Jim Haslett
Jim Haslett
James Donald Haslettis an American football coach and former linebacker, who is currently the linebackers coach for the Cincinnati Bengals. Previously, he served as the head coach for the Florida Tuskers of the United Football League, and the New Orleans Saints and St. Louis Rams in the National Football League...
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I think he's really matured this year, compared to his first couple years. We drafted him when he was a junior. People forget that he was (21) years old. I think he's really matured the last couple years, but this year it's evident by his play and taking care of himself and understanding that, in order for him to be a good football player, he has to take care of himself on and off the field.
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To get off to a good start, we needed everybody in, including our draft picks. We wanted to get the new guys and the young guys familiar with what we are doing, ... Really, we wanted the enthusiasm taking off from where it was last year, so it was a key thing that we got everybody into camp on time.
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If you draft someone in the second round, you should feel comfortable with them. Hopefully, he can get playing time with the first team.
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We just had way too many penalties and way too many turnovers.
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We just had way too many penalties and turnovers. We just didn't have any opportunities to get close to them.
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We weren't looking to get rid of him. It was a money issue at the time. We had three good (defensive) ends, so we were looking to trade him if we could get equal value. We thought Darren's value to this team was a lot.
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We weren't looking to get rid of him, ... It was a money issue at the time. We had three good (defensive) ends, so we were looking to trade him if we could get equal value. We thought Darren's value to this team was a lot.
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We turned it over way too many times. It's a shame we didn't score more points. If you hold a team to 17 points you should win. We moved the ball well, we just didn't score enough.
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We're going to try to get everyone involved and keep Deuce healthy if we can, ... If we have a healthy Deuce McAllister on this football team and Antowain Smith, it gives us a better chance to win.
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I've been in four complexes in four weeks, ... I've moved offices numerous times. I think three hotels and now an apartment.
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The whole thing was a great cause and the NFL did a great job of raising money for the Gulf Coast,
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The run defense is something I'm concerned with, and we're going to stress it and keep trying to work on it and do whatever we have to do to fix it, ... great test.
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Ever since I was a kid, when you raise your child, you want to get them in a routine. I think it's the same for a football player. We haven't been in a normal routine. Our guys are really resilient and they adapt real well. They don't complain. They do it.
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Safeties can't miss tackles. He's a young kid, he needs to keep working on that.