Jim Bates
Jim Bates
Football coach who served as the interim head coach of the NFL's Miami Dolphins in 2014 after a promotion from defensive coordinator.
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth31 May 1946
almost amount ball consistency misfortune missed plays throughout tremendous
He was here all winter, all spring, had a tremendous amount of consistency and made a lot of plays on the ball throughout the offseason. His misfortune was he missed almost all preseason.
ball caught nfl played
He has caught on surprisingly fast. The one thing he has going for him is he's played in the NFL and started a lot of ball games. So, he understands football.
carry couple good job limiting penalties run speed spells throughout
He did a good job throughout the preseason of limiting the penalties. He had a couple spells where he had more penalties than he should have had. He has all the athleticism to carry out the technique, the speed to run with the receivers, the toughness. And he had a good camp,
evaluate
We're going to evaluate every position. We're going to evaluate, see what happened. We'll evaluate as we do after every week.
defense holes level open second start
When you start penetrating and they get up on the second level of the defense, the holes just open like sieves and your defense can be in trouble,
definitely field last performs playing roy starters time
We're still going with the starters we had last week. But Manning is making a move. He definitely will get a lot of playing time because we need to see Roy out there on the field and see how he performs under the lights.
fits football good missed player quality
We have to see, ... He missed all of preseason, he's been a good quality player for the Packers for a long time, (but) I think we have to get into the ballgames before we can say, 'Hey, he fits into the scheme.'
best counting defense definitely far game high influence level playing plays push
We're counting on him to do it. That was his best game for us by far this season. We need more of that, because it definitely has an influence on how we play defense when he's playing at a high level and making plays in the backfield and getting some push up the middle.
best counting defense definitely far game high influence level playing plays push
We're counting on him to do it, ... That was his best game for us by far this season. We need more of that, because it definitely has an influence on how we play defense when he's playing at a high level and making plays in the backfield and getting some push up the middle.
decision plays total
We'll make that decision (today). But we'll go on a lot of plays and the total preseason, not just tonight.
good rotation
We've got some good flexibility there with the rotation we've been in,
defensive fear negative plays
You can get more negative plays just by penetrating gaps. You can also be gashed for more big runs. That's the fear we have as a defensive staff.
blinders bottom bounce bring closer dropped dwell early learn together
You just bounce back. It's part of life; it's part of football. You learn and you go forward. You can't dwell on the past; you can't dwell on what's happened. You put the blinders on, bring it closer together and get back to work. It's too early (to think the bottom has dropped out). If we had that attitude, we'd go 0-16.
chunks confidence early given matter stop
We haven't given up the big run, the 25-, 30-, 40-yard run. But we have given up way too many for big chunks on early downs. We have to get better, it doesn't matter who's playing. I have confidence we'll stop the run.