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
bit coming farther good improving individual players position third wondering
It's good to have our players. We know who they are. Third year, we're not wondering what position to put players in. We're just concentrating on improving each individual player and going a little bit farther this coming season.
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.
continue talk
We talk a lot about their defense, and I'm going to continue to talk a lot about our defense,
defense defensive pressure
Our defense is about four-man pressure and now we feel like we have a 'bell cow' at defensive end,
good league liked player
I've always liked him. I think he'll be a very good player in the league someday.
asked team thomas
Team leader, he's done everything we have asked him to do. Thomas is our guy.
assume far game injuries late outcome sure
Sometimes late in the week, injuries happen. It had no outcome on the game as far as we're concerned. I assume everybody's going by the rules, which I'm sure they were.
definitely exactly nickel putting return rush whether
We're definitely comfortable with putting him out there. We don't know exactly how much. We won't rush him back. We don't know yet whether he'll return kickoffs and how much he'll play in nickel coverage. But we feel like he'll play.
field football goals good
We're a good football team, and I know we'll show that on the field this year. Our goals ... you know what our goals are. We're a good team, here are our goals, let's see what happens.
guys step
We had a lot of guys step up today.
bad hit
We have a kicker that's hit some bad balls, and he has to get it right.
good player
That was big. He is a good player who had an outstanding season, and it was good to see him get that.
defense detroit games position season six type
I think six games into our season you see the type of defense we are, ... This is the position we want to be in, going up to Detroit in first place.
chance improvement
I think he's made improvement and we're getting a chance to see what he'll be someday.