Herman Edwards Quotes (153 Quotes)

That's why you have to give Edwards, the Jets' third-year coach, a lot of credit for his candor last Tuesday. Preseason games, for any coach, you do like this, ... All you want to know at the end of the day is if we made it, are we OK, are we healthy

The player didn't mean to say we quit. We quit throwing the ball, that's what he meant. John's on the phone with me for 20 minutes trying to explain to me what the kid was trying to say and that he said it the wrong way ... . I don't worry about stuff like that. I'm fine with it.

Well, I don't know if he struggles. I think at times if we don't clearly pick up the protection or if we can't beat the guy that is guarding us. ... Sometimes they got a good player guarding us and they make the play.

Obviously it's one game. You have to take a look at yourself and say, 'Did you play up to your expectations and if not why Why didn't we perform' We have to look at it and learn from it and move on.

We're going to get a good football player. Last time I checked, I had a saying a couple of years ago that you play the game for one reason and one reason only. Right That hasn't changed for me. You play to win.

The problem with that is you've got to win. You can't expect teams to keep losing. There's some teams in the division that are good teams and we can be a good team, too, but we're not playing consistent enough to be a good team.

Fox addressed his team, so that kind of tells you what kind of team we are, when the head coach addresses his team about our team, ... At the end of the day, that's all that matters.

It's my decision to make certain decisions, and I'm going to make them and I'll live by them, OK

You just got to keep working, try to win a game, make yourself feel better,

All I can tell you is the truth, what I was told, and that's what I did. I don't lie.

It was important that Mike get to kick those field goals. Our mindset was to get into field-goal position and let him kick some field goals.

This is not musical chairs. There is not going to be a quarterback controversy.

His maturity level is probably the best I've seen in a rookie. A lot of things are going on, and he's handled it.

I've always had great expectations for defense. Your mind-set as a coach, you know you win with defense, you sell tickets with offense. They understand where I'm coming from. You grow up on one side of the ball you always feel that way.

He doesn't trust a lot of people. Fortunately, he trusts me. I can have conversations with Laveranues, and he'll come in my office and wonder when my wife is going to bake him some cookies.

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.

I said, 'Why'd you wait so long' . . . He called me first but I knew it was coming,

He'll have a heck of a career, ... That's what you want. You drafted a guy you think will be here for 10, 12 years. If he can stay consistent, stay healthy he has the ability to do that. I know he has the mind-set and the work ethic to do that.

We want Chad to be the quarterback, but Chad knows he's going to be competing for the job. He's been told that, he understands that. That's going to make him better and whoever comes in here, that's going to make him better.

He's a tough guy, he wants to make the kick. He looks forward to helping us win games with his leg. When he goes in there, he has an excellent chance to make it.

His stamina is the best it's ever been. I think it's more consistent. He's not making mental errors and he's just playing hard. Before, James seemed good for about two or three plays, but now I think he knows that he's the starter and he's the guy.

Curtis understands that he's going to be back here, (but) there's going to be open competition (for the starting position). Obviously, Curtis Martin will have a role on this team.

There's always upside to young guys, even though Graham is a veteran age-wise. Talent is something you can't coach it's given to you. All you can do is harness it and send it in the right direction.

When you're behind, the crowd's involved. We've kind of been a team that's played from behind a lot, and that's not good on the road.

He's really playing his senior year of college in pro football. You can't lose sight of that. I never do when you pick juniors. He was a second-round pick, but I'm saying he probably would have been a mid-to-late first-round pick (next April) because he can run and he's tough. ... He's a guy who's gotten better.

I mean, he's a little bit bigger, obviously, than Santana, so he's a little bit more physical. He had real good chemistry with the quarterback the year that he was our MVP, and I just think that's something that him and the quarterback have always had. They have just had that feel.

The plan right now is for Brooks to be the starter. You've got to let the poor guy play, see what he can do.

He didn't have to do that because I know our stand with Mr. Johnson, we've had a relationship for five years, a very good working relationship. Our relationship was formed on one thing and one thing only trust. We both trust each other, we both understand what we're trying to do here.

We all anticipate him coming back. When he's going to come back, at this point in time, it's not up to us. It's up to the doctors. It's no different than it was last year. He's on a program. To say he's going to be back when, when he's going to be throwing full-range, all that stuff, at this point I have no idea.

I think he's a good player. When Chad Pennington got hurt last year, he was a guy we considered. The Eagles wanted a little too much for him.

We were approached by his agent at the Senior Bowl. We visited - a very short visit. We haven't heard from his agent at this point in time. I haven't heard from Terrell.

All of a sudden, our punter and kicker now are going to be in a real game, a big-time football game, ... How are they going to react to that

I think we have to finish off some blocks. We're close, but instead of making 1 or 2 yards, if you finish some things off, you make 4 or 5. All of a sudden, it keeps you out of third and long.

And that's what every coach is kind of crossing his fingers on and saying, 'I hope it's not one of my guys.'

We haven't been very good on the road, and I don't know what's contributing to that. We've handled it the same way. We just haven't done the things that you have to do on the road to win. One of them is you've got to get the crowd out of it. We've always been behind, and that's a little bit of our problem, too.

Quarterbacks get paid to win, ... That's how I evaluate him. It's a bottom-line business. It's about winning. . . . We played in a very tight game. I think that's good for you. It puts anxiety in your gut, and we needed that.

He's got some confidence and he hasn't really blinked. He's got pretty good hand-eye coordination and he's had some balls come his way. I just wish he'd get his hands on more balls and pick one off . . . Sometimes you see it, but you don't trust it and go get it.

Did we think he was going to be 100 percent No. We knew we'd bring him along. We thought we brought it along all right.

You can see him at times, certain things he has to do, he's thinking a little bit, ... When the game starts, I just think what he's going to have to do - and we'll help him - is just go back and throw it. Just drop back as fast as you can and when you've got to throw it, throw it.

I think they're one of the best, and they've kept their guys together. They have a corps of (very good special teams players).

Opening day, I'm not shocked at anything. I've been around for 26 years of opening days, and a lot can happen. We didn't handle it very well. They did a better job of coaching, and they played better.

We're in a unique position, obviously. We're going to get a good player ... Who that player is, no one knows. They'll just write their stories all the way to draft day. Then when we draft that guy, we'll either get a yea or we'll get a boo.

I think what's going to help him, he's in with the first group, ... That's always settling for a quarterback, rather than playing with some guys that were probably some good high school, college players, and won't make your team. He had to do that for three years, survived it. Now he's going in with our first group.

Gosh, I haven't seen that many fumbles by a Jets' quarterback since Joe Namath tried to kiss Suzy Kolber on an ESPN Sunday night game a couple years ago, ... The Chiefs played defense about as well as Suzy did Joe didn't get to first base, and neither did we. But we've got Chad on a strenuous hand-strengthening regimen he's squeezing Charmin toilet paper 500 times a day.

He's a gifted player. You can do some things with a cornerback of his ability. You can put a lot on his plate. It frees us up to do things with our secondary and our linebackers.

I'm in here five or six hours a day trying to get back as fast as I can. I want to play. I want to show people around here what I can do.

It's always hard to lose good players, he's a Pro Bowl caliber player. He's been a good player here his whole career, ... We're going to miss him, there's no doubt about that. We've lost some players already. I'm not all of a sudden going to make it a glo

I think players in the league recognize that and he'll have a great opportunity this year.

The conversation I left with him, he knows what's going on.

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.