Larry Coyer
Larry Coyer
Larry Coyeris a former American football coach. He used to be the defensive coordinator for the National Football League's Indianapolis Colts. Prior to the Colts, he was the Assistant head coach for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and defensive coordinator for the Denver Broncos and New Mexico State...
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There are preconceived notions and ideas. But they may change if a guy goes out there and plays. There's a ton of examples that have changed on game day. I'm sure the people who are with us making those decisions have pretty good thoughts, but I do think this is an important game. Who can play and who can't?
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Maybe I don't feel so good when you put it like that. It's going to be fierce, so you have to stand up and get it done.
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He's playing very intently and fiercely. That, to me, is the sign of a maturing guy. If you don't prepare, it shows in a game. To me, if you prepare, if you invest time, you get a pretty good feel for what you might get. And he's doing a great job pre-snap, he knows what could happen before it does.
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The speed . . . changes from practice to the game. It's a whole different deal. And you've got to learn it's a fast game out there, and I think that's good for us. There's a focus there.
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You've got to step it up. It's not the same. What you did during the regular season, it's not good enough. You've got to be better. Those guys will be better. They've studied you, they've looked at what you do. There are very few secrets when you get to this point. You have to be good enough to handle these guys.
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All of this is a combination of having a good pass rush, having good coverage and playing together.
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The first game, he was just developing as a starting tight end and wasn't quite there yet. And between that time and the time we saw him the second time, I've never seen a guy blossom like that. He went to the No. 1 receiving tight end in football in the space of our first game and the second game. . . . He was incredible. We caught a day where the weather wasn't too good (in December), and that helped us. And we played hard against him. But he's very good. He's a major-league talent.
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When you have bad things happen to you, you have to grow. You have to take it, and (the Colts) gave it to us. But we can't take it anymore. We have to fight to see we do the best we can. And it's the ability to be competitive no matter who you're playing.
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We've worked hard and, hopefully, we have some sort of feel and we're ready to go. But that's one of the great things about playing against our offense, is they prepare us for just about anything. Truly they have. So I think that's in our corner.
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I don't have a magic answer. If you play cornerback in this league, they're going to get you once in a while.
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Meeting them was impressive. You could tell both guys were bright. They handled the interview process very well. Then the game tape was very impressive. Once you sort through all the b.s., there's all kinds of stuff on every kid, but they were both bright-eyed and very smart.
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We thought we could get more pressure. Obviously, the rookie, but I don't think that was it. I think if we make the plays that were available to us, it's never a factor.
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The answer makes me sick. But here it is, and it's just like it's supposed to be: You've got the best football teams (in the playoffs), and if you want to make it through, you've got to be the best one.
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I think some of that's overblown. They're going to run their offense and we're going to play our defense. Sometimes, early, they might target a guy.