Herm Edwards Quotes (52 Quotes)

We'll have our work cut out. On top of that, it's on Monday night. We've got to get us a win.

He just got a little tired, playing special teams. We have to give him a little more rest on special teams. He's done a good job, but he did a good job last year when he had to step into Victor Hobson's position.

You try to make a guy stand in front of him to spy. And that looks good on paper. Yeah, right. That shadow stuff looks good on paper until the live action starts, then all of a sudden, what happened to our spy guy He just missed him the last three times, and (Vick's) still running. ... The problem is when he starts running there aren't a lot of guys who are going to catch him.

Obviously, he had some opportunities. But he felt his best opportunity right now as a coach was to go to Washington. I wish him a lot of luck. He's done a great job here with our offense.

We want celebrations, but we don't want it where you cross the line. These guys are creative, and they'll come up with some stuff. But I don't like it where you embarrass the other team.

I knew Al was the kind of guy who every year is going to be in the running to be a head coach. He's a guy who's primed to be a head coach. He's always going to be a candidate. You want to make sure you have some kind of consistency with your offense.

It was important that Mike got a chance to kick some field goals, I was praying he'd make that first one (from 48) because you guys would've been all over him.

Ty Law, all of a sudden, is going to start. Is he in shape to go 77 plays I don't know that. How many plays can John Abraham play I don't know that. . . . I don't know if they're concerns, but I haven't seen it live.

I don't hope this happens to any coach. Ever. Ever. Ever.

It could be ugly football for us. What you saw Sunday in the 17-7 win over Miami, the next five weeks could be like that. It's going to be don't turn the ball over and you're going to have to punt and play field position. If you can stay in the game, you've got a chance to win.

That's always a concern with a player when he's injured. There's a difference between injured and pain. If a guy's injured, he's injured. Pain is pain. Guys can play with pain. Guys can't play when they're injured.

I told John he doesn't have to make that decision. I'll make that decision for him, basically. And if he's not 100 percent, he really can't help the football team.

The next three or four teams we play, basically until our bye, have very good defenses. They're in the top-10 (defensively), so it could be ugly football for us.

At this point, he's under contract. You never talk about guys under contract. You get into that, and you're setting yourself up for a no-win situation. But, no, we haven't really even talked about it.

Talk is free. You never know what's going to happen after you talk. There's always a perception about a guy until you actually sit down and talk with him.

When it happens you have to make sure your character is strong and your integrity of how you're doing thing stays intact. I won't change my character and my integrity because I know what I'm doing is right.

There's a lot of theories. The best theory Stay on the field offensively and you won't have to worry about it. It's real simple. ... It's not just an issue for us, it's been an issue for everyone who plays him. You have to be careful, but you have to play, too. You can't be afraid to play.

I'm not listing him as anything right now because I don't know what the tests are. I'm not a doctor. As soon as I know, I'll let you know.

A lot of times when you're playing, ... your adrenaline is running so much, you get nicked and you just play. If something's wrong, you wake up sore the next morning and find out.

We have to have a different mind-set - that was established today in our meetings, ... I think our players took hold of it and did a good job of practicing. It was a pretty fast practice, guys moving around where they were supposed to go.

We'll get better as the year goes on, ... We've got a young, athletic front seven, and we play with a lot of energy and enthusiasm as a football team. I think that's what people will notice about us -- but hopefully they won't notice us for a while.

If anybody can do it, I believe Chad can do it because of his mental toughness and what he feels he has to prove. He's a unique individual, he really is. I mean, he played with that thing torn up those last five or six games (in 2004) and we made the playoffs. If anybody can do it, Chad can do it. I'm pulling for him and I'm praying for him.

I'm disappointed in the whole team. We didn't play like we're capable of playing.

I'm not a panic guy. I don't do that. Can't, ... When you're a leader, you can never panic, no matter what's happening. The building could be falling down. Fire could be going all places. Somebody has to make a decision on how to get out.

It's a tough road for him to travel, but if anyone can travel it, he can. He anticipates he's going to do what he has to do to get it fixed.

If God doesn't give you a real, real strong arm, and you have to stand there and throw it, you have to use your legs, ... still is finding his way in the offense. ... He missed a lot of time in the spring and he's playing his way through it.

