Gary Brackett
Gary Brackett
Gary Lawrence Brackettis a former American football linebacker in the National Football League. He played college football at Rutgers, and signed with the Indianapolis Colts as an undrafted free agent in 2003. Brackett played for the Colts for nine seasons, and won Super Bowl XLI over the Chicago Bears...
ProfessionFootball Player
Date of Birth23 May 1980
CityGlassboro, NJ
talked
We talked about getting turnovers and Cato got us started.
bit hot knocked rust
There was a little bit of rust out there, but he has knocked it off. He's hot right now.
ability ball identity run
That's the identity of our defense. We're undersized, but we're fast. We have the ability to run to the ball and get sacks.
chose dead football honor life needs
You honor the dead by the way you chose to live your life after they're gone. He needs football right now and we need him, too.
comfort coming few knee looks played weeks
When we played them, he was coming off a few weeks break; he was coming off knee surgery. Now you look at him on film, he looks like he's back on his comfort level.
ball create identity pursuit taking tony trying
We're trying to create an identity for ourselves, ... What Tony is big on is taking the ball away and pursuit to the ball.
staying
It's exciting. But I'm not one to get content. I'm one for staying hungry. I think we can play better.
close definitely hits home prayer situation
That hits close to home because we'll be there. We'll definitely feel that sense, probably say a prayer and give everything we can to make that situation a little better.
division good job last means week
It means you did a good job last week, ... But this week is a new challenge. We have Jacksonville, a division game, and we have to do it again.
fight final goal seemed team until
We're a team that's going to fight for 60 minutes. Until the final whistle, we'll be out there fighting. And even when it all seemed like it was over, we got a fumble on the goal line.
football running
They're a running football team. You look at the statistics, that's what they want to do: Run the football.
coach defense emphasis great job teaching wants
Coach (Dungy) does a great job installing his defense and communicating how he wants us to play. There's a lot of teaching and emphasis on the little things.
games goal per points teams
Our goal is to keep teams to about 14 points per game. The first two games we've accomplished that. But we know we need to be more consistent.
love position sure teams
That's all you can do. We're 13-1 and I'm sure 30 other teams would love to be in the position we're in right now.