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
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.
I feel real good about it. Maybe it's because it's a younger team that everyone thinks doesn't have a chance and they don't know any better. Maybe it's myself feeling the heat and knowing I've got to turn it up. I don't know what it is, but it has a better feel. We're not all looking for answers now. We're just lining up and trying to play football.
Everyone feels the same way we feel, that their chances are just as good as ours. If everybody is not feeling that way in this locker room, I hope to have a conversation with them.
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.
As good as this feeling is we're looking to feel even better next week.
It appears we got dominated. We're a defense, really as a team, that does not give up 34 points, and today we did. The most disappointing thing is we had a good week of practice, and today we didn't show up.
In this game there are so many rules favoring the offense. To see a little defense being played is a good thing.
In 11 years, I've done it eight times. I believe in keeping a good team together. So far, if those conditions are the same, if it's a two-way street, then we'll do it.
We just played collectively as a unit. Everybody did their job and pitched in.
The style in which we won says a lot. The previous two games were blowouts, so the question was, 'Could we win a tough one?' Yeah, we can get in a fight, walk away with a few bruises and come away with a win.
I stand real humble. I've been here a few times, and I don't have many wins.
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.
Don't get too excited! We got to go back out there!
It doesn't matter what has happened in the past four games,