played every position on the offensive line. A Pro Bowl selection in 2002, Woody won two Super Bowl rings with...
ProfessionFootball Player
Date of Birth3 November 1977
CityBeaverdam, VA
Did that out there (on the field) look like it would scare anybody? Why should it?
That's the one thing I'm trying to tell guys here: Anything can happen. When we went 5-11, people thought we were just awful. But it's all about what you believe as a player and how much you're willing to put into it in order to get what you want out of it.
It doesn't have to be one or two guys. I look at a team as everybody being shareholders in this thing. It's everybody's team. Everybody has a piece of this thing, and we're all pulling together as a group to get this thing taken care of.
We could have put the game away with a four-minute drive, and we couldn't even get that accomplished. It was just one of the many disgusting moments in the game. I'm ashamed of it.
You know what it's called? It's called guys stepping up and making plays. This game is not rocket science.
Let's be real. Especially if you've been in this situation for a while where it's not been a winning environment, guys might be looking elsewhere to be a part of something else.
It's early. How many teams do you know their philosophy in Week 2?
When your defense scores two touchdowns and causes four turnovers and you still lose, that's bad. That's real bad. We couldn't do (anything) on offense. That might have been the worse offense I've ever seen ever.
Yeah, but this is not the same team as last year. This is a whole new season, a whole new team. This is a chance to set our philosophy on who we're going to be.
A lot of people around the country don't realize Boston College is known for putting up good linemen.
You're not going to bait me into giving you what you want to hear.
There needs to be a change, because something is clearly not right. I love Joey to death, but historically, that's the position where the change takes place. When things are going good, he gets the glory, and when it goes bad, he takes the fall.
Any time an organization hasn't won a lot, you have to change the culture. No question we're a better team on paper. But everyone has to have the same level of urgency.
Just because you're down doesn't mean you can't rise to be a cream-of-the-crop team. You just can't feed into what everybody else says. I can't feed into what's being written or what's being said. I've got to come to work knowing that I've got the talent, I've got the work ethic to get this thing rectified, and everybody has to believe that or we're not going to get anything accomplished.