Marty Schottenheimer Quotes (95 Quotes)

We had the long fourth-down situation and Eric Parker and Drew make it down to the 7-yard-line, and I'll be honest with you, I realize there's no certainty, but I felt very confident with where we were. I just felt good that at the 7-yard-line we'd find a way to get it in the end zone.

Al Wilson to me is as good a middle linebacker as I've seen in this league in a long time. I think Ian Gold coming back for them has been a big plus for them, and D.J. Williams has done a nice job.

Our interest is getting back and finishing on a positive note.

He's never been a household name. But I feel quite sure that throughout the course of the last couple of years ... people in the National Football League recognize what he's done. You get a pretty good feeling for it during the game when you see running plays that maybe get 2 or 3 yards.

We tried different ways to get him the ball. If you give him the ball enough times he's going to make plenty of yards.

I think you could make a case that he is as good of a player as there is in football today. And I say that without any reservation. You talk about a complete player that can do everything.

Look, it's about the team, not the individual. For many, many years, I've always believed it's about the team.

He's spent the last two years preparing himself for this opportunity available to him now. He spent his time well, and we're looking forward to getting started. It's just a matter of giving a young guy an opportunity. You have to have a good supporting cast around him, and we do.

I know where I stand on it. If Drew continues to play well, and we continue to be successful, I don't know how you can do anything but keep him. The ultimate decision must be made on who's the best player.

Pittsburgh will send anybody at you at any given time. They're going to come after you. You just have to prepare and be disciplined.

At times this can be a difficult business and we have to make tough decisions. These are good football men with valuable experience in this league. I thanked them for their hard work and wished them both well.

The quarterback is unbelievable. Some of the throws he made, I just shook my head. He is one remarkable player.

We did not lose today. We got beat. We're obviously disappointed. This was a difficult game, and the Chiefs did everything they needed to in order to win.

I think it is tough I think it is difficult. But you know that's just the nature of our business. I'm sure he has moments of frustration andor disappointment. But he has a lot of fiber.

He has to improve. There is no doubt about that.

That's the kind of a player he (was). And when you combine that with his competitiveness and his skill, there's no doubt.

Philip is on course and is a developing player. I think I've indicated to you before there can be opportunities, and we had one earlier this season, that it was my intention to get him in with five or six minutes to go but we never got the ball back until it was considerably less than that. Regular-season football is different than preseason football. It's been a philosophy of mine that you play your players until you have determined that the win is secured.

You're damned if you do, damned if you don't. You need to make sure that each player gets an opportunity to prepare himself for the game tempo, albeit (in) preseason. So you end up making arbitrary, unilateral decisions.

We're very disappointed, but we are going to look at and see what we can do to improve for this week.

I know the young man, and he's tough kid, a tough-minded person. So, you know, I'm sure the ultimate decision will be if he can make it significantly worse. I don't have any question he'll make every attempt to play, because he is a tough kid.

The first time I saw (Jackson) I wasn't sure if he was a tight end or a defensive end, and as it turned out he was neither.

He's making very good progress, as you might well expect from a Northwestern graduate. He understands leverage and knows when he's got a guy off-balance.

The problem with that is every time I've ever done that in my career it's been a low-scoring game and when I've thought it (would be) a low-scoring game it was a shootout. Going in, on the surface you might think that, but I don't think there's any way to accurately predict it. All we're anxious to do is find a way to score one more than they have. That's all we care about.

We did considerable research on it and came to the conclusion that it was a young man who made one error in judgment. And the motivation for it was such that while it doesn't validate his choice, there was no pattern of any kind in that regard. We are delighted we have him.

I think we all understand that ours is a very difficult, competitive enterprise, and in my opinion, it's important that everybody is aimed in the same direction.

Obviously a very disappointing loss for us. It's really unfortunate for us having the ball blocked and returned for a touchdown. My hat's off to the Eagles, they were able to make a play and beat us.

It's not physical issues, it's discipline issues in our coverage, and it's not where it needs to be, quite frankly. We're not getting people where they need to be on a consistent basis. My sense is that we've got to do a better job of coaching them, and they've got do a better job of understanding exactly what it is we're putting forward.

The fact that we were represented in each area offense, defense and special teams that's very, very pleasing not only to myself and to the organization but to our players.

I would assume the number of games and carries he might get would not have any negative effect on him because he's such a big, strong, physical guy.

Everyone talks about the confidence Tom Brady has in what he does and I don't doubt that. But let's not overlook the confidence that he brings to every other guy on that football team on offense or defense or the kicking game - 'let's get the ball back let's get field position because Tom can do it.' He is certainly not a one-man gang there, but to me, the one thing a quarterback can bring is hope and certainly he not only brings you hope, but in most cases if you give him an opportunity, he will get it done.

He's got great stop-and-start quickness. As a runner he's hard to find. I'm not going to put him in his category but skill-wise he's like Barry Sanders. His stop-and-start quickness reminds me of that.

We did not perform well in any area today and that's awfully disappointing for all of us. We're a better football team than we were a year ago. I believe that. Some might question that in light of the fact that we didn't play very well today.

The most remarkable thing of this whole football game, and I've been doing this a long time, I cannot remember the last time that I coached a game in the NFL when there was only one penalty. That was absolutely remarkable and unfortunately we had the one. But we'll get that worked out.

This will not be too big for Philip Rivers. I'm talking about it from the emotional and intellectual standpoint.

What they've done is remarkable. But at what point in time do you keep responding when you have to keep putting in new players They've done it wonderfully over the last four years, but there comes a time where it has to catch up with you, even with a team as great as this one.

When we look at our passing game, the one element we have not been able to utilize effectively is LT as a receiver. There is no doubt he has been a terrific receiver for us, and we haven't done a good enough job in getting him the ball.

It's no one segment of our football team. We're a good football team. But we still haven't been able to understand how to finish the deal.

We can legislate against that as long as it's officiated with common sense.

It was a game that ends up like most if you turn the ball over. You give the ball to the opponent on a short field and that is the one single thing that throughout the history of this game has always been the major factor in winning or losing games. We're quite disappointed.

I don't have any doubt he can play in the league. But you've got to go play. You've got to have a chance to do it.

He played about the way I would have thought you talk about a baptism in this league. They bring the ranch they blitz and they blitz and they blitz and it paid dividends. We were sacked six times today. It's pretty hard to be efficient when that happens.

Hey, the Steelers and my Chargers have a common opponent. The Patriots. We beat them 41-17. The Steelers lost to them 23-20. By my calculations, we should whip the Steelers 64-3.

I was pleased with the overall effort of everybody. I thought we played pretty solid for the most part.

I thought he played extremely well. He's very, very competitive. He's bright. Given the fact he went through a number of circumstances prior to getting the opportunity to come in and start and play, I was pleasantly surprised.

Add the minus-three giveaway-takeaway, I think there's a very, very strong likelihood that you're going to lose those football games. If you're minus-three giveaway-takeaway, the chances of winning a game are down around 20 percent or something like that. You can't live that way. If you live that way, you're destined for failure.

We cannot be complacent with playing good but not winning games.

I have no idea. We played them a lot. I was in Kansas City for a long time. Played them some in Cleveland.

The point I've made very clear to him, and I made very clear to you You will not play quarterback or any other position that possesses the ball for me. You have to take care of the ball because it's the difference between winning games in this league.

We just didn't get in sync offensively. You can make all the excuses in the world about the conditions, but the bottom line is that we didn't do enough to win.

In my opinion, the Eagles are the best team in the division. I think the Eagles are an excellent, excellent football team. I picked them a year ago to be a playoff team.