Lovie Smith
Lovie Smith
Lovie Lee Smithis the head football coach at the University of Illinois. He was previously the head coach of the Chicago Bears from 2004 to 2012, and Tampa Bay Buccaneers from 2014 to 2015. Smith has been to the Super Bowl twice, as the defensive coordinator for the 2001 St. Louis Rams and as the head coach for the Bears in 2006...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth8 May 1958
CityGladewater, TX
control good led reads supposed
I thought he was in control of the game, managed it well, ... He led us. He made the right reads and made good throws. He did what quarterbacks are supposed to do.
brought early energy football liked needed offense team
We needed to get the offense kick-started a little bit. Rex has come from a lot to go down like he did early in the preseason. ... We really liked the energy he brought to our football team when we brought him in.
adrian good job line offensive plane running thomas
We get off the plane running the ball. Cedric Benson, Thomas Jones, Adrian Peterson all did a good job ... What can I say about the offensive line I haven't said?
game today
We thought we had better receivers going into the game today for us.
adding ball dimension offense
He's adding something new, a different dimension to our offense being able to get the ball down the field.
We had opportunities but we couldn't put it away. We've got to find a way to win.
corners great size
Great size, great guy, great leader. Outstanding speed, outstanding size. How many corners do you see with size like that?
carolina couple smith steve tried unable
Give Carolina credit. They wanted it more than we did. We tried to keep Steve Smith contained. We were unable to do that. He made a couple of big plays.
bowl meant pro receiver works
Getting Moose has meant the world to the team, and these young receivers. He's a Pro Bowl receiver who works like he's still a rookie.
anyone played
Ian Scott played as well as anyone on our defense.
carolina course giving normally talked year
Carolina wanted it more than we did. Twenty-one points, normally through the course of the year that would have been enough for us. Defensively going in, we talked about not giving up the big play. We were not able to do that.
excellent special start teams
Carl did an excellent job. We'll start over this week. With any of our backups, special teams are a big part.
chance choices draft situation time
Cedric's time will come. All first-round draft choices don't get a chance to play right away. Each situation is different.
adrian good next pleased running
Cedric is next in the rotation, but I was pleased with what Adrian Peterson did. He's a good running back.