Kelly Holcomb Quotes (29 Quotes)

It's not my decision. You're competitive. You want to play. But you also have to know the situation and I do.

I think that got us going. It was the second third down of the game. I knew I had man coverage and just had to get it out of my hand and get it to Lee.

He's the heart of their defense. He motivated them and got the crowd into it.

I'm looking forward to it. It's a prime time game and you're the only game on. I think everybody is looking forward to it. We need to go out and do some good things.

He's one of those guys, when you're on the sideline, you get off the bench and watch him. He's one of those guys that you pay to come see play. He makes some unbelievable plays.

I've been through a circus in Cleveland and this hasn't been near that, ... Whoever is going to play, we just want to win the ballgame. That's what everybody's interested in, no matter who's back there.

There's no question we were fortunate. But there's no such thing as an ugly win. A win's a win.

Every little kid sits in the sandlot playing with his friends and wanting to be an NFL quarterback. That's what this training camp was about, and that's what this season will be about -- just going out there and going for it. I know getting here hasn't been easy, but looking back, I wouldn't have it any other way.

It was a total team effort today. All three phases showed up.

I just had some the other night, ... That was pretty neat (my own mustard and sauce). My kids liked it. I'm about to run out, though.

He's a huge impact, ... Any time you can turn around and hand the ball off to a guy you know is going to get positive yards, that's big. That's big not only for the momentum but big for the passing game.

We can't beat ourselves. It's just frustrating. We get down there, moving the ball and then something happens. ... It's just been killing us all season and it hurt us again tonight.

I think you're playing for everybody's job. When you're having the kind of season that we're having, nobody's really safe. I've been in this league for 11 years, and you have to win and you have to produce. When you don't, changes are usually made.

You get hit a lot, and that's what happened today. They pretty much took it too us. We didn't play well in any phase.

This is only J.P.'s (fourth) game, ... I remember when Peyton came in the league, he didn't play good his first year. It's tough. It's not like in college there's no bad team in the NFL, and if you're not on top of your game every week, you're going to get beat.

We had some protection problems, and a couple of times they got us on schemes.

I'm not even going to talk about training camp, man. Hopefully, we'll go in this week and prepare and play well against these guys and finish the season strong.

It was just one of those days where things happen that you can't explain. Football is football and you can't turn the ball over and win games, and that's what we did today.

Pick your poison, ... We have guys that can make plays, and I try to get them all involved.

I really don't have much of an ego. I just kind of roll with the punches. If they tell me to go in, I go in. ... But you can't sit around and worry about it, cry over it when things don't go your way. Just as long as we win, I'm happy.

I was happy the way I did things this year. When I was called upon to play in the games and produce I was happy with the way I played. Whether that warrants (a competition next year) or not, I'm not going to sit here and answer those questions. But I'm happy with what happened when I stepped on the field, other than (Sunday in New York).

You want to finish the season with a win, not a loss. It's different when you finish with a win. There's a lot of positives you can bring from that. When you go out with a loss, losing is losing and it doesn't feel good.

Man, I've been through all this before. I know what you're dealing with here. You've got a young guy, who wants to be the guy. But we've got a team now that is ready to win. And you have to go on the field to produce. I'm just glad I got the opportunity to go play the game.

It's refreshing knowing that when you hand the ball off to this guy, he can make plays,

It was a tough loss, but you can't sit around and cry over spilled milk, ... You have to forget about this, move on and know that there's a lot of football to be played.

We put that in all week. I had to hit him in the second window (deeper in the end zone). I thought the flat defender would come down when he saw the ball fake, but he didn't. Eric ran a good route and didn't get hammered at the line, and I hit him in the second window.

I think the offensive line did a heck of a job opening it up. Willis did a great job of hitting the holes and he was always going forward today. There were not many runs where he was going back. Every time he was getting hit, he was going forward.

To be successful in this league, you have to run the ball and for whatever reason we haven't been able to. I can't tell you why. It's like the passing game. Sometimes you feel in a groove, like the other day, and it just happens. You can't want it to happen, you have to make it happen and keep plugging and be persistent. We just haven't been able to do that.

I felt confident about the game plan, and I felt really good. It's the fifth game of the season. You don't want to say it's a must-win, but that's what it felt like. It was a must-win situation for us. Our guys responded well.