Gerard Warren
Gerard Warren
Gerard Thurston Warrenis an American former college and professional football player who was a defensive tackle in the National Football Leaguefor eleven seasons. He played college football for the University of Florida. He was drafted by the Cleveland Browns third overall in the 2001 NFL Draft, and has also played professionally for the Denver Broncos, Oakland Raiders and New England Patriots of the NFL...
accept best biggest everybody job obligation player roles special takes work
He takes everything personally. You feel the obligation when you work with him. If your job is to be the best player on special teams, that's what you need to do. Everybody has to accept their roles and responsibilities. He does. That's the biggest thing he stresses.
believe expects locker players police room teams tells wants
Players on other teams can't believe how he allows the players to police the locker room and police the team. (Otherwise), he tells you what he expects from you and what he wants to get accomplished.
next talking winning
In Cleveland, we were always talking about rebuilding, winning the next game. Here, they talk about winning a championship from Day 1. That's a big difference, and it's why I like being here.
gave indy knew pittsburgh
I knew Pittsburgh would come in and aggressively play the 3-4. It always gave Indy fits.
beat beating defending feels special
It's really special to beat the defending champs. You can't be the champs without beating the champs. That's what we did tonight. It feels great.
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I hope the young bucks can step it up. We need them. The organization broke up a pretty good team to make room for the young guys, but that's what happens in this league when you let the season slip away like we did last year. Change happens.
deal emotion emotions excitement final game main pray pull somewhat time weeks
(I'm) somewhat excited, but this game is next. This isn't the final game. (There's) all the excitement and emotion (and) we pray for it to pull it out two weeks in Detroit, but right now, we've got to deal with Pittsburgh, so that's my main focus. (There's) no time to be excited.
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We got some pressure on him last game. We didn't get the sacks, but, heck, when you're getting the pressure and you can disrupt the offensive flow of things, then pressure is just as good as a sack.
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We got a lot of calls in and we had few things we worked on their shifting and motioning, ... But we studied those guys all week and put together a game plan where we could be successful. As you could see, it turned out the way we planned.
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Every day in practice, you work on turning the ball over, trying to create a chance for the offense. We do it in practice and now we just had to go out and do it in the game.
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I've seen him grow from last season. I watched a lot of film on him when I was in Cleveland, and you can just see his poise in the pocket. He's making more reads, not checking down to the back as much. He's trying to get the ball down the field.
chance dream excited rounds super team three wins
So this is a dream come true, baby. Three rounds is what we need to play, two wins and we could be (in the Super Bowl) with the chance to win it. . . . Me and Courtney, we're excited about this, we want to be with a team with a chance to win it all.
agents calls coach forward looking parents
Right now, the way I feel, I told my agents and my parents that I'm looking forward to the day that coach (Mike) Shanahan calls me up and says, 'Let's do a long-term deal,'
difficult key
(Preparation is) not really difficult when you go and look at the things that they used in the preseason. That's what we're going to try and key off of.