Dennis Green Quotes (109 Quotes)

I think that they clearly outplayed us. In the first half they had an answer for everything that we did on defense. We have to be able to bat the ball down or stop the run and we did not do either one defensively.

Oh no, there are none. I think keeping him off the field is the best way to defend against him. Put them in a situation where they have to maybe play catch-up and give their intentions away sooner than they want to or not be able to go deep.

In response to the questions, Green promised to talk to Caltrans engineers about delaying the closure by one half hour, and to the Highway Patrol about traffic control. Stopping the work early is not an option, and the times will be by the Caltrans watch, ... Please do not try to use the road at 759 a.m. by your watch.

We moved the ball OK, but you've got to be able to score points and you've got to be able to slam the door.

I was irritated with the outcome today. They were more powerful than we were.

We really don't know the extent of the injuries at this time, except Russell Davis, ... I think his report is much more serious (than the others.)

Broken noses do occur in the game, unfortunately. He kind of got a blow right in between the facemask and his helmet. We'll know more about that once we get an idea from the doctors.

I don't think the balance of the programming should be achieved at the expense of the one program that distinguishes us. Are we potentially slapping the man right in the face.

Most of the players are new, so they shouldn't be worrying about that. As I've said to the players, WE are the Arizona Cardinals. It's not Buddy Ryan as head coach or Dave McGinnis, and it isn't whoever playing quarterback. The responsibility of winning and losing falls on our shoulders, not anybody else and not what was done last year or 10 years ago.

What Peyton is doing is phenomenal. It's a totally different approach than what Dan Marino did in 1984. It's a system where he just dissects you. He makes you wrong.

He needs some blocking. A back has to have holes to run through. He has exceptional speed, and he has tremendous ambition, and he wants to do well. He's frustrated, but nobody's more frustrated than me.

Nobody raised their hand. That's the National Football League. That's part of what we all understand. That's part of what we buy into when we come into the business.

Vince is going to be a great player in the National Football League. I don't have a clue what his score is, and I don't think it matters what his score is. He was a great player in college and I think he'll be the same thing in pro football. If you can play, you can play.

Not many receivers do a lot in the preseason, ... Some of the best receivers haven't even caught a pass. I think they've (Boldin, Fitzgerald and Johnson) had a good training camp. It's not the game. It's really more about working every day. I think by the time the season starts, they'll do very well.

It seems like too many people, whether the fans or the media, all of a sudden think this is a typical season, ... There is no such thing as a typical season, not for the Cardinals, not for San Diego, not for Minnesota.

It's hard to say. Most people get a feel for who you are based on your philosophy. Even if they haven't played you, they know what your philosophical base is, who mentored you, and they get an idea of what you are going to do based on that.

Marcel is bigger. Our offense's job is to punch holes in defenses. If you can do that, you can send people through it. If you can't punch a hole, then you probably need a little bigger back (who) can at least get two yards.

I think we'll be better, more of a high-flying offense, which is his style of play, ... He plays a good game of high-ball, which means that you let him go one-on-one against defenders and put the ball up high. That's where most of his touchdowns came last year.

We had a chance to get Reggie Swinton and jumped on it, ... Reggie was a guy we almost got two years ago. We almost got him last year. We think he'll give us that explosive, big-play capability that we've been looking for.

You have to understand that this is the all-time completion-percentage leader in the history of the NFL, ... This is the second all-time quarterback rating. He has been phenomenal when given the opportunity.

They did not kick a field goal. We spent a lot of time in the red zone. Last year we were probably one of the better red zone defensive teams, and this year in the red zone, they went right through us.

If we can make people defend the pass, if that's what we need to do run, then that's what it may be.

Im catching a lot of hell is what Im catching. It has been difficult for us to not meet our expectations this year. We had a good draft last year and the year before. Unrestricted free agency was good to us last year. We are optimistic because we think we

We're facing a challenge right now, injury wise.

When that begins to happen you just have to pay attention to the call of what's going on in society.

