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
gets good growing hard people point start
It's so hard for Pep because once you start to do big things, the expectations keep growing and growing and growing. It gets to the point where the expectations are unreal. He had a good year, but people always want more.
door great head limp proud stride walk
It's great to get back on stride because you don't want to limp in. You want to walk through that door with your head up, proud of what you are.
buy coaches guys owners players quick speak talks
It's just a little quick time, and then we go about our business. But the guys really buy into it. You know, he (Fox) talks to us all the time. The coaches talk to you all the time. The owners talk to you all the time. But it's different when players speak to players.
giving hand matter pass rush works
It's a team, and it works hand in hand. If your DBs aren't giving you any kind of coverage, it doesn't matter what kind of pass rush you have,
anybody energy field focus humble inward mouth shut talk team type
It was frustrating to keep your mouth shut all week. What we did was focus that energy inward and let it out on the field today. That's all that matters. Anybody can talk.... We don't do that. We feel like we're a humble type of team and organization. And we talk with our pads.
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.
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.
feeling messing training
We'll still be messing with him in the training room. We need to keep (him) feeling connected.
counts fourth quarter
They started off hot. But what counts is the fourth quarter and how you finish. It's not how you start; it's how you finish.
gets hit people picked sack stock
A lot of people put stock in the sack column, but if you hit a quarterback and it gets picked off, that's a lot better than a sack. You can't put all your stock in that category.
next talk time
At least now, next time we play them we can talk about other things like football.
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.
known
That's what the Falcons are known for. They all do 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.