Jeff Ulbrich
Jeff Ulbrich
Jeff Ulbrichis a former American football linebacker in the National Football League. He played for the San Francisco 49ers from 2000 to 2009. He was drafted by the 49ers in the 3rd roundin the 2000 NFL Draft. He played college football at Hawaii. Ulbrich is currently the linebackers coach for the Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League...
enjoyed fix game guys hurt interested past people somber talking ways
It was kind of encouraging. In past times it was almost, I don't know, people didn't let it hurt enough. It was pretty somber back there. Guys were talking about the game and interested in ways to fix it. I enjoyed that.
body entire guys love playing rest tough watch year
It's tough. You put an entire off-season in, not only conditioning your body but working with these guys and getting on the same page. I love playing with these guys. I love what I do. It's tough to say that the rest of the year I'm going to watch from the sideline.
coach guy knows pulse push
A guy who knows the pulse of a team. A guy who knows what's going on, when to back off and when to push harder. Coach Singletary has all those skills, unmatched.
asks certain coach holds saying tells ton
I'm not saying I've ever disrespected any coaches, but sometimes a coach asks you to do something and you think to yourself, Could he have done it? ... But when Singletary tells you to do something, asks you to do a certain technique, what are you going to say? I mean, he did it, he's been there, he's done that, so he holds a ton of respect.
Oh! If I don't know, ... Is that his goal?
decision emotional love playing
It's an emotional decision for me; I really love playing with these guys.
joke week
I used to joke that it was an off week for me,
looked
After I made the tackle, I looked down and my bicep was rolled up and off to one side,
anybody example perfect
I've never been around anybody like him. A perfect example was at the memorial. He didn't know Thomas, but the things he said were probably the most poignant.
potential sees single ton
sees a ton of potential in every single guy.
apply fight fire goes helmet hit last pad releases second
Say the last thing he said was 'Cover Four' and the helmet goes down. You have to fire a pad, and if you hit the one pad it releases a second pad that you have to fight across. This is something you can apply on the field.
daughter friends-or-friendship start
My daughter is just about to start kindergarten. She has a lot of friends here.
coach third year
But this is only his third year as a coach at any level.
introduced last practiced seemed
Last year, we introduced the 3-4, but at the same time, we retained all our 4-3 calls, we practiced them. It was kind of always like, I don't know if it was inevitable, but it kind of seemed like that at times, that we were going to go back.