I think it's a tough one. It's going to be extremely hot. We have a limited number of players available, which means that some players are going to get an awful lot of football. You hope that you don't have any injuries.

There's no way that I would have come back to coaching if I didn't want to win, because winning is a big part of my personality, regardless of what I do.

Al and I have a little bit different philosophy about going about the game, ... I was a head coach for 18 years and never had anybody hire or fire an assistant coach except me. And when you go into the Raiders, you have to keep the staff that's there. ... Therefore I stand by what I said before, there's not a job out there right now that I feel is the right one for me.

It's hard to say (if his illness contributed to Davis' play), ... We're all grown men. We're all disappointed. He was very sick all (Sunday) morning. He got IV's. The doctor made a judgment that he could play. Leonard made a judgment that he wanted to pla

I think Marcus Vick has had to carry a burden that the rest of the guys don't have to carry, which is a famous, very talented older brother. We haven't looked at him as closely, but I think that he'll probably grow up. I'm sure some team will be realistic in what role Marcus or anyone else can have when it comes to helping them.

It's hard, though, because it's a big ballpark. It's like in the outfield, there's a lot of room between center field and the right fielder, and you just hope you can close it.

It's not working. You have a lot of strategies, you plan strategies and you want them to work. Now we're sitting 0-3 and played very poorly in the second half.

Obviously he's going to play. He might start. We'll see. I haven't really thought much about it.

The secret to success is to start from scratch and keep on scratching.

We have a lot of injuries and we have a lot of spots open. I think we're in a very unique situation. We got a lot of guys who are trying to make our ballclub.

We could go play eight or nine more weeks. The guys have not lost their enthusiasm for playing. Some of those games we let get away, they wish we could get them back.

Our No. 1 concern will be that he has an understanding of what the problems were and that he can deal with them in the proper fashion. We'll give a lot more precedence to him making sure he gets the work he needs off the field than we will on the field.

We made a lot of penalties that hurt us, ... It makes a difference.

There aren't going to be very many memorable routes by big receivers, ... Most of them are quick throws to them, slants, or down the field. A smaller player is much more easily able to control his body, so the bigger guys have to work harder at the precision of running routes.

J.J. is the starter. I said that a long time ago.

I'm an 'all hands on deck' type guy. All of the guys who can play in my opinion should play.

No. 1, we claimed him because we think he's a very talented player. He's got size, speed, quickness. No. 2, we feel we can have success with guys who are looking for another chance to do well. I think we can relate to that and understand that, and hopefully help him recognize what his abilities are.

He can go deep, ... You know, he has speed he has exceptional speed, and so he does give us that fifth receiver. I think J.J. would have done a solid job for us, but he has never been that much of factor as a receiver. Swinton has been.

But that's what's great about this league. Teams like us have hope every year. Football is different from baseball. We share television revenues. That helps equal things out. Plus, it's never been proven that the more money you spend will help you win a Super Bowl. In baseball, you have the Yankees spending 200 million and other teams spending 30 million. That won't happen in football, no matter what happens with the CBA. That's why we're different. That's why teams like us have a chance.

Penalties hurt us and I think our guys understand it, ... but they're high strung, and they should be high strung. I don't think you can be successful without being high strung. I think yesterday it didn't help us being high strung.

I don't think you can change that. That's part of his personality type. He's kind of a fun-loving guy. He takes affront if someone is trying to take it to the house on him. He just has to be careful with that because the more you get in there, the more you become kind of a target for one of those big guys.

I think the criticism should be on me. I'm the one who made the judgment that the line needed to be revamped.

We apologize for the short notice on the road closure,

Guys disagreed with some of the calls. Guys felt that the play they could have made they didn't get a chance to make because of the defense that was against them, ... and (they) reacted in what I would consider a negative fashion because it takes you out of your ball game. You can't be yelling at the officials and all those other things, so I think it hurt us. But it was that kind of a ball game.

I'm just surprised I'm not doing a better damn job. The job I thought I could do, I've not been able to do right now. And I'm not happy about it.