Marcus Trufant
Marcus Trufant
Marcus Lavon Trufantis a former American football player who was a cornerback in the National Football Leaguefor ten seasons. He played college football for Washington State University, and was chosen by the Seattle Seahawks 11th overall in the 2003 NFL Draft...
ProfessionFootball Player
Date of Birth25 December 1980
expects great wants
It wasn't really a scolding. It was just one of those things where he expects a lot out of me, and he just wants me to go out and have a great year. He just wants me to play great football.
expects practice saying talk wants
It was just a talk saying that he expects a lot out of me and he wants me to play big, ... and that's what I try to do. I come out every day in practice working hard.
certain coach expects plays took wants
Coach expects a lot of me. He just wants me to play big, to make plays and play a certain way. I took what he said to heart.
basically expects wants
He just said basically that he expects a lot out of me and he wants me to play like it.
knew past plays talked trick
We talked about it the past two weeks. We knew that Randle El is an ex-quarterback, so we already knew they had a lot of trick plays up their sleeves. But they just got us on that one.
aware couple knew plays talked trick
We talked about it all week. We knew Randle El is an ex-quarterback. We knew Ward is an ex-quarterback. We already knew they had a lot of trick plays up their sleeves, so we had to be aware of it. On that play right there it just got one on us. They got a couple of big plays on us, and sometimes that's all it takes.
coming second sure talked toward
We had talked about him all week. We made sure we had a second person coming toward him on every player.
anytime guy knew lose people rough situation
It was very shaking. Anytime you lose a guy like that, in a situation like that, it's kind of rough for the team. Not a lot of people knew what was really going on.
appreciate biggest bowl everybody game gotten great next opportunity players super talk
The Super Bowl is The Show. That's all that everybody is going to talk about for the next two weeks. And when you get there, it makes you appreciate that there are a lot of great players in this game who've never gotten the opportunity to play on the biggest stage.
practice trying
Everyone went on trying to practice and do things as usual. But it was always in the back of guys' minds.
coach learning
I still see myself as a young player, still learning a lot and still have got a lot to learn. But still, every year, I get more comfortable. I don't feel like a coach yet, but it's getting there.
I still feel like I'm a young player, and I still feel like I have a lot to learn. But I feel like I'm getting more comfortable, and I'm getting better every year.
biggest challenge
I think this is going to be the biggest challenge we've had all year.
call close either eyes game guess maybe system
Maybe people's eyes are different or something like that. So you never know. When a call is so close, I guess it could go either way. Maybe the system could be tweaked a little bit. ... When things are so close and it's a game of this magnitude, there's going to be a lot of things said about it.