Joe Vitt Quotes (47 Quotes)

There are some things that Dexter does better than him there are some things he does better than Coakley. He's been in the system two years, he's played quite a bit and he'll be prepared.

In the National Football League, there are a lot of teams that the safeties are the leading tacklers on their football team and that is why we call them safeties. They have got to be good tacklers and at times, we can tackle and do tackle. Other times, it is just bad. That is just like someone trying to be a journalist and you have to teach them how to write. They are supposed to know how to write. If you are a defensive football player you are supposed to know how to tackle and if you can't, you are in the wrong profession.

My main arteries are great. The doctor says I look great, so here I am.

And it just so happens that I was put into the position of interim head coach, and everybody knows about it.

He's going to be held accountable. I believe this in my heart to holler, scream and demean and all those things does anybody no good. He knows he was wrong, he doesn't want to be wrong and he'll work hard to get better.

This is the last week, with nothing to play for and we worked a lot of extra hours to try to scheme Dallas a little bit. Our players bought into it. I am very proud of them. We talked earlier in the week. You are putting your resume out there. We are playing the last game of the season, national televised game, we didn't know whether Dallas would be playing for a playoff spot or not.

I thought he had good pocket presence and good zip on the ball and was fairly accurate. I think those things do take time to get back in sync, and it's something we'll continue to work on.

Looking back at this game, I think I have to point the figure at myself. I hurt our team today, I really did.

This was a great win for our football team. The emotion that the guys played with, and the passion, and the character, is just unbelievable. Every player and every coach on our staff got a game ball. What else can you say

When you know the season's coming to an end, you know what the date is, it's depressing. There are going to be a lot of us next week in a state of depression. It leaves a bitter taste in your mouth, but it gives us a chance to take it out on Dallas on Sunday night.

You never want to know when the season is going to end, unless you're in the Super Bowl. You go through a period of depression for a while. You miss the guys. You miss the practices. You miss the meetings. We're in this game because we love it. So this is our Super Bowl, and this is our playoff game coming up. It's the last game of the year. We want to play and do as good as we can and take it from there.

He's been very, very productive for us. He's a versatile guy that can rush the passer, and for his size he can play the run fairly well. He's a pleasant surprise.

He's a special guy, now we've got to see how he plays after a week's worth of preparation and somebody getting ready for him.

Absolutely. I thought Jamie really played well. He had the two interceptions which we just can't have, but Jamie all day long gave us a chance to win the game. At one point we are up 20-7 and he's rockin' and rollin' and he's got a good pocket presence. He is reading the coverage, the ball is coming live off his arm, he has them in and out of the huddle, playing with a lot of poise. He'll be our starter. I'm really proud of him but he has to cut back on the interceptions.

I think they're both professionals, they thought they could go and they worked hard in practice and showed in practice they could go, and they went. They'll be better for it.

Our coaches up in the press box said they thought it was a fumble. But those things happen. That would have been a big play for us.

I think they're going to hand every guy off that (team) bus a ball. I really do. They have that running game going now.

Let me tell you something, that's a guy right there that we have to take care of. I think they've got to give him more touches. He's a great screen runner. He's been on all our minds all week long.

I think he's one of those special backs, the more you feed him the ball the stronger he gets, the more confidence he gets. In that fourth quarter he was wearing people down.

This is not a dink and dunk offense when he drops back. He has a strong arm and good vision.

It was clean. Mark's trying to make a play. Mark's trying to make a tackle.

We're going to hold meetings outside tomorrow.

Our goal was to be 4-4 at the bye, so that was our first attainable goal that we set out to accomplish. The emotion that the guys played with, and the passion and the character, is just unbelievable. ..Im glad this one is behind us. We have a bye to get h

You work hard. Work's going to win, and wishing won't. We've got to be more detailed. We have to be more disciplined. We can't make the mistakes that we're making.

I thought he'd go today, but he just can't.

I don't want to assume anything yet, I think that's a hypothetical situation. But I will say this Jamie Martin was born and raised in this system and knows the system as good as anybody.

Mike came in this morning like he did (Wednesday). He scripted the practice, he set the format for practice, the schedule times. He reviewed Wednesday's (practice) film, met with the offense, and went over the corrections of Wednesday's film.

It was our playoff game. We played hard-nosed physical football in front of a nationally televised audience against a good team, and I think it's a glimpse of what we could be.

We can't give up the big play. We have to keep the ball in front of us. We have to rally to his Manning's throws and make sure we tackle well.

I've been to this complex, I've been to the dome, I've been on the bus to go to the airport, I've been to the airport and to the visiting hotel. Believe me, nobody mistakes me for Tom Cruise.

He was a great player in our league, and he's really been married to this organization his whole adult life. He's a great supporter of our players, of the organization.

We pounded him pretty good. To his credit he hung on to the ball and he withstood the pounding, and at the end of the game when he had to make a play and they had to keep possession, he made it.

He's not out of the picture, but we're going to go with Fitz until Marc is ready to go.

We have another day of practice. We're going to look at Fitz tomorrow. Fitz is a little sore.

That was the key going in. We knew we were going to bleed. That's a good (Colts) attack. That's probably as good as you're going to find in the National Football League with their skilled receivers, the running back and the quarterback. So the ability not to give up the big play was huge.

When these guys came in today we didn't put candles in the room and have organ music playing and violins, and the grim reaper around the corner. It is what it is. Hey, we lost the game through our own mistakes, through needless penalties.

I think he gets better every day, he really does. He gets more comfortable. He's a special guy. We're going to see how he plays after a week's worth of preparation and somebody getting ready for him. The Redskins' defense has had a whole week to get ready for him now, what he can do, what he can't do. So, we'll see.

Don't worry about me, I'm fine. We looked like grumpy old men. I tell you, it was a sore sight.

He's a heck of a player, a heck of a leader. We're going to miss him. It's a shame, it really is.

He's a great supporter of our players, the organization - really a good guy. He's a fighter. He's fighting for his life. Our thoughts and prayers are with him right now.

By this afternoon, I was going to go see Christiaan Barnard in South Africa for a heart transplant. It's unbelievable.

We came out of the blocks smoking. Then Marc got hurt, we had a couple of turnovers and we gave them some third-down conversions. When you let a good team like the Colts get on a run, it's hard to put a finger in the dike. Obviously a 17-point lead isn't enough against the Colts.

I think he's looking forward to this next journey, which all football coaches go through. It's that time of the year, and as a football coach you always have to say your next job is going to be your best job.

The guys played with a lot of passion. They practiced well the last four weeks and had nothing to show for it. I'm proud that they got this win.

The team is his concern. His health is our No. 1 concern.

He's a young kid that was a little leery. He just had surgery and had to get that thing punched a few times, and he did it. Good for him.

He says he feels a lot better than a year ago with a similar injury.