Derrick Brooks
Derrick Brooks
Derrick Dewan Brooksis an American former football linebacker who played in the National Football Leaguefor fourteen seasons. He played college football for Florida State University, and was twice recognized as a consensus All-American. He was drafted by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the first round of the 1995 NFL Draft, where he played his entire professional career. An eleven-time Pro Bowl selection and nine-time All-Pro, Brooks was named AP NFL Defensive Player of the Year in 2002, and earned a...
ProfessionFootball Player
Date of Birth18 April 1973
CityPensacola, FL
It kind of reminds you of something we've seen on the other side of the ball. Back when we were building this franchise.
Twice we've played him and he's hurt us for big runs.
We just played collectively as a unit. Everybody did their job and pitched in.
We wanted to stop Willis McGahee. If he's able to run the football, then that takes a lot of pressure off a young quarterback.
Don't get too excited! We got to go back out there!
This was about helping the team and putting us in the position to keep a lot of our players here that we currently have and, at the same time, give us something to go get a player that we felt could help us win a Super Bowl. That's the way it's always been when I've done this, a two-way street.
Each guy has got to get his (meeting) room. That's where my leadership comes, (by) kind of stepping aside, and that way they take ownership. That's one of my better qualities.
A lot of questions have to be answered,
They get beat up so much. I think these guys stepped up and played well with basically two rookies starting. These guys kept pounding and pounding.
It's just the first leg of the championship - division, conference and Super Bowl. As good as this feels, we're looking to feel even better next week.
It's no secret. The spotlight is going to be on him. My advice is for him not to feel the pressure. He has 10 other guys he can lean on.
They realize that we have a game-breaker back there not only in Cadillac but in (Michael) Pittman and they only need one crease and they could turn it into a touchdown,
For anybody who thought I lost a step, I hope I showed them.
It was a real big key in doing it. Do you want to stay, or do you want to go.