Gregg Williams
Gregg Williams
Gregg Williamsis an American football coach who is the defensive coordinator for the Los Angeles Rams of the National Football League. Previously, he was head coach of the Buffalo Bills, and defensive coordinator of the New Orleans Saints which won Super Bowl XLIV. Williams is known for running aggressive, attacking 4–3 schemes that put heavy pressure on opposing quarterbacks...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth15 July 1958
behind front hit people plays pushes reason run
Renaldo really pushes people around up front and he plays tremendously hard. He does a lot of things behind the scenes. There's a reason why our linebackers make a lot of plays. There's a reason why our linebackers run and hit as much as they do. Renaldo understands.
cut defensive guys hot last lay played remember run rush stop tub wrist
Remember last year? 'Gregg, you can't stop the run with that defensive line.' 'Gregg, these guys can't rush the passer.' I don't know why I didn't cut my wrist and lay in a hot tub of water. Every one of them played with an attitude.
attack few last point runs time
Physically, we're stouter at the point of attack then we were at any time last year. We've just had a few runs that popped.
knew pressure run since spread
We knew that was what they are going to do. They spread it out. They put pressure on you with speed. That's what they've been doing since they've had this run of success, but I thought we would be would be able to make them one-dimensional.
allow cannot finish good hard plays running runs
If you could have those two runs back. But you can't. Normally, we take those plays away. We cannot allow those long runs on defense. We've got to finish those tackles. We did so many things well that we thought we had to do to take away a very good running game. Those plays are going to be hard to stomach.
running world want
Weve got to do everything in the world to make sure we kill Frank Gores head. We want him running sideways. We want his head sideways.
blocks call football plays practiced separation testament toughness treatment whether
Whether you call it a low-grade separation or a contusion, he practiced every day. He won't get treatment for it. He blocks out pain. He plays through it. It's a testament to his toughness as a football player.
calling guys knew
We knew what the play was. We had guys calling out the play at the line.
locker people room takes trying whatever
other than that, everyone is cool. People take it for what it's worth. We're having fun, we're trying to win. Whatever it takes to win. The people in the locker room get excited.
hall needs people spokesman talking
People look for me to be the spokesman too much, and I'm not. That's in deference to him. I've been there. I understand. He needs to do most of the talking because he's in the Hall of Fame, and I'm not.
adjectives feeling gutter lived maybe parents pride wish
My own parents wish maybe I would use different adjectives at times. But there's also kind of a feeling that I have to get in the gutter because some of them have lived in the gutter. But I don't take pride in that.
kyle playing
Kyle Orton was playing better than any of the quarterbacks,
backs defensive fitting good guys high job large picked playing solid style
We've got some pretty good defensive backs here, and that's a large part of why we are playing pretty solid on defense, when you've got guys on the back end that were picked high and justifiably so. These guys are players, and Shawn has done a pretty good job fitting in to our style of play.
almost good job played snaps
We played 80-some, almost 90 snaps on defense, ... 12 for 31, 51 quarterback rating. We did a pretty good job there.