Tony Dungy
Tony Dungy
Anthony Kevin "Tony" Dungyis a former professional American football player and coach in the National Football League. Dungy was head coach of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers from 1996 to 2001, and head coach of the Indianapolis Colts from 2002 to 2008...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth6 October 1955
CityJackson, MI
ball knew run
We knew they wanted to run the ball and use the clock. Once we got ahead, we were able to not let that happen.
knew responding saw soon
As soon as I saw it I smiled, because I knew that's what he was responding to.
balls generally guys knew martin plays situation throw
It's just that guys were very focused. We knew where a lot of the balls would go, and once we got into a situation where Martin had to throw and try to make some plays ... that's when you generally get the interceptions.
assumed doctors examined fine game knew miss satisfied stadium
On Peyton's situation, I kind of misspoke. We did an X-ray at the stadium after the game and the doctors were satisfied with it. I just knew that he had been examined and was fine. I assumed it was an MRI and said that, told one of our writers. It was not an MRI, but he has been examined. He's fine and won't miss any time,
execute good supposed
When we do what we're supposed to do and execute the play, we've been pretty good on third-and-1 or 2.
family puts situation
With my son's situation and our family, it puts it all into perspective.
everybody gets guys
When everybody gets healthy, I think we're going to like our roster, ... We like the guys we have.
critical focus stretch winning
We want to see if we can get that done, ... So our focus is winning the first one. This is a very critical two-week stretch for us.
guys hard hit matter wrapping
We've got guys who aren't wrapping guys up, ... No matter how hard you hit them, you've still got to wrap them up.
ball game great special tough
We've got a tough group. You have to do something special to get a game ball from them, but (Smith) did a great job.
anyone calls coach passes personnel thrown wild
With the personnel they have, how coach Fairchild calls plays, those are the wild cards. They've thrown more passes than anyone in the league, and I don't think that's going to change.
happiness happy looked sure
We're happy for Mike. I don't know what the league's rationale is on it, but I'm sure they looked at all the facts.
anyone blossoming consistent coverage good league pass playing reflection robert rushing
Robert has been as consistent as anyone in this league rushing the passer, ... Cato is blossoming into a really, really good pass coverage linebacker and that's what we thought he could. I think it's really a reflection of how well they're playing right now.
beating last pittsburgh
Pittsburgh was 15-1 last year, so beating them is huge,