Dom Capers
Dom Capers
Ernest Dominic Capersis an American football coach who is the defensive coordinator for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League. Capers served as the head coach for the NFL's Carolina Panthers from 1995 and 1998 and for the Houston Texans from 2002 to 2005. He is the only person to serve two different NFL expansion teams as their inaugural head coach...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth7 August 1950
beat close football good plays takes
We had our opportunities and were close on a few, but we didn't make the plays it takes to beat a good football team.
ability mind question special teams
There's no question in my mind we have more playmaking ability on our special teams than we've had at any point.
learn
You don't want to have years like this. I told the guys, you have to learn from this.
expect hidden hole win
You put yourself in such a hole and give up that much hidden yardage. You can't do that and expect to win in the NFL.
billy catch decisions feelings guy hopefully opportunity strong team tougher wish
It's one of the tougher decisions we've had to make because you have such strong feelings about Billy and the kind of team guy he's been. We wish him well and hopefully he has an opportunity to catch on with another team.
anticipate coach football head heart job soul understand win work
I understand the job as the head football coach is to win games. But when you put your heart and soul into something and it doesn't work the way you want it or anticipate it to, it's disappointing.
best defense defensive games last liked played pressure today
The thing I liked about our defense today is that we were able to get pressure on the quarterback. Our defense has improved. In the last two games we've played our best defensive games.
basically character check far gut penalties
The thing I was the most disappointed in (Sunday) was basically the fundamentals of our team. Our tackling, our blocking, there were far too many penalties right now, it's a gut check and a character check for our team.
basic blocking committed tackling
The thing I was most disappointed in was the basic fundamentals of our team. Our blocking and tackling were poor, and we committed too many penalties.
focusing hard ready talked team
I've always talked to my team about focusing on the things you can control. So I got this team ready to play as hard as they could today.
bounce chance gives glad quite self week
Quite frankly, I'm glad we have a bye week this week. It gives us a chance to do a lot of self evaluation. We have got to find some way to bounce back.
basically came cap everybody salary situation
We like Jamie. It basically came down to, you can't have everybody you that you like to have with the salary cap situation the way it is.
bought bush guy
So, it's not Ed McMahon? Darn. And I bought magazines. Who's this Reggie Bush guy anyway?
hope learn
My hope is we learn from some of the things we did.