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...
adapt football guys normal raise resilient since
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.
change figured good guys job pace stopping
We figured we weren't doing a very good job stopping the run, so let's get some guys in there that can change the pace a little bit. We're going to look at everything.
guys pick
We've got some guys who can pick up the slack.
everybody group guys players runs smart tolerate walking
I won't tolerate guys walking to the football. Everybody runs to the football. We're going to get a group of smart players who are going to do things right.
defense ended guys hopefully last pick simplify tried
We put in new guys last year. We tried to simplify some things. Hopefully this defense can pick up where it ended last year.
football guy indicative perform player practice situations
If a guy is a football player he is going to perform in the game. You would like to see him do it all the time, in practice and in the game. I think game-like situations are more indicative than practice.
camp draft enthusiasm everybody familiar good guys including key last needed taking
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.
atlanta brought extremely guy last learn safety sign special teams
We wanted to sign him last week, but we couldn't find a roster spot. He's a guy that's extremely fast, very smart. He'll know Atlanta (this week's opponent) a little bit, but we brought him in to play special teams and learn the safety spot.
fell felt guy high pass rated
We were very surprised. He's a guy we had rated very high on our board. When he fell to us, we felt we couldn't pass on a guy like this.
behind confidence guys
We have confidence in the guys that we have behind (McAllister),
behind confidence guys signed
We have confidence in the guys that we have behind him (McAllister). That's why we signed Antowain (Smith) and (Aaron) Stecker.
defense guys people poor run
It was poor run defense the first half, ... We are going to find some guys who want to do it. We will find them and they will be the people who are going to play.
game guys help playing prepare shows tried
It is the first preseason game, and it shows what we need to concentrate on as we prepare for the season. We tried to get a lot of different guys playing time, so this game will help in evaluating them.
guys
Yesterday, guys were moping around because Deuce got hurt,