Trent Dilfer
Trent Dilfer
Trent Farris Dilferis a former football quarterback in the National Football League. He was drafted by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers sixth overall in the 1994 NFL Draft and went on to play for the Baltimore Ravens, Seattle Seahawks, Cleveland Browns and San Francisco 49ers. He played college football at California State University, Fresno. Dilfer was a Pro Bowl selection with the Buccaneers in 1997, and won the Super Bowl with the Ravens as their starting quarterback in Super Bowl XXXV...
ProfessionFootball Player
Date of Birth13 March 1972
CitySanta Cruz, CA
But that's not me. I feel most alive when I'm being challenged, when there is pressure involved. I felt like I was dying as a football player. And I always felt that I've never met my potential as a football player in this league. I was hoping to get one more chance. I didn't think I would.
My focus was not letting that happen. I never hung my head. I knew I wasnt playing good, but I also knew I had a bunch of football left.
Ultimately, this is the type of situation where I can play my best football and inspire the people around me. Don't tell me that what the San Diego Chargers did last year -- or what the Rams did in 1999 -- two teams won't do next year. And we could definitely be one of those teams.
When you're not playing well as a quarterback, what I've learned is, you can't panic. The challenge with this football team is, when things go bad, people get frustrated. My challenge is not to let that happen.
kind words after football games when they beat us up. That meant the world to me.
Hes been very supportive to me privately and encouraging on the football field, ... Thats all I can take. I do believe he believes in me.
But I never hung my head. I knew I wasn't playing good, but I knew there was a lot of football left.
I held out for 12 days. It was a wonderful decision financially and a horrible decision football-wise. Being completely honest with that, if I had to go back to do it all over again, I'd have sacrificed the $2 million I made to be a better football player my first couple years.
I love him, ... He's a great player. He immediately makes you a better football team. There's not many players, outside of quarterbacks, who when they walk into the locker room, you're a better team. It's simple. When he's there, you're better. And when he leaves, you're worse off.
It was all good if you were in the game to just pick up a paycheck,
I've been 'Favre'd' twice up here, ... So, I was a wreck on the sidelines. It was big to erase some of those demons.
Braylon wants to get better, and he wants to get a sense of timing and rhythm with me. After the one I just missed him down the middle, I went to the sideline and told him we're not there yet but we're going to get there this game.
The team the last couple years as taken a pounding emotionally,
You add him, and it's 70 catches, boom,