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
chance help kyle learn older
This will give Kyle a chance to learn from two older quarterbacks, which should only help his play as a quarterback.
downs excited game half kyle percent potential rest second third
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.
deal expect grown kyle played quite redskins rookie season starting though week
We expect to get blitzed each week. Even though I've said that Kyle has grown quite a bit, he's still a rookie quarterback. Everyone we've played has blitzed us quite a bit, starting with the Redskins (in the season opener). That's just a part of what we're going to deal with. We expect it each week and go from there.
gave kyle offense pleased stepped
We're pleased with how Kyle Orton stepped in and gave the offense a boost.
gave kyle offence pleased stepped
We're pleased with how Kyle Orton stepped in and gave the offence a boost.
brings fact given guy happiest kyle sure
I'm sure Kyle won't be the happiest guy given the fact this brings another quarterback into the mix, but he's a competitor. We like Kyle very much.
best players work
You have to play rookies, they're the best players we have. That's how we look at it. We're going to play the best players. We'd like for the best to have a lot of experience, but it doesn't work like that always.
bit excited gotten jeff majority quite talking week
We're talking a lot about Kyle, but I'm excited about what Jeff will be able to do for us too. We will play Jeff quite a bit in this game. He will get the majority of the reps for this game. He hasn't gotten as many reps as Kyle, so this is an important week for him.
changed definitely documented last offense since
We'd definitely take that. It's documented what our offense did last year. A lot has changed since then.
continue talk
We talk a lot about their defense, and I'm going to continue to talk a lot about our defense,
finish
We let one get away from us today. We have to find a way to finish the game.
good saw
I didn't get a good look at it and they called it an incompletion anyway. That's how we saw it.
best dream felt football hopefully hurt player stopped team time work
Personally, it hurt when you tell a player his dream has been stopped for a while, but we had to do what was best for our football team and we felt like this was what was best at this time and hopefully it will work out for Marc, too.