Nick Ferguson Quotes (21 Quotes)

When we were in the dark tunnel, Jake Plummer was the light that showed us where to go.

We have to play in it they have to play in it, too. Even in training camp, that's one of the things Coach Shanahan talked about. He said, 'Well, the condition's going to change from place to place.' You can't say, 'Well, it was raining. The field was muddy. It was too cold. It was hot.' You can't use those excuses because they're playing in the same situations.

It's always great when a defense is able to create turnovers and score. That's something we missed last year. We'd get some turnovers, but we never scored points.

I expected to get drafted. I knew that I wouldn't get drafted on that first day due to the fact that not a lot of people had the opportunity to see me play much.

As far as rating him among the elite quarterbacks, he's climbing his way up there. In order to be considered that, you have to win a Super Bowl. That's why when they talk about Peyton Manning, they are always like, 'Great quarterback, but . . . ' But I think he has a great opportunity to do that.

I'm surprised that it healed up as quickly as it did, ... but in this industry, you've got to be out there and you've got to play.

I thought I had the ball, to be totally honest. It was just thrown a little bit above my outstretched hands.

As a kid, there are some things you looked forward to. You looked forward to Charlie Brown during Halloween and you looked forward to Monday Night Football.

We were pretty much changing up what our scheme was based on what we saw from them. It wasn't anything brand new or unorthodox. But we just had different people on the field that probably wouldn't be on the field at the same time ordinarily. We were just trying to utilize all the skills that we have.

The first thing I thought was, man, normally that's us coming up with that type of play.

He must see something in us right now that causes him to do that. When you have a coach like that, you play for him a lot. You play hurt, injured, sick, whatever, and that's the type of coach that you actually need, so another thing that's beneficial for the players here.

Is it still going to be Monday Night Football or is it like Sunday night football on ESPN ... There was a lot of tradition with that Monday night crew. I'll have to tune in to see if it still gives me that same chill when I hear that intro.

That's how the game goes. Sometimes it bounces your way and you make a play that play. We didn't have the ball bounce our way and we had that this year. It just so happens in this particular game we didn't get a lot of that. I thought Champ was going to make another spectacular play like he has all year, but he didn't make the play.

I mean, yeah, I had a great tackle on him. It just seems like so long ago. But it was one of those things where you arrive at the right place at the right time and the ball pops out. But to me, that's the past. It's a new day.

They didn't really do anything that surprised us. I think we had an excellent game plan, and we just didn't execute.

Sometimes it's just pure luck because what are the chances of a running back in this league fumbling like that Very, very slim.

It was a hell of a defensive game and it started up front with those guys. My hat goes off to them, Courtney Brown, Gerard Warren, Ebenezer Ekuban, Michael Myers. They did what they were supposed to do -- that they were brought in to do.

How can you not be aware of the fact that your fans who were rooting for you in the first and second quarters when you were dominating on defense now seem like the air's just been deflated and taken out of them Your job is to try to do your job and actually try to get that crowd back into it.

Last game, I told (Williams) and Domonique Foxworth, I said, 'You guys have something as rookies that I didn't have when I was a rookie, and that's called confidence,' ... They have that swagger to them where they're not really intimidated.

I thought I timed it well. The ball just stayed up there.

I thought he was going to make another spectacular play as he often makes. He didn't make that play. But stuff happens.