Norv Turner
Norv Turner
Norval Eugene Turneris an American football coach who is the offensive coordinator for the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League. Turner has also served as offensive coordinator for the San Diego Chargers, Miami Dolphins, San Francisco 49ers, Cleveland Browns and the Dallas Cowboys, where he won two Super Bowls. He has served as head coach of the Washington Redskins, Oakland Raiders, and San Diego Chargers. He is the older brother of Ron Turner, the former head coach at the...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth17 May 1952
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That's similar to coaching Troy. There's pressure every day in terms of coaching him, so I think I'll be all right.
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Its just a matter with young guys, getting them into your system. He's grown a lot in everything in terms of the meetings, the weight room, his work habits, his study habits. He's becoming a very consistent football player.
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There were three times where we gained enough yards for a first down ... and had penalties that knocked us back. If you do that, particularly in the environment we were in, against a real good football team that pressures most quarterbacks they play against, then you're playing into their hands. It didn't help us in terms of protecting (Collins). We need to stay out of those situations.
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Denver is an outstanding football team. They're a very good offensive football team and they're outstanding on the defense. I think they're a complete football team. Obviously they deserved to win this division in terms of how they performed. I felt our guys came in here and fought and competed. We just weren't able to match the things they (Denver) were able to do.
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Any team that loses one of (its) best players, it's going to have an effect, ... but, certainly, I'm not going to sit in here and say that that was the issue in terms of why we didn't move the football. We had opportunities.
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Adam brings a lot more experience. I think some of the things that at times have gotten to us, some of the calls in terms of protection and all that, Adam's a lot more comfortable with.
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keep coaching it. We had a couple of calls that were real close in terms of the 5-yard (chuck) rule. It's right at 41/2 or 5 yards. We just have to understand it is going to be called right close there, and if you are in a collision with a guy, you've got to get off him.
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He's a very, very smart football player, ... When you have a guy who has that kind of versatility, it's unbelievable in terms of having injury situations.
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He's been a great plus for our young receivers. He's helped them grow and kind of take things to another level in terms of their preparation.
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I feel bad for LaMont, we haven't been able to get him going. The one game he did in the Dallas game, he had 26 carries for 126 yards. We just have to be a little more determined in terms of how we approach it.
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And, number two, he's a year late in terms of, we've got a lot better team.
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took a pretty good hit on a swing pass, but he returned (to the game) and he's fine.
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We have to do all the things you do, whether it be change up the cadence, whether it be chipping guys, whether it be doubling. They do a good job of moving inside-outside to keep you from getting a good double-team on them. They'll bring the linebacker with the end to that side. So at times you just absolutely have to single block them.
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We certainly haven't heard anything from them and we don't expect to. From what I sw, and from everything that's been referred to me, everything was spoken in the past tense.