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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We started out a little slow. The way we came back offensively in the second half was impressive.
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There is no question that Troy is ready to be an offensive coordinator. At some point, Gary is going to get bogged down with the responsibilities that go with being a head coach, and he will turn it over to Troy.
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The deal with Clarett, that was a non-issue, ... because he never got the chance to practice very much.
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We'll get a chance to evaluate him (today).
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We'll get a chance to evaluate him during the week and see if he is ready to go, ... If he doesn't practice a certain amount, you question yourself on how many reps you can give him in the game.
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Well, first of all, you don't think about those things that you just mentioned ? excuses. You either get it done or you don't.
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We are playing the best rush defense in the National Football League, so I hope we have that problem. You always want your players to achieve goals, but I don't think that is a game plan going in. We are just trying to play it as it comes on.
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What you try to do is get guys to understand their role. They may not like being second team, but when they do get an opportunity to play, they take advantage of that opportunity. . . . We've got a lot of players like that.
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When you are 0-6 and you havent won a game out there, it is a great challenge for our football team, ... It is not with the same team, but it never is.
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They're very physical on offence. If you look at the great teams and especially in the playoffs, you've got to be able to stop the run.
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They've allowed 2.9 yards (rushing) per game in the second half of the season. That's unprecedented. You always want to play your best going into the playoffs, and that's what they've been doing.
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That's not saying Maurice doesn't have a chance to go on to another football team and make that team and contribute,
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You're not really sure how much you're going to reshape your team. What you try to do is get the best players in to compete, and those players eventually separated themselves on who's starters, who's second team and who doesn't make the squad.
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You're hoping a guy performs better than that, ... He's been pretty consistent in practice ... You always hope a guy is going to step up and do it in a game like they do in practice, but he hasn't done that yet.