Rich McKay
Rich McKay
Rich McKayis the president, CEO, and former general manager of the Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League. He was the general manager of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers when they won Super Bowl XXXVII...
asked issue meeting standpoint
We did what we were asked to do at the meeting in March, which was to go back and re-examine the whole issue from a competitive standpoint with all the statistical analysis,
looked opinion previous
When I got here, I looked at him and said that my previous opinion of him was not fair,
drafted everybody hard labeling misses player pressure recover team
The misses are hard to recover from. And the pressure on the player is tremendous. Typically, a player drafted No.1, 2 or 3 is on that team because they weren't very good. Now, everybody is labeling that player as the savior. He's just a rookie. That's not fair.
days recent usc wear
There were not many days in recent years when he didn't wear his USC sweatshirt,
bottom cap change developed good happened job line players reason salary system
The bottom line in this system is you've got to do a good job in the draft, because those players are the inexpensive players that can be developed and you can retain. I think it's an oversimplification to say that the salary cap is the reason for all the change that has happened in the league.
drew win
I think Drew would look back at that and tell you it was a mistake. I know Errict probably would. And that doesn't say it was a win for the Buccaneers. It wasn't.
additional again creating game good playing puts regular season seed sell value week
It addresses the bye issue, but then again it puts the No. 8 seed playing the No. 1 seed in Week 1 of the playoffs. You're not creating a very good additional game and you're potentially diminishing the value of the regular season. And that's the No. 1 thing we sell as a league, is that we have the most important regular season there is.
deals last until
This was one of those deals that went down until the last minute.
accuse assume borrowing defense good helps offense stealing
It helps the defense in a sense - I don't want to accuse the offense of stealing signals, let's just assume they're borrowing the signals. We think it would be good to give the defense that ability.
changing entire outlook quantum
I think 16 would be a quantum leap, where you're changing the entire outlook of the NFL,
great returns
He's tough, he has great hands. He is a game-changer on punt returns and kickoff returns.
both brady cannot cap current ensure falcon felt injury interests release salary
Because of his injury and our current situation, we felt it was in both of our interests to release Brady at this time. In these salary cap times, you cannot ensure that Brady will not be back as a Falcon before the 2006 season.
coaches offensive sure voted
I'm not going to say the offensive coaches voted it down. We'll be back at it. . . . I'm sure it will be back.
light maybe monday shed sure
I'm sure there will be some light shed on that. And I think they're going to do that maybe Monday afternoon. So we'll see after that.