Herman Edwards Quotes on Youth (5 Quotes)

A lot of people look at the last preseason game as if it's not important. Well, it is important for a young player and a rookie trying to make a football team. Most teams have to cut down 18 or 15 players and bring eight of them back. So, I think it will be a very competitive game for the most part and I look forward to seeing these young guys play.

A lot of young guys will have to play by the end of the season, ... I think that, for the most part, guys understand that changes are taking place.

The way we're looking at it is some young guys will get an opportunity to play, ... They'll learn from this.

He's come a long way from when we first drafted him. He was a young guy coming out of a small school Alabama-Birmingham. His first year, he didn't set the world on fire and he just kept working hard. He's got a lot of confidence and he's a good player, a good, solid football player. He's a very, very tough, physical guy at end. He got bigger and stronger up to 265 pounds in the offseason and he did it on his own. He was committed to it.

Every time he steps underneath the center as a young quarterback, he's going to experience some things. Obviously, this is one he doesn't like, this one the team doesn't like. It's a maturing process for him. He'll grow from it. We'll all grow from it.