Brian Billick Quotes (191 Quotes)

Mike analyzes everything. He works at his trade. He came into it new, and spent countless hours learning the craft, talking with people around the league to find out what it is he needs to do, and given that opportunity, how he would approach being a head coach. He's very detailed in his preparation. Mike's a very deep thinker and very passionate about the game, and those are two pretty good qualities to become a head coach.

He went two hard ones yesterday. We're trying to program what he needs, but at the same time not put him at risk.

For those that look at my or any other player, and say, 'Gee, I don't like the way he does this or that,' I can't have a bunch of robots, ... And I can't dictate to 53 individuals that they show their passion and love for this game in a very narrow, rigid

We didn't play well enough against an outstanding opponent. Give them credit for what they did. We'll go back to work and get ready for the next game.

Just make sure we walk across that street on Sunday,

Is Reggie Bush a 350-carry guy Probably not. Even if he was, I don't know if you want to do it. You need the balance. From what I've seen of him with the 20 to 25 carries, you don't need him for the other 10. You got a 20-point lead and put the other guy in.

This quarterback class looks pretty good, ... It looks pretty broad based across the entire draft. But I don't care how good an evaluator you are and what your track record is, you draft a guy in the first round, it's a crapshoot. It's 50-50. And that's the thing that will concern most teams. ... When one of us is wrong, we're kind of all wrong, and that tells you how iffy the evaluation of the quarterback process is.

Alan has not been healthy, in my opinion, ... Alan is just now, with this bye week, ought to be fully healthy. That will be an asset we'll have to utilize.

I don't know that Johnny wasn't looking at pictures of his kids in that little booth. I'm still an advocate of instant replay, but I've long been an advocate of taking it off the field. Let's take it upstairs. With the current system, I've got to expend a timeout, embarrass the officials and throw a red flag out on the field, let him go in and look at God knows what on the Internet and come out and tell me, 'I didn't get a definitive view to overrule it.

You can't make mistakes like that in the first half. I'm happy with how he responded, and we grew. He grew individually, and we grew as a team.

I just sensed that we didn't have that same intensity that it takes to win, ... That concerns me a little bit because, compared to last week, where there certainly were errors, I thought we played with a great deal of intensity and passion. I don't know t

The good news is we've been down this road with Anthony, ... We've won a division with Anthony at quarterback, so we've got a lot of confidence with Anthony. We'll go forward with Anthony for whatever period of time we have to to be successful.

Wright is the starting quarterback right now, for an undetermined period of time, due to injury, ... Kyle Boller is our starting quarterback. If I left that open to interpretation or if the way I responded led the way to speculation that we did not have the faith in Kyle, that our faith is wavering, that was not my intent.

The software is just one of the more than 2 million worth of innovative coaching tools implemented by Brian Billick, who was hired as head coach in 1999 when the team was among the worst in the NFL. Billick has something most of his peers lack an appreciation for technology. He believes that 0s and 1s are as useful to game prep as Xs and Os. When I got here, some of my coordinators didn't even know how to turn on a computer, ... But you let these guys loose, and it's incredible what they'll generate.

If Deion Sanders wants to come back next season, the Ravens would welcome his return. Sanders, who will turn 38 next August, has only started and finished six of the Ravens' 14 games this season because of injuries. As a nickel back, he is second on the team with three interceptions, running one back for a touchdown. He's been a joy to have, a great addition to this club, ... We'd love to have him back.

We've had a lot of success with a certain profile, ... I'm not sure that as much as we've tried to change the profile a little bit -- and I think we have enhanced it, I think we've thrown the ball a little bit better -- it hasn't been as productive. I think we can build on that, but our profile should remain the same Play good defense and run the ball well, which we haven't done in two games. That certainly has to be a focus.

There comes a point when it's just not prudent too many bad things can happen, ... We have a plan to modify it if it gets that bad.

It's likely that a 10-6 season is needed to make the playoffs,

Make no mistake, Kyle is responsible for the way he reacted,

Not good enough tonight. You've got to make plays if you're going to keep up with an outstanding team like that.

We'll see where we are when we get to the quarter mark this week, when we get to the halfway mark. The NFL is all over the map. It's fun to watch.

You give a coach, any coach, a player for two years, let's say,

He did some very good things. It showed he was in command of the game. He was much more fundamentally sound, calmer in the pocket that allowed him to make the better throws that he made.

In the pocket he's been pretty sound. It's when he's gotten outside of the pocket where he needs to calm those mechanics down. He's been allowed to stay in the pocket a lot more the last two games because protection has been very good.

