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
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I feel very confident we can play. I go through these concerns all week because we can't practice like we normally practice. But when we line up and play Sunday I'll expect the people on the field to line up and play well enough to win.
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I feel great, ... But we've got to get the job done. That's what they brought me here to do. So far we've only done it once. And we should have been a playoff team two other times.
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To have that kind of talent on the bench and not give him an opportunity to use it, and maybe wear out Priest a little more, that was the whole thing I was thinking,
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There are a lot of votes in this building. There are a lot of opinions.
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We always prepare for the worst. You can't assume somebody's going to be there, then all of a sudden he's not. You plan for this and for that. We'll prepare for the worst-case scenario and if it doesn't go that way, then we've gained a player or two.
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We've had some very productive offensive games in Denver, ... but we've never been able to really slow them down enough to beat 'em. So we know what we have to do.
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We all want to fix the defense. Sometimes it's not that easy.
We all know he can play when he's healthy.
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Tonight they were a better football team; hopefully, they won't be by the end of the year.
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Todd had an excellent practice, ... He's a good football player. He has never been given the opportunity to demonstrate what he could do.
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Todd had a great practice today. We would not change at all. If you look back to the preseason games, we did exactly with Todd what we did with Trent. And he played well.
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Todd had a great practice today, ... We would not change at all. If you look back to the preseason games, we did exactly with Todd what we did with Trent. And he played well.
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We picked a guy that can make a more immediate impact to the success of our football team now than anybody we would have picked in the first round. There wasn't anybody in the first round who could come in and do for us what Trent Green can do for us. That's a fact.
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(There are quarterbacks) you win because of, ones you win along with and ones you win in spite of. If you've got one you have to win in spite of, he's usually not the quarterback very long.