Norv Turner Quotes (111 Quotes)

Philadelphia had a good plan, and they were going to hit us with some interior blitzes and try to create some negative plays,

I don't think this was a surprise to anyone. It was speculated over the last two months. I wanted to be here, and you take a job with the idea of doing a good job, getting the job done and being successful.

I think he's going to bring us a lot as a runner. But I thought at times he was too eager to bounce it outside and make a good play. Against this team, they force you take what's there.

We'll make that decision this week. It's just a matter of seeing where he's at.

Jake had his knee scoped this morning. It was a very short procedure. He has a slight torn cartilage edge, and it was scoped. It's probably in that three-to-four week range.

We're always going to work to get the ball to Randy... , ... (The Eagles) had a good plan. They rolled (coverage), they doubled, they had a good mix. We found some creases as the game went on.

He shared my concerns and my thoughts that if we had the opportunity to add a guy who's experienced, who's played and who's won and who's taken his team to the Super Bowl that would be in the best interest of the football team,

One of the things for us right now is to continue to get a handle on how people are going to defend us because there are differences because of Randy's presence. You do get some things a little different.

playing with consistency probably. He made plays that gave us a chance to get first downs and, obviously, a big play on the first drive. So he did good things.

Some we brought on ourselves. Three times we had enough yards for a first down, and we had penalties that knocked us back, so that we were facing either first-and-20 or second-and-20. The environment we were in - a real good football team, and a team that can pressure the quarterback - we were playing into their hands.

I think everyone is looking for that spectacular game and I believe he is going to have games like that.

There's no dynamic involved - I work for Mike. I've been an assistant coach for over half the time that I've been in this league. I know my role.

This will help them. Everyone thinks it's four games in, but for all those guys, it's eight games in. Those young guys, in particular the rookies and second-year guys, not only is the season long for them, but they played more snaps in the preseason than most guys.

They did some tests and they feel good about the outcome. I spoke with him Sunday morning and he sounded great. The doctors feel they have a pretty good handle on his situation.

In other news, starting center Jake Grove ran (Monday) and had good workouts with the trