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
game obviously overcome throw
I think Plummer was frustrated. Obviously when you throw interceptions, you're frustrated. That's part of the game and you've got to try to overcome those mistakes.
anderson game mike playing pleased serious
You know what Mike Anderson is. It doesn't take a regular-season game to tell you that Mike has been playing pretty good. . . . I'm pleased with the way he's come back and rebounded after a serious injury. I like the way he handles himself.
games hope step
You hope he can step up in games like he does it in practice, but he hasn't done it yet.
games guy hope step
You hope a guy can step up in games and do it like he does it in practice,
everybody four game second special starters
When you have four starters out of the game as we do, you have to have everybody else playing. If you did play your second unit, who would play special teams?
decisions everybody game goal lights react
It's all about making decisions. We can't keep everybody . . . so you like to see how they react in a game situation, when the lights are on. The goal is that they make it hard.
bit chance game stretch time
It will be a game time decision, ... We'll get a chance to stretch it out a little bit and see what he can do.
capable control games hopefully left
We know we control our destiny. We have two games left and hopefully we can do what we are capable of doing.
achieve best defense football game hope national plan players playing rush trying
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.
challenge football game great won
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.
allowed best game half per second yards
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.
consistent game guy hope hoping performs practice step
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.
advantage coached controlled game good job played stopping tempo
The way they controlled the tempo of the game ... once you did have the ball, you had to try to take advantage of it. They did a good job stopping us defensively in the first half. They just played better and coached better than we did.
game sat written
I sat down with him, I said, 'You don't go to a game with (an obscenity) written on the back of your shirt,'