The hard part with that analysis (is), you don't know what those teams are going to be. What looks to be a tough run of playoff teams could end up the next year not being that.

He's like no other quarterback in the league. That's what makes him so dynamic, ... There's so much they do at the line. They don't do a lot personnel-wise. They don't do a lot formationally. Everything he does, he calls the entire offense from the line basically.

We just got to be careful now, we can't get him hurt. I don't know if that is something he and his people counted on, figuring great he signed, he will start. No he won't. I've got to find out where he is at (mentally) and ease him into it.

These are grown men, I can't lock them up and put them away 24-7. He had free time. Until we know exactly what happened -- there are legal liabilities here -- but anytime someone has free time they had better act responsibly. You can't do it any other way.

Look, Fish, ... the only criminal behavior Kyle is capable of is quarterbacking. So, he is what we would call a 'hardened criminal.'

If we're going to win, we're going to have to run the ball more, ... Therefore we'll have to be in games that are more controllable that we don't put ourselves in a position where we have to throw to catch up.

I'm accountable. I'm responsible. Make no mistake. We recognize what we did, and don't feel good about it.

He's a huge addition for us, particularly on special teams. Obviously at this time of the season, to have depth at running back is pivotal, so it's a great pickup for us in that regard.

Kyle stepped up it was his time to do it. Now, the challenge is to follow up.

We've had constant communication and everybody's come back just thrilled with Jamal's attitude, how he looks, how he feels about himself, and his circumstances across the board,

Passion, emotion and intensity are good, but they've always got to be under control.

This young man has played well he did not play well the other night. But there's a long list of guys who didn't play well. If you want to throw some people under the bus, there are some pretty high names up on the list that you're not going to want to have go down that way either.

I hate to make the move, but Orlando understands that's what we need to do and hopefully his presence still being around will help us out.

We're going to be very supportive of Jim's looking and hopefully being able to procure a head coaching job. I think Jim would be outstanding. If indeed that doesn't happen, Jim will be back next year. Some of the speculation I've seen is just that, because Jim and I have already had discussions about some of the things we need to do.

It's huge, but you gain some things when you lose a player of that caliber. There are people that have to step up we did it in 2002, we have this year. We'd prefer not to go through it, but we'll focus on the things we've been able to do with Ray Lewis and the people we have out there, and we'll get a much better idea of what their abilities are.

It was the right thing to do. It gives him the maximum rehab time, multiple opinions. He sought them all, we sought them all. It was great that we were able to come to a resolution. I'm sure he's comfortable with it.

I'm sure it does to a degree for the players, ... I know it does for me, but you don't start camp with that mentality. We've spent an entire offseason addressing and looking very candidly at why that happened and addressing the reason for it. This team needs to move forward very aggressively. We're very proud of the legacy we have here, but this team's going to have a new identity, it really is. It's different than any team we've had.

Vince Young seems to be the most interesting and debatable topic right now. After the fact, if Vince Young makes it, then you'll hear, 'I knew he would.' If he doesn't make it, you'll hear, 'That's why we had him rated that low.

That was very pivotal, very important. Obviously, you can't let a team control the ball that way.

I want to be here with the Ravens, and I'm thankful that Steve wanted to do a new contract. With Steve, Ozzie, (president) Dick Cass and the rest of our organization, we have an elite group, one that will continue to compete at the championship level.

There isn't a person in this organization that doesn't enjoy having Deion Sanders here and doesn't think he isn't a valued part of what we are trying to do. It's been a joy to have him here. Deion can still play, there's no question. But what he brings to the team, from a veteran perspective and an emotional standpoint, is of great value to us.

Clearly with as much eight-man fronts as we've seen, we have to have somebody mobile who can make the throws outside when we get those one-on-ones. Can Chris do that That's what we have to see.

Oh, it's huge, it's huge. But you gain some things when you lose a player of that caliber, because other people have to step up.

Anthony Wright is our starting quarterback and he will be our starting quarterback until circumstances change, ... That's the only approach we can take. It's not fruitful to tell a guy, 'You're the guy part-time,' or telling the other guy, 'You're out for the year.' You just don't do that.

I can almost guarantee you, without being a doctor, that Kyle won't go this week.

Chris will do whatever he wants this weekend, ... He and I will reconvene early next week and go from there. We've got a game to play this weekend, and I have a team to orchestrate. Chris will make his plans accordingly and be back to Baltimore on Monday.