I think it would be one-third either way. I think what we've been able to do is expose ourselves to all our players and get a better idea about some of those guys who were in the middle tier.

It's always the same when you don't get enough snaps. If we can get it going, stay on the field, the beauty of the offense is they'll all get involved in it. You've got to have drives, you've got to make first downs. You can't get players involved if you only have three plays and out. That's not real good.

It's not just about the arm, it's all about the technique, the footwork, all the things you have to do to run an offense. He didn't practice (in training camp). I mean, practice is practice. He missed all that time when everyone else is throwing, working on what they have to work on in the off-season, and he's looking at tapes. Every snap is important to this guy. He understands his position. He understands what he has to try and do.

If you watch his career, he has been a guy that has played in a lot of big games. He kicked a lot of tough kicks in pressure situations. He's an outdoor guy. The weather doesn't bother him. If he continues to do what he did in college, you're talking about a guy that can be here for 10 years-plus.

It sounded like it was swift, but really in actuality it was talked about probably before that. People had anticipated something like that might happen. I think sometimes it looks that way, but sometimes that's best for the organization and the player so both parties can move on.

Herm Edwards said the cast on DT Dewayne Robertson's right hand will be reduced week by week until he can play without it in three or four weeks. He can't grab. That's always tough on a defensive lineman, ... He's got to deal with it. But he's doing a good job.

It's a fun time if you have a job. It's not a fun time when you're a guy who doesn't have a job.

The rivalries probably in college football are a little bit deeper in the fact they're historical. Now, with some of the NFL division changes you don't play those same teams anymore for a while and the players are always changing.

This year, it was 19. It's always around that, somewhere around there. The average is probably going to be a third of your team. Is that a lot I don't think that's a lot. ... We're going to get some guys back.

If he feels he can help the team win, Curtis Martin is going to play. He's never going to put the team in jeopardy. That's always been the deal. That's always been our history. He's a unique guy. There was one week where he didn't practice all week and on Saturday I finally asked him, 'What do you think' And he said, 'I'm good. I'm playing.' And he played well. He's a different guy. Special. He really is.

They said 2-5 teams don't make the playoffs, either, but we did it,

You can see he really studies the game. He doesn't just walk out there and play. He waits for his opportunity to make the play and when you think he's not going to make the play, that's when he gets you.

He just wants to make sure he's going to be OK, and I can understand that. That's something you don't deal with lightly. I anticipate he'll be back. That's my gut feeling.

A guy used to have a farm up the street from our house, ... Every once in awhile he'd let us go in his back yard and said, 'Try to catch the chickens.' I thought I was quick, but I couldn't catch the chickens.

If he knew it was sore, ... it didn't affect his running. He just woke (yesterday) and it felt sore.

We like what he's done. He makes some errors, but all young players make some errors. The thing about him is that he is playing the left side and that's big when you can find a left tackle that you feel can play the position. That's a plus for us.

I told him, 'It's your rule. They're going to look at you harder than anybody else,' ... 'As soon as you walk on the field, they're going to know your number. You can't even sneeze on a guy. You can barely touch a guy. If they don't call it on you, why implement the rule They're sending a message to the rest of the guys. That's how this league works.'

Anytime you change offenses on a guy, that's tough, ... Chad doesn't want anyone to feel sorry for him. He understands what's going on. At the end of the day, he's going to be a very good quarterback in this league. He's going to win a lot. And he's won. He's won a lot of games here already. He's going to get better and we're going to get better as a team. That's my belief.

This is a chance for you to be a part of the National Football League. There's nothing like it in the world. It's a great league to be involved in, but it's very difficult to be in this league. So take advantage of your opportunity Thursday night.

He gives more than he gets so he's really like Curtis Martin. At the end of the day, those guys are who make the league great because of what they do on the field, how they conduct themselves as professionals and what the do off the field. His legacy as a player goes far beyond his football career.

We kind of laugh at our guys. They see it every day and they can't catch it. Our guys are tickled to death on the sideline when he starts punting in games. They're almost betting money that (the returner) won't be able to handle it.

Our passing game, we'll see. I think it will improve as we play, but I think you've got to establish the run in this league.

Kevin's trying to do a lot of things in the right manner, and you have to really allocate your time when the season starts,

He's very, very smart. In my opinion, he'll be one of the youngest offensive coordinators in this league.