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
decided help improve joe move needed offensive promoted turn
We decided that we needed to make a move to improve our offense. We promoted Joe to offensive coordinator because we feel that he will be able to help us turn this around.
affected ball couple forward help hopefully move passing ran seems third trying work
I thought we ran the ball well and our first- and second-down passing was much improved. It seems like you have something you have to go to work on every week. That is just kind of where we are right now. Our third down was affected by our pass protection. We are trying to look at a couple different combinations to hopefully help us move forward in that area.
adjustment direction forward help move needed performed
We have not performed up to our expectations. We needed to make an adjustment to help us move forward in the direction we want to go.
achieve appreciate coaching forward given help job known looking nick opportunity position respect staff time utmost
I've known Nick for a very long time and have the utmost respect for the job he has done at every coaching position he has held. I appreciate the opportunity he has given me, and I'm looking forward to working with him and his staff in any way I can to help the organization achieve its goals.
philosophy similar work
When you look at backgrounds, I think we've got very similar philosophies. That always makes it easier, too, if you know the person you're going to work for, you know what their philosophy is.
We've got to be able to run. It's not a secret. They want to attack. They want to get us on our heels. We know what we have to do.
believe
We believe ... he will be out for the year.
careful courage future quick sacrifice stay stick
You have to be careful and stay with your step-by-step program. Then, you have to have the courage to stick with it and not sacrifice the future for the quick fix.
care chunks eat hard plays taken team work
Big plays like that are hard to overcome. One play to eat up that kind of yardage is tough. For us to be the kind of team we want to be we can't give up yardage in big chunks like that. We'll go back and work on that and get it taken care of.
cannot care great job taking turn
We have to do a better job of taking care of the ball. We know the Steelers do a great job of it and they do not turn it over much. We cannot turn it over.
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.
wrong
We've had more go wrong than we have go right.
banks confidence number starter sure tony total
Tony Banks has been a starter in the past, and I'm sure he could start for a number of teams. We have total confidence in Tony Banks.
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.