Jonathan Vilma
Jonathan Vilma
Jonathan Polynice Vilmais a former American football linebacker. He played college football at the University of Miami, and was drafted by the New York Jets in the first round of the 2004 NFL Draft. Vilma also played for the New Orleans Saints...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAthlete
Date of Birth16 April 1982
CountryUnited States of America
excited football goals great honor league national players playing pro selected sights
It's an honor for me to be selected to play in the Pro Bowl. It was one of my goals when I set my sights on playing in the National Football League and I am excited to play with all the great players that have also been selected.
amount intended knocking kurt money player playoff
I never paid, or intended to pay, $10,000, or any amount of money, to any player for knocking Kurt Warner, Brett Favre or any other player out of the 2009 Divisional playoff game, 2010 NFC Championship Game or any other game.
bounty helped injuring intended money pay player pool teammate
I never set out to intentionally hurt any player and never enticed any teammate to intentionally hurt another player. I also never put any money into a bounty pool or helped to create a bounty pool intended to pay out money for injuring other players.
football player reality
People like to focus on a narrow stereotype, like if we didn't have football then we wouldn't have made it, ... The reality is, there are a lot of football players like me who came out of the middle class.
advice enjoy experience football gave good ready reed
Ed Reed gave me some good advice when I was still in school. He said, 'Stay all your years at school. Enjoy it. Get the experience out of it, in football and everything else.' That's what I did. And that got me ready for this.
beginning cost expected good guys settled
At the beginning, it was a little shaky. That's to be expected with new guys in there. You don't expect them to be all-stars off the bat. Once we settled in, I thought we did a really good job. ... It was just two plays. They cost us 14 points.
rooting teammates
That's them being selfish. I don't care. As long as my teammates aren't rooting for us to lose, I'm fine.
chose extreme form product spoiled
I think she was a product of having a spoiled upbringing, ... and she chose an extreme form of rebellion.
eliminate running
We couldn't find a way to eliminate the running game.
matter playoff
I still think we're a playoff team. It's just a matter of working on some things and getting better.
definitely
We need him. We definitely want him back. We'll see what happens.
cost gave
We gave up too many big plays. That cost us the game.
cost gave ourselves road
We gave up too many big plays, and it cost us 14 points. That cost us the game. ... We've killed ourselves on the road this season, more so than at home. It's just been a down season.
bottom line planned stop
We didn't do what we planned to do. The bottom line was to stop the run. We didn't do it and I don't know why.