Grant Wistrom
Grant Wistrom
Grant Alden Wistromis a former American college and professional football player who was a defensive end in the National Football Leaguefor nine seasons. Wistrom played college football for the University of Nebraska and was a two-time All-American. He was drafted in the first round of the 1998 NFL Draft, and played professionally for the St. Louis Rams and Seattle Seahawks of the NFL...
advantage build close games help later line reason win
These are the games that help build confidence. But also you look back at them later on down the line and they're the reason why you have home-field advantage or a first-round bye in the playoffs, because you win those close games.
anyone bad blame bowl game losing super
We can't blame this game on anyone but ourselves. Losing the Super Bowl is about as bad as it gets.
facing game guys intensity picks twice
It picks up. You're facing these guys twice a year. They know you, and you know them, so the intensity is there. It's a game we've got to win.
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Steve Smith is arguably the best receiver in the game right now, and we just shut him down completely.
against game practiced six speed
It's going to be a 60-minute battle. I practiced against him for six years, but Orlando's practice speed and his game speed are two different things. I'm going to have to work.
football games lead offense win
When we have a 21-point lead at halftime, those are football games we have to win on defense. Our offense can go out there and go three-and-out every series, but defensively we should still go out there and be able to win those football games.
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We blew a number of games we should have won defensively. It all goes back to that first game when we lost and people like to make a bigger deal out of it than it was.
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We're not going to blame this game on anyone but ourselves. We lost the game. They played better than we did. They didn't make the mistakes. ... They didn't make the penalties, and we did.
anyone blame game
We're not going to blame this game on anyone but ourselves.
defense finish game gone knows last lose step win
A game like this last year, who knows if we win it or lose it? We couldn't have gone 0-2, and to go out and have the defense finish a game for us, it's a step in the right direction.
early entire force game rendered running sets team time tone useless
Their running game was rendered useless early on. Any time you can force a team to be one-dimensional, it sets the tone for the entire game.
seen time
I've seen a lot of (stuff) in my time in the game, but ... .
crowd focusing
There's really no home-crowd feel to it. Not a lot of energy. But you're really not focusing on the crowd anyway.
couple tab turn
There's a couple of restaurants that won't take our reservations. I don't know why. I'd never turn down a tab that big.