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
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That's what the Falcons are known for. They all do it.
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.
next talk time
At least now, next time we play them we can talk about other things like football.
ball depending everybody flow gap goes
Everybody has their own gap. In two-gap, you have 'A' or 'B' depending on which way the ball goes and you flow that way. Here you are responsible for that one gap. If you want to make a play, go through your 'B' gap and make the play.
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.
basically close found francisco last losing playing point rode san streak took turnaround winning
There was a point where we were losing a lot of close games. We were right there, but we were losing a lot. The turnaround was the San Francisco game. We were basically playing for last place at the time, and we just found a way to win. It just kind of took off from there, and we just had a winning streak and rode the wave.
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,
across crowd developed guy home knock lined noise playing simple thinking whether
It's all about having the right mind-set when playing on the road. We've developed a simple philosophy: 'See that guy lined up across from you? Try to knock the snot out of him.' You're not thinking about the crowd noise or anything else. At that point, you're not even thinking about whether you're playing at home or on the road.
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.
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.
atone best expect last league looking next seldom team week weeks
Sometimes in this league you just get spanked, and you usually come back the next week looking to atone for it. Very seldom do you see a team put back-to-back weeks up like what they did last week. We expect their best this week.
ball couple early running stop three yards
All those carries, you are going to get those yards one, two, three at a time. It's not like it was a couple big runs. He chipped away at us by running the ball over 30 times. If we stop him early this time, he won't be able to do that again.