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
He (Rice) was saying this is what we do -- close out games. We're not letting them in. That's the short version.
Going up in my collection with all my other stuff.
He's got to earn that nickname all over again now.
I agree with Pittman in terms of camaraderie. I said it earlier in the season, camaraderie is going to be responsible for a couple games a year. I can honestly say we hung in there and pulled out a couple of tough wins that had nothing to do with football. This team is a closer team.
He does a great job of understanding how to motivate and how to speak to people. He takes that to another art form because he believes when he tells it.
Watching those tapes told me I've still got a lot of work to do,
We started an important streak, in my opinion. The first time we lost this season, we come back. In the past, one loss meant two, meant three, meant four. But today, from that standpoint, we took a huge step in bouncing back from a loss.
We'd share a conversation, make sure he's OK. What with Tony being in Indianapolis, if he needed someone to talk to or just hang around, he had my phone number.
We are in second place, one game back. But we're by no means out of it. I guess it's a little down because of the way we lost. It appears we got dominated. ... It could be a whole lot worse than where we are at.
We're not very difficult to figure out. I think sometimes less is better. We've thrown in a few new wrinkles, but very few. We're just going out and executing.
We can still be that defense, if we work to get there.
We have a good defensive team. You have a good group of guys who made the team defensively so I wasn't surprised we went out there and played well.
Usually, we have something bet on it. We usually have got to wear the other university's colors for about a week if your team loses.
You know they can do one of three things. Somebody has got to run it; somebody has got to block. Or they are both going out for a pass route. We have no idea with both of them in the backfield. And if that presents itself, you just have to read your keys.