Romeo Crennel
Romeo Crennel
Romeo "Rac" Crennelis an American football coach who is the defensive coordinator for the Houston Texans of the National Football League. Though he has spent much of his career as a defensive assistant, he has also been the head coach of the Cleveland Browns and the Kansas City Chiefs. On January 20, 2014 he signed a 3-year deal to become the next defensive coordinator for the Houston Texans...
frustrated previous year
Because I think he was a little frustrated from the year before and previous years about his production. But, you got a new quarterback, new system. I think you have to take some of that into consideration.
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They (NFL officials) told us the same thing last year about taunting, ... As guys began to talk more to the opponent, that's where you can get altercations or fights break out. That respect thing happens. The NFL looked at it and said, 'Okay, if we can eliminate some of this one-on-one thing that's going on that causes ill will, then the game will be a better game.' Anything that's directed towards an opposing player is going to be called. There is no excuse.
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I think Carolina would be a good game anytime because they are a good team. I told the team that two years ago Carolina was in the Super Bowl. If it hadn't been for the injuries they had last year they might have been back there again.
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That changed that this year to allow the men an opportunity. If he couldn't be around at all then why keep him on the team? I think the NFL realized that and wanted to help the players recover to give them a chance on the team. He'll serve his suspension and we'll look at it in four weeks to see if we need to keep him or want to keep him.
next year
In this business, when you're hot, you're hot, and when you're not, you're not, ... You never know what the next year brings.
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Carolina would be good any game, really, because they're a good team. Two years ago they were in the Super Bowl and if it hadn't been for the injuries last year they might have been back again. We will find out a little about who we are with them coming in here.
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We have to feel like whoever they put on the field is the best in our division.
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The punter did good and for him to go out in the conditions and punt the way he did was good. He made a good tackle on the return. I'm sure his confidence is lifted after that performance. He's been in the NFL and it's a production business and he went out there and produced and helped us to win.
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We identify the players we have to do something about and then figure how we're going to do it. If it turns out to be what we did in New England, it will be because it gives us the best chance with who we have.
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We're going to work out a couple guys and see if we can find somebody to fill that spot. That's why it's good that the game is on Sunday and not (yesterday). I think that the backup center-guard is not as valuable as the backup tackle spot. So if you can get a backup tackle that you like and that has some upside, I think you can go ahead and make that move.
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I've thought about the possibility of not asking those guys to block at all, ... When we try to block, that's when we get the penalties. I've thought about not asking them to block and just letting Dennis making somebody miss on his own.
bad feeling gut
It would have to be my gut feeling. If I got a real bad feeling about the way it was going and I wanted to make a change, that's what it would be.
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As I have found out, we were supposed to let the NFL know as soon as we found out. We did let the NFL know, but there is some question about whether it was soon enough or not. They are reviewing the incident, and they will make a ruling on it at some point.
field misses
There's some concern, particularly when he misses the makeable field goals,