Steve Loney
Steve Loney
Steve Loneyis an American football coach. He is currently offensive line assistant with the Dallas Cowboys. He was the offensive line coach for the Minnesota Vikings from 2003–2005, the Arizona Cardinals in 2006, and the St. Louis Rams from 2008 to 2011. Additionally, his highest coaching assignment in the NFL was as the offensive coordinator of the Vikings in 2005 under head coach Mike Tice. He held the dual role of offensive coordinator and offensive line coach at his alma...
certain defense quite situations sure system time tweak within work
This system has been in place for quite some time and so we'll work within that system and tweak it. In certain situations I've got to make sure there is a semblance of balance. You've got to have some things in there that keep the defense honest.
obviously
When you only have one touchdown in two games, you obviously have some things to fix.
clears dust mike
When the dust clears down the road, I know that Mike will have some other opportunities come his way.
adam naturally played
Naturally Adam has a lot to learn, but he did well for a person who had never played the position.
change fits itself people strengths system
I think that's going to play itself out this week. You have to look at the things he's comfortable with. You can't make 10 other people change for one, but you can take those strengths and say, what do we have in the system that fits those strengths?
careful happen might peg round shove square trying
I think you have to be careful in not trying to shove a square peg into a round hole. There might have been times when Moe made some things happen where the square peg hasn't.
confidence lack
I don't think it's an issue, and I don't lack any confidence in doing so,
continue guy obviously work
He's a guy that obviously has some abilities, and he'll be a guy we'll continue to work in the offense. I think he's getting more and more comfortable with it.
available clock easy flow goes inside pressure protection single time
We had some inside pressure on Pep, ... and then at times when the protection got good, his time clock had already sped up. As a quarterback, it's not easy to use the time clock that's available on that single play. It goes with the flow of the game. I think that compounded the problems.
atmosphere exciting guys message might others players prepare sends treat win wrong
I know only one way to prepare and that's to prepare to win with the guys just like this was everything on the line. I think if you treat it any differently it sends the wrong message. ... It might be exciting to young players but it also can send the wrong message to others and I don't know what kind of atmosphere that creates. So, I think we're not going to prepare any differently.
call certainly few plays stay
I really just call plays with my gut, ... And you certainly want to stay away from tendencies. There were very few hiccups in this (victory).
buy explain gets guy happy role structure sure within
If you can explain to each person what their role is, then they can buy into it and they'll be happy within the structure of your offense. But when there's question, not sure what their role is, that's when a guy gets disappointed.
against based causes count create defense failed field force hard impatient marching offense premise themselves third time
If you try to force things against them, you're going to self-destruct. I think their defense is based in part on the premise that an offense has a hard time marching down the field for 80 yards. You're going to get impatient and force something, and that's going to create a turnover or failed third down that causes you to punt. They count on you self-destructing as much as they count on themselves succeeding.
judgment target
I know the target on my back is bigger. If we don't play well, Judgment Day will come.