Marquand Manuel
Marquand Manuel
Marquand Alexander Manuelis an American former college and professional football safety who played in the National Football Leaguefor eight seasons. Manuel played college football for the University of Florida. The Cincinnati Bengals picked him in the sixth round of the 2002 NFL Draft, and he also played for the NFL's Seattle Seahawks, Green Bay Packers, Carolina Panthers, Denver Broncos and Detroit Lions. He is currently a defensive backs coach and senior defensive consultant for the Atlanta Falcons...
defense great hat offense radar wins
They can keep (Seattle's defense) under the radar if they want. We've got a great offense and I'll take my hat off to them, but defense wins championships.
We let them get hot. They get hot. That's kind of what happens.
When they come, they come in bunches. And they did (Monday).
winning
You're one of us. We're part of winning here.
best chances games types
You don't get that many chances to play in these types of games. You've got to go out there and give it your best shot.
dad mom oldest worked youngest
After Mom and Dad, I started with the oldest and worked my way down. The youngest ones, sorry, just aren't going to be able to come.
against beat good guy smith
One guy wasn't going to beat us. Smith did it against Chicago. He's a good player, but he wasn't going to do it against us.
dreams hard opportunity
Dreams do come true. You've got to keep working hard because you never know when your opportunity will come.
athletics determined
I was determined to be better than everyone -- get better grades, be a better athlete.
ball goal
Our goal was to not let the ball get into his hands.
bowler game gets learn love next pro speed
He has to learn the game at a different speed at safety. I love how he gets at it. He's young, and he's hungry. He'll be a Pro Bowler before it's all said and done. Probably next year, in fact.
guys lunch pack team
I know what kind of a team they are. I'm going to tell these guys, pack your lunch and be ready. Those guys are going to come to play every play of the game.
older oldest work
I just went from oldest to youngest. I didn't want to take the older ones away from work too long.
blessing exactly game whatever
You can write whatever you want, but that game was exactly what it was. That's how we played. This is probably a blessing in disguise, for us to get it out of our system.