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
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You take all things into consideration when you're making changes. We looked at everything and felt that this was the way to go.
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There was nothing wrong with the system. The system we had last year is working in St. Louis and Kansas City. It just wasn't a good fit for us. Once you know it ... you've got to change it.
bigger game none plays
There were a lot of big plays in the game but none any bigger than that, really.
ball behind few pass situations tough
There were some tough situations for Cedric yesterday. We got behind and had to pass the ball a few times.
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This is one of our biggest wins since I've been here.
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Some players deserve an opportunity to play and Roberto is definitely one of those. He's a good football player. We consider him a starter.
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So we just realize we're going to get a good player and that's what's exciting.
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Once you get into company with Walter Payton, that's saying quite a bit.
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Once you get in company with Walter Payton that's saying quite a bit. (It was) an outstanding year by Thomas and our offensive line to get that for him. I think we established that through the course of the regular season we are a good running football team and can run the football on just about anybody we play.
major tweak
I think we'll tweak our roster this year. I don't see any major upgrades that we need.
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Kyle was 83 percent converting third downs in the second half (5-of-6). He got better as the game went along. We know he'll get better as we go. We're excited about his potential the rest of the year.
kyle needs situation stronger
Kyle needs to go through a situation like that, ... From the way I see it, he'll come back stronger from it.
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Last week, we won as a football team and everything went right for us. Today, it felt like the total opposite.
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Just like we talk about the quarterbacks, some days you're going to have that. 'Peanut' had a great training camp. He hasn't played as well as he can the last couple (games). He'll come back. He's a good football player.