Mike Shanahan
Mike Shanahan
Michael Edward Shanahanis a former American football coach who has been the head coach of the Los Angeles Raiders, Denver Broncos, and Washington Redskins of the National Football League. He led the Broncos to back-to-back Super Bowl victories in 1998 and 1999...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth24 August 1952
CityOak Park, IL
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I just told Steve to loosen up and told Brian this could happen, ... I told both guys to stay alert. I wasn't really sure which direction I was going to go.
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I know how great Jerry Rice was in his prime, ... I saw it firsthand.
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I heard about it when I was jogging on the treadmill this morning, and I just about fell off the treadmill. It's completely ridiculous.
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They just assumed the guy was down. You gotta tackle them. You have to have three or four guys hit him. They just assumed he was down.
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If you can't get drives going and the defense is out there continuously, someone's going to wear out sooner or later.
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If you're not improving . . . chances are you're not going to win.
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He's feeling pretty good, so we'll decide at game time exactly what direction we're going to go,
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He's unbelievable. They do a great job with their scheme-making, making it very difficult to figure out where he is, but the rest is him making plays. There are not many plays where he is not involved, and you can't say that about many people in the National Football League.
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He's unbelievable. I really didn't know that until I studied him the last couple of days.
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He studies the game. He's got a sense of urgency about him. He's very sharp. When he practices, he practices full-speed. There are a lot of people who get to Super Bowls, but really don't practice on a high level. He's a guy who practices like he's trying to make the team each and every day.
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He said that he could have played a game today.
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He's an incredible athlete and, this year, he's felt more comfortable in our system. It allows him to run left or right and make a play going to either side. If the middle of the field is open, he can do things there, too. Mostly, what he's done for us is to eliminate mistakes.
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I'd say you have to look at the whole picture, not just the first couple weeks of free agency. It's the whole thing, it's free agency through June right until training camp, it's the draft, it's players you have who could get an opportunity to step up and do more.
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I am not sure how anybody treats a regular-season game like an exhibition game. The big difference is that when you play your last pre-season game, there are 65 players on your team. You have a chance to play your second unit.