Dennis Northcutt
Dennis Northcutt
Dennis LaMont Northcuttis a former American college and professional football player who was a wide receiver and punt returner in the National Football Leaguefor ten seasons. He played college football for the University of Arizona, earned All-American honors and set team career receiving records. A second-round pick in the 2000 NFL Draft, he played professionally for the Cleveland Browns, Jacksonville Jaguars and Detroit Lions of the NFL...
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We do have a lot of new guys on the punt return unit and I understand that,
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You have to take advantage of the opportunities you get, ... But we'll get more. I can't put my head down. I think I'm last in the NFL in punt returns, but it's a long season.
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Right now he knows he's not the starter and he has a long ways to go. But I see a guy willing to work and put in his time and wait for his opportunity. He's working. You have to respect him, as a coach and as a teammate.
Now when I do see the flag, I don't even get mad,
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We had three penalties on five returns (against Baltimore),
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It?s just part of the job. If something changes, it probably won?t be the first, trust me. You just got to keep your head up and do what you can do to keep your job.
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We have to get better. This is a long season and you fight every week to win games and get better. And obviously we're not getting better on punt returns.
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As long as I'm doing what I'm supposed to do, and I'm going out and helping this team in any way, I'm going to be here, ... The only way I'm going to lose my job is if I'm messing up and not getting the job done.
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This is a start. It's like eating a piece of cake. There's a whole cake out there to eat. We ate one piece of it today. We have to keep grinding if we want to eat the whole thing.
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Of course we're a better unit this week, because we got beat last week,
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I have to continue to go out and give 110 percent effort on punt returns every time I go out on the field. I can't get lackadaisical and say, Well there might be a flag' and slack off a little bit. That will hurt my game. Every time I go out there I'm going to try to return that ball to the house.
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I haven't been getting balls and I've been struggling a little bit. So, I was hungry.
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Hey Romeo, how come you're still starting that pipsqueak Northcutt when you have the guy your general manager said was the best player in the draft standing on the sideline?
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I didn't sweat it. I didn't think about the penalties. I just let it go. We've cleaned that up. The guys did a great job. It wasn't me. It was the whole punt return unit.