Dan Koppen
Dan Koppen
Daniel Koppenis a former NFL American football center. He played college football for Boston College, and was drafted by the New England Patriots in the fifth round of the 2003 NFL Draft...
ProfessionFootball Player
Date of Birth12 September 1979
against played team using
I'm speechless. How this team played today, against the odds, using everyone on the team. It was great.
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I think they played a very good game and totally brought it to us. On the other hand, we didn't help ourselves with dumb penalties and mistakes. . . . People were making a lot of mental lapses. And when you start first and 15, which we probably did three or four times, it's hard to make that ground up against a good defense like Carolina.
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He's a big guy but also very athletic. He's quick off the ball and can really cause a lot of problems for us.
beat bite came last stuff week win
(Carolina) wanted it more. They out-toughed us, they beat us. We all know if we play like this every week, we're not going to win another game. It's going to be a very long season. We got away with a lot of stuff last week and it came back to bite us in the (butt).
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There are little mental things, an error here and there. It's a process. We're still coming together as a unit and it's going to be that way until the 16th game.
confidence game guys jobs prepare putting seriously team week
The backups take their jobs seriously and prepare during the week like they're going to be starters, prepare like they're going to play the whole game on Sundays. When you have guys on the team that take their jobs seriously, you have confidence putting them in those game situations.
coming group hopefully runs throwing together turn
It's a process. We're still coming together as a group and we know that, but if we can just keep going and keep throwing runs at them, hopefully those 2-yard runs will turn into 10-yard runs.
anybody puts tom worried
Tom puts as much effort, if not more, in his preparation than anybody on this team. I'm not worried about him.
bring execute guys smart
We bring in smart guys here and guys that know how to play the game. When they get in those situations, they're able to execute it out on the field.
condition minutes ourselves pride wearing
We pride ourselves on being in condition and being very much able to go for 60 minutes and keep wearing on them and wearing on them.
challenge create creates guys move
They're not just big, they're talented, too. They've got guys who can create things on their own and move well in space. That creates a whole different challenge for us.
locker matt room
That's just part of the game. Matt understands that and everyone in this locker room understands that.
matt miss
I mean, personally, you do miss Matt and having him around,