Derrick Mason
Derrick Mason
Derrick James Masonis a former American football wide receiver who played for fifteen seasons in the National Football League. He was drafted by the Tennessee Oilers in the fourth round of the 1997 NFL Draft after playing college football for the Michigan State Spartans. Following eight seasons with the Oilers, including two Pro Bowl selections, Mason signed with the Baltimore Ravens in 2005. He became the Ravens' all-time leading receiver with 5,777 yards from 2005 to 2010, but he was...
ProfessionFootball Player
Date of Birth17 January 1974
CityDetroit, MI
We can't keep making mistakes, we can't keep playing like this. It's demoralizing to lose, even worse to have your starting quarterback get hurt. That's depressing in itself. We're going to stick together, and get better.
He's our quarterback, he's the leader of our offense. No matter what went on the previous two games, I don't think we've lost confidence in him. I had confidence in him when I came here, and I still have confidence in him.
Coach Billick, he just has a personality about him that you don't understand unless you're playing for him, ... He's all about his players. Did I think it was arrogance when I first got here? Yes. But now that I am here, I truly see what type of coach he is.
I'm just going to continue what I've been doing for the last eight or nine years, ... That's just to be consistent. They know what they're getting from me, each and every day.
If you want to talk, go ahead and talk because it's going to be a long season, ... And when we start winning, honestly, I don't want to hear anything.
That's how you make your team better. You bring in somebody that's going to push the next man to work that much harder. Bringing a veteran in would be good.
It will be weird coming out of the visitors' locker room, but once I step on that field I've got a job to do and my job is to beat the guy across from me,
I've still got my memories, ... I still love the place, still enjoy going down there. I still love the fans.
They are going to go to the 12th hour on this, but I have faith it's going to get worked out. Eddie is a great player, and you don't let great players go.
How many guys were here for the Super Bowl year?' Probably five guys raised their hands,
It's crucial. Usually it takes us two, three, four series before we even get to the other team's side of the field. But today we were able to do that with the help of the defense. Once we got that rhythm going, it was hard for them to take us out of it.
You've got to credit them, ... They stuck to their guns.