Mike Shanahan Quotes (88 Quotes)

He's feeling pretty good, so we'll decide at game time exactly what direction we're going to go,

He will get a chance to adapt this week and start to get used to a different language.

Some guys (have) got more growing to go. That's part of the season. But I thought we made some strides and hopefully it pays dividends.

A guy like Vince Young, I don't care, he's going to have to protect himself. Michael Vick is going to have to protect himself. Sooner or later, it's going to wear on a guy and he's going to get hurt.

Any time you get a veteran player who has proven he can play in the National Football League, he's going to have a chance,

The minute he walked into that room, he got a standing ovation. Every player and coach was on his feet. I didn't expect that, but it was just one of those moments that you cherish. Then Jerry spoke to the team for 10 minutes. It just showed the respect that he has earned.

I would say on Friday, I should be able to give you an idea.

Anytime you cut somebody in the third round, obviously you feel like you made a mistake ... in a true evaluation of your entire organization, anytime you use a third-round choice and he doesn't make your team - that's not good.

I think (in) my years as a head coach and my years as a coordinator, I don't think I can remember an offense putting as much pressure on a defense as we did,

I'm not really sure yet. We'll get a better feel before the game and decide how many plays he can play.

We haven't been very consistent on offense, ... We have to get back on track like we did in the preseason. We have to get back to not making mistakes and stopping ourselves. If we can do that, good things will happen.

Yeah, it is frustrating. But there is some good with it. When you move the ball 80 yards on your first drive, and all of a sudden you're on the 1-yard line, and all of a sudden you lose your momentum like we did. When you go against a good defense and you're in long-yardage situations, you're going to be in for a long day, so you can't stop yourself. We're going to play a lot of good defensive football teams this year, so we'd better pick it up. If we don't, then we're going to be inconsistent like we have been the past two weeks.

a lot has to do with pain and how he feels with the harness on later in the week.

We'd sure take him. He's the type of guy you love because he handles himself with so much class. When you have a guy who does that as a rookie being drafted as high as he was, it speaks volumes for the future.

We'll get a chance to evaluate him (today).

The hangover will last a long time. Any time you play in a championship game, you know what an opportunity it is and if you don't take advantage of it, it hurts.

Our guys aren't as big as some. But they do have great speed. We really thrive on speed with our defense. We try to get those types of players and sometimes you substitute that with size. Our linebackers do have good speed.

We've done a good job through the season, but that fourth quarter wasn't one of our better quarters when it came to run defense.

He always plays extremely hard. It's very important to him regardless of his role, even if he's not playing every down and just at the goal line. He has to be ready in case somebody goes down. If that happens, he'll play well.

Obviously, he hurt enough not to be able to play. The extent of it I can't tell you right now. (We) probably won't be able to tell for a couple of days. Obviously, it was bad enough that he couldn't go back in.

You look at Kansas City, they were No. 2 in point production and San Diego was third in point production in the NFL. So we're going to see it a few times this year.

You never know with those ankles, we'll just have to wait and see. I don't think it's that serious where he would have to get (a magnetic resonance imaging test).

He said that he could have played a game today.

He's been more consistent throughout training camp. I told Charlie before the Arizona game that he was going to be our starting third wide receiver and to get ready to play.

Larry calls all of the defenses. Every once in a while, I'll give a suggestion. When I do, it's usually wrong.

I said all along, you judge your quarterback in his third year.

I was in denial at that time. I read the quote the next day and I thought I might have been pushing a little bit.

That's not saying Maurice doesn't have a chance to go on to another football team and make that team and contribute,

You just think of it being automatic, you don't even think about them missing it. I do think there is a comfort level. Saying, 'Hey, we do need the field goal' You don't question if he's going to make it.

We haven't made a decision as to what direction we're going to go with the 53rd spot now that Jerry's not with us, ... We have not finalized another roster spot and I can't tell you when that will be for sure.

You hope he can step up in games like he does it in practice, but he hasn't done it yet.

There is no question that Troy is ready to be an offensive coordinator. At some point, Gary is going to get bogged down with the responsibilities that go with being a head coach, and he will turn it over to Troy.

In my years as a head coach and as a coordinator, I don't know if I've ever been with an offense that put as much pressure on a defense as we did in that game. We didn't get anything going.

I heard about it when I was jogging on the treadmill this morning, and I just about fell off the treadmill. It's completely ridiculous.

The one thing we have in our division is everybody tries to get better. We've got ownership throughout the division where teams are looking to improve. . . . If you're not improving in our division, chances are you're not going to win.

Okay, okay. Our quarterbacks are idiots. Come on, we drafted Maurice Clarett, for Christ's sake. Obviously, we don't look for character in a player.

It will be a game time decision, ... We'll get a chance to stretch it out a little bit and see what he can do.

Any time you lose a guy and two guys in the same position there is an impact. You are depleted in depth at that position, two guys that we felt that could help us are Browner and Chris Young.

It's really dealing with the pain, ... It was quite sore during the game. That will be determined later.

You know what Mike Anderson is. It doesn't take a regular-season game to tell you that Mike has been playing pretty good. . . . I'm pleased with the way he's come back and rebounded after a serious injury. I like the way he handles himself.

He's an incredible athlete and, this year, he's felt more comfortable in our system. It allows him to run left or right and make a play going to either side. If the middle of the field is open, he can do things there, too. Mostly, what he's done for us is to eliminate mistakes.

It's very important for the team to know exactly how I feel. (But) I don't necessarily have to wear my thoughts on my chest, ... I've got a job to do, get these guys ready ... Sometimes I do keep things in-house because I think they should be in-house.

We've been evaluating throughout training camp, two-a-days, the off-season program, all the way through. We'll be fine.

We've got to make that tough decision on what's the best thing for the team,

We really feel like Mike is in great shape. He's had a great camp. There are no questions in our minds that he's totally healthy.

. . . But we're trying to win Super Bowls, not just playoff games. Obviously, we'd like to win our division, have home-field advantage . . . we're going to keep on working and, hopefully, we can get over the hump.

Playing the way they have on the road the past three weeks is really an accomplishment. They play big on the road.

Pittsburgh deserved to win they played better than we did. To do what they've done three weeks in a row against three excellent football teams is really an accomplishment.

Tatum made a great move to the inside and the rest is history,

We are playing the best rush defense in the National Football League, so I hope we have that problem. You always want your players to achieve goals, but I don't think that is a game plan going in. We are just trying to play it as it comes on.