Dick Vermeil
Dick Vermeil
Richard Albert "Dick" Vermeilis a former American head coach for the National Football League's Philadelphia Eagles, St. Louis Ramsand Kansas City Chiefs. He is in the Sid Gillman coaching tree and has coached at every level; Vermeil owns the distinction of being named “Coach of the Year” on four levels: High School, Junior College, NCAA Division I and Professional Football...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth30 October 1936
CityCalistoga, CA
football
I think they've demonstrated that they are a playoff-caliber football team.
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He's got good hands. He's got a feel for the game. To my knowledge, he's never been the starter. That's the difference now, he is the starter. He is our guy. We expect him to step up and play like that athlete that you all saw out there.
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He showed every player out here what he's all about on every snap. That's what a No. 1 receiver does.
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He's home. He's fine, and he's been checked out by the doctor. It shook him up.
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He?s big, strong and fast. He runs with anger. He?s mad when he carries the ball. You don?t see him duck and dive.
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He's better, he's coherent. They're not allowing him to speak to anybody. We have no other information, but that seems to be good news.
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He's going through a battery of tests. Some of these tests aren't just five-minute deals, ... They take sophisticated equipment and sophisticated people to administer. We'll know a lot better tomorrow.
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He's gaining confidence and a better understanding in what's happening within the running game. How to read the blocks, a little more patience getting to the line of scrimmage and more explosive when he gets there. ... Pulling through tackles with powerful legs and speed around the corner.
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Our biggest concern going to Denver is to maintain run discipline,
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Regardless of what excuse we want to make, we have to do a better job of getting the ball to Tony Gonzalez 's hands. He set an all-time record in the history of the National Football League with 102 catches last year and I'm certainly not going to panic because he's not at that pace right now.
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If the team plays real well and it looks like the way we do things is capable of producing a good football team, then I might stay, ... I'm just going to play it out and see what happens.
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He will probably practice on Wednesday, ... There's still a little soreness in the knee. He worked out hard. But we didn't put him in the real competition as far as pass coverage, against man coverage.
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He has a passion to play the game. He didn't want to come out. He thinks Priest is still sitting on the bench. He's a tough, tough guy. He's been around football all of his life, so he understands all the concepts.
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He wants to play. I trust him because I know how unselfish he is. If he didn't think he could step in and run our game plan, he would tell me. As you saw on the practice field today, he's very sharp. He knows what he's doing.