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
contribute fourth guy knows pick third throw tough
When you have your second, third or fourth back that knows the system, you can throw him in there every day. That is why it's tough to pick a guy up during the season, because you actually want that guy to contribute to the team.
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When you do that, it makes it hard for your defense to play four quarters at the level that we expect them to play. We did not do a very good job on offense. I can not put my thumb on it, because there was some great effort, guys played hard, but you have to have eleven guys out there playing together. One guy here (and) one guy there just doesn't get it done.
games guy hope step
You hope a guy can step up in games and do it like he does it in practice,
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Both guys played extremely well. I was really happy with the young corners.
guys next three
We'll keep all three of those guys out, ... But they should be able to go next week.
evaluate guys later week
If these guys are hurt, they'll play. If they're injured, they can't play. . . . But we'll evaluate that later in the week and find out where they're at.
growing guys hopefully pays strides
Some guys (have) got more growing to go. That's part of the season. But I thought we made some strides and hopefully it pays dividends.
coaches excellent guys job since
That's what coaches do, teach. If you can't teach, you can't coach. And these guys have done an excellent job since they've been here.
felt goes guy guys help matt
Matt felt a little better (Friday) than he did, so that's a big plus, ... It's just like a game. If a guy goes down, you like to see guys come up. We'll get a look at some guys, and it should help them down the line.
good great guys players speed substitute thrive types
Our guys aren't as big as some. But they do have great speed. We really thrive on speed with our defense. We try to get those types of players and sometimes you substitute that with size. Our linebackers do have good speed.
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We'd sure take him. He's the type of guy you love because he handles himself with so much class. When you have a guy who does that as a rookie being drafted as high as he was, it speaks volumes for the future.
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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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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.
chris depleted depth felt guy guys help lose position time
Any time you lose a guy and two guys in the same position there is an impact. You are depleted in depth at that position, two guys that we felt that could help us are Browner and Chris Young.