Donnie Edwards
Donnie Edwards
Donnie Edwardsis a former American football linebacker from San Diego, California. He played for thirteen seasons in the National Football Leaguefor the Kansas City Chiefs and the San Diego Chargers. He began his career as an All-American Collegiate at the University of California, Los Angeles. He was drafted by the Kansas City Chiefs in the fourth round of the 1996 NFL Draft...
ProfessionFootball Player
Date of Birth6 April 1973
CitySan Diego, CA
few game high last pressure weeks
There was a lot of pressure over the last few weeks because every game was so high and so intense. It was one of those years I guess.
expected last win
All of us expected to win last week,
building diego fan huge san
That's important. I'm a huge San Diego Chargers fan for life. We're building something here.
across walk
Once you walk across that line, it's live,
patient rookie
He didn't look like a rookie at all. He's very patient and able to make plays.
beat kansas knows lost
He knows how to beat these guys. Even in Kansas City, we never lost to them. He has the ingredients.
finished goes product
It's real life. It's interesting to see the guts, not just the finished product but what goes in and out.
articles exactly face few slap
I'll have to read a few more of those articles to see exactly what was said, but I still feel the same way I did back then, it was a slap in the face to the NFL,
experience fire thrown
In the first year, a lot of us didn't know what to expect, ... Most of us didn't have experience in a 3-4. You get thrown into the fire and get your experience as you go. That's the only way to do it.
against bigger cuts excited guys small tough
I'm excited to see how he does. He's small but he can go out and play against the bigger guys and be tough about it. His cuts are unbelievable. You don't want to overrun him. He can make it tough on a lot of defenders.
against front gets hard heck lose offensive short tend
The hard part in going against him is against the run, ... He's so short he gets lost. I tend to lose him sometimes with the big offensive linemen in front of him. They get in front of him and you're like, 'Where the heck did he go?'
care focus games opportunity sack trying
The focus should be on us trying to get a victory. We're trying to get to 1-2. We let two games slip. I don't care who's back there, if I get an opportunity to sack the quarterback, I'm going to sack the quarterback.
looks prototype
I'm like, 'He looks like the prototype linebacker big and muscular, mean-looking.'Ê
ahead fans pumps
The fans are really into it and it kind of pumps you up. And if you get ahead of them, you can look back at them and say, 'ha, ha.