Carl Peterson Quotes (51 Quotes)

But it always the same, though. The proof is how it turns out. It's all exciting. It's great now. But if they come in and play and they help us win, then I always say whether it's a draft choice or a trade, that was a good move. We'll see. We've got a lot to do.

Everyone's concern is the safety of the players and the coaches and the fans. And that's what most paramount. Obviously, I've never watched the Weather Channel as I have in the last 24, 48 hours.

It's a head trauma and a neck trauma that has affected the cervical area of his spine. But he's not incapacitated. There's no reason for surgery.

If we had to start today, right now, the doctor would not clear him for contact. But we don't have to start today.

At this time, we consider this not to be a career-ending injury. The doctors have indicated that Priest's condition will improve by refraining from contact. As always, the health and well-being of our players is our utmost concern. Priest is a marvelously-talented performer and has been an extremely productive player as a member of the Kansas City Chiefs.

There are special people in your life that you meet along the way. You can see they're going places.

Patience is some times a good virtue, knowing what you want, and what you think is fair in terms of compensation,

I would love to see Al Saunders replace me. I really would.

I wouldn't be opposed to that. I think it's a terrific 1-2 punch. This business is a business of attrition.

I'm not going to speculate on that. Any time I have to part with a No. 1 draft choice it's painful.

When the opportunity came available that Herm Edwards was the guy I could possibly get, that was without question my first choice. Herm knows offense and defense and the entire team, and he's had five years of head-coaching experience. It was an easy decision for me when I could work out compensation with the Jets.

I like to think, if you look at our roster, there are some good, young, talented players at every position. You try to look ahead there, but sometimes you just have to make decisions.

At this time, we do not consider this a career-threatening injury. The doctors have told us that with rest he will get better and he will be able to play again.

There were other times when people tried to count him out and then he shocked and surprised everybody, so it's too early to say. I would just say right now, if he had to start the football season, he couldn't because the doctors have not cleared him for contact. But we don't have to start right now. We'll see where we are in June or July.

I guess it was right up there with the Joe Montana trade, ... Friday was fun. I think we've acquired three excellent players in the first day of the draft in Green, Holmes and Horne.

I guess that's what the NFL is. It's always about change and we certainly have had some changes the past few weeks, few days, few hours.

I've been doing this a long time, and he's as impressive a cornerback prospect as I've seen. We had him at 4.37, and he was just outstanding in his workout.

If (the military) wanted to build everything today, we don't have the work force to do it. Most of the work force would have to be brought into Guam.

Willie Roaf is 320 pounds, ... but he's as light on his feet as anyone I know.

There was one guy out there with a football after a Saturday walk-through and it was Priest, ... He's practicing scoring a touchdown, catching the football, turning and running to the pylon in slow motion. The next game he catches a pass, runs to the pylon and I say to myself, 'I've seen this play before.'

Priest is going to make good decisions. This guy is very unique. He does not expose a lot of himself whether he's running with the football or not. And I will not count him out on anything.

This decision was made based on the advice of our medical staff and two expert outside medical consultants. The consensus was that Priest should cease to have physical contact for a minimum of 30 days and will then be re-evaluated.

Holmes is like all of us, waiting for the doctors. He indicated he's feeling a lot better. This will be a combination of the medical opinion and also Priest. Right now he is still under contract for Kansas City. We've got time to continue to evaluate his medical condition.

From a personal standpoint, I've wanted to do this for many years.

I make the rules around here, ... The rule is you can't be in that room, and that's all you need to know.

I need to know what we think we might be able to get with our draft choices -- particularly our first-day draft choices. Once I can determine that with my personnel people, then I'll make a decision if it's worth continuing to pursue for a first-day draft choice, which I'm sure is what Matt wants.

This will be a super bonanza for people who wish to work and those who wish to learn and improve their skill sets. If people wish to have upward mobility and to achieve a higher standard of living through a greater income, this is your opportunity to be prepared for the occasion when it presents itself.

It's a long season, ... You could see in training camp that there were spurts of this possibility happening. I think that anyone that watches us can see that we've gotten faster on defense, which is always key.

I would hope that people in Kansas City particularly never question the integrity of this guy right here Green. What he's done on the field and off the field, more important, and his family speak volumes about the integrity of Trent Green.

It's like having an additional draft choice, and this draft choice has pro experience, albeit the CFL.

We do not talk about (retirement), ... We'll talk about that at the conclusion of the season. But I have to prepare that he will not be here. This is the end of his contract. He was at one point very definitive about it. But now is not the time to talk about it. . . . He's focused and I'm focused on this football team right now.

We selected Herm Edwards because he is without question one of the most qualified head football coaches in the NFL today. Herm knows what the National Football League is all about. He is a man of integrity, family and great passion for the game.

A lot of people put a lot of time into identifying players that we think we can get and like to get and see where they fit,

It's just a situation where he's run out of time on PUP active status. He had some more surgery done on that knee. They took out a plate and screws. Both (head coach Dick Vermeil) and I saw it and it was pretty substantial. I don't know how he moved around with that.

Al Saunders was never promised the head coaching job of the Kansas City Chiefs. I'm telling you he wasn't. I really take offense that's in the paper as true. It's not.

I think it's only smart to retain your own best players first, and then if you have the money and the cap dollars (remaining) to go after free agents. You don't want those guys to ever get to the last year of their contract for fear that you might lose them to free agency.

The NFL office has approved the compensation if or when we come to an (contract) agreement with Herm.

It's a lot to ask a defensive coordinator to come in and turn everything around in one year. It's maybe a one- or two-year transition period. You can't expect a miracle overnight.

He's obviously worthy of consideration to be a head coach in the National Football League.

There were some people here at the game that I missed. I didn't see him in my booth. I'm going to send him a note and tell him I wish he'd come up and said hello.

We'd like to think that's a position that has some depth and quality. There are going to be some in the first or second round which you would hope could come in and help immediately.

We don't think this represents the conclusion to Mike's NFL career. By releasing him at this time we give him the opportunity to return to the Chiefs in the future if he can get himself ready to play.

Obviously the biggest change for both of them coming back was the salary cap and free agency, ... Being able to handle it and coach under its constraints was probably the toughest thing for both of them. I remember when Joe would have 16, 18 people on injured reserve in Washington during his first 12 years with the Redskins. They were coaching to win now, but they were also building a team for next year, too, because you could do it that way. With the cap, it doesn't work like that any more.

Chiefs president Carl Peterson was even less diplomatic. Lamar Hunt was the guy who founded (the AFL), ... Al Davis started in this league as an assistant coach. I don't know that Al Davis ... has ever really taken a moment to say to Lamar Hunt, Hey thank you, on behalf of myself and my family for starting the American Football League and allowing me an opportunity to do the things I've always wanted to do.'

After Priest sustained a hip injury in 2002 and a knee injury last season, there were numerous individuals who speculated that those injuries were career threatening,

From a personal standpoint, I have wanted to do this for many years. I think the future of the Kansas City Chiefs is in exceptional hands.

He's called us. It was a short conversation. It was like, 'When you get back to reality, give us a call.' ... I mean, if his agent can get a contract for half of what he's making right now, then that's terrific. I don't know that he can.

Matt has between now and the draft to see if he can to get something done. It will take the cooperation of the agent. ... We're not in a desperate need for a quarterback. I've got a very veteran quarterback that I think has got at least two and hopefully more years left in Trent Green. ... But if it makes sense -- and I'm not sure what that is yet -- to try to acquire his services, fine.

I am personally disappointed that we were not able to work out a new contract for Tony Richardson. Obviously, his contributions both on and off the field in his 10 years here have been outstanding. We sincerely thank Tony for all his efforts and accomplishments while in Kansas City.

We have received permission to interview and possibly sign Herman Edwards as the next head coach of the Kansas City Chiefs. If an agreement is reached with the coach, then we will give the New York Jets our fourth-round draft choice in 2006. The NFL has approved the compensation if or when we come to an agreement with Herm.