Mike Mularkey
Mike Mularkey
Michael Rene Mularkeyis an American football coach and the head coach of the Tennessee Titans of the National Football League. He played college football for the University of Florida, and thereafter, he played nine seasons as a tight end for the NFL's Minnesota Vikings and Pittsburgh Steelers. He has served as the head coach of the Buffalo Bills and Jacksonville Jaguars, the offensive coordinator for the Pittsburgh Steelers, Miami Dolphins and Atlanta Falcons, and the tight ends coach for the...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth9 November 1961
continue fun steady wants
I think he's going to keep on a steady climb. I think he will continue to get better. He wants to. That's the fun part about him.
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I've taken business as usual like I'm going into the season as head coach. There's more question out there than there was in here, especially with me. I've approached it full speed.
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I've been very up front with them, ... I think I've been myself. I don't even know if I could fake being the other way. They know that I have a passion for the game, and they know that just because I'm a head coach I'm not saying anything different than when I was a coordinator, or a tight ends coach or a quality control guy. I think they respond to the fact that there's nothing phony.
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So (opponents) doing some things defensively to stop it - that's had something to do with it. Also we've played some very good teams - the best thing they do is stop the run. That combination is part of it. Willis had a little slow start. This is a team he came back against and had a big game against. . . . There's been a lot of factors.
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There has been a lot of factors, it hasn't been just Willis, it hasn't just been the offensive line, it's been something somewhere that has not allowed us to continue what we did early in the year.
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It's unfolded exactly the way you'd think. We brought in Kelly for a reason. Because his experience, his playing time, his playoff experience, all the things he brings to the table as a proven veteran. With J.P., (he's) a guy who's trying to still take steps toward being that quarterback we know he can be. Their play shows it. Anything that's not surprising about that is surprising. That's what you'd expect from those two quarterbacks because of the experience factor.
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I've heard it's been a big hit outside and people are excited about it. If it gets our offense jacked up because of the emotional dance, I'll take it any time.
emotional excited gets heard hit offense outside people
I've heard it's been a big hit outside and people are excited about it, ... If it gets our offense jacked up because of the emotional dance, I'll take it any time.
change step taking time
It is time for a change in taking another step in a different direction.
business change hard necessary tough
It's hard to see him go. But that's the tough part about this business when you want to make a change and, in some instances, a big change at the coordinator's spot. But it was necessary to make the change.
both good teach teams
It was good work. Both teams got lot of good things to teach off of, got a lot of reps.
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Tampa Bay's (two-deep zone) coverage was trying to take away the deep threats, so you've got to have somebody inside that's got a good feel for finding soft spots underneath the coverage. Sometimes it's not a matter of how quick or how fast you are, but how elusive you can be and how well can you get open. Josh did a nice job of that (Sunday).
final today weeks
It will be a consideration, of course, ... But with two weeks to go (before the final cut) there's things that could happen. If it was today we'd have to do that, yeah.
chance coming ourselves plays
It's a frustrating game. Some of the things, we didn't give ourselves a chance to win. ... We were not coming up with the big plays when we had the chance to make them and I can't tell you why.