Mike Rucker
Mike Rucker
Michael Dean Ruckeris a former American football defensive end who played eight seasons for the Carolina Panthers of the National Football League. He played college football for the University of Nebraska, and was drafted by the Panthers in the second round of the 1999 NFL Draft...
ProfessionFootball Player
Date of Birth28 February 1975
mobile plays version younger
He's kind of like a younger version of Brett Favre. You don't see him as a mobile quarterback. He made some plays today.
version younger
He's kind of like a younger version of Brett Favre.
command single
He's going to command the double-team, ... and if you single him up, he's going to make you pay.
bowl defensive dust ends good playoffs sets settle super
We'll see when all of the playoffs settle down and the Super Bowl is done. You have some good sets of defensive ends out there and to get where we want to go we'll have to see them. We'll see after the dust clears.
beating everybody found funny problem talk
There for a while we had a problem beating them here. It's funny how everybody has found another thing to talk about.
talk
We don't talk with our mouths! We talk with our pads!
feeling messing training
We'll still be messing with him in the training room. We need to keep (him) feeling connected.
best kept mouths pads somebody talk tough week
It was tough this week not to talk with our mouth. It's tough to have them keep slamming you. But we kept our mouths shut. The best way to show somebody is to put the big-boy pads on, and that's what we did.
good home hyped love onto playing possible road special
I don't know if it's possible to feel more comfortable on the road because we love playing before our fans. But there's something special about going onto another guy's turf and silencing their fans. We get hyped up playing before someone else's home crowd, and that's good if you can put it in the right direction.
framework hands people roll rules schemes
In the framework of their schemes and the way the rules are, it's legal. You just have to roll with the punches, there are a lot of things people don't like. You've just got to play it better, put your hands down (on the blocker) and try not to get cut.
framework roll rules schemes
In the framework of their schemes and the way the rules are, it's legal. I just kind of got caught. I'll roll with it.
anyone fast move special takes
Anyone can be big guy. But it takes someone pretty special to be able to move as fast he does at that weight.
defensive plays ways
As a defensive lineman you have to find yourself other ways to make plays and get yourself in the game,
clear close good knew move player
That's when I knew that Jenks was pretty close to his old self. He used a really good move to get by a really good player to get a sack. That's when it was clear that he's pretty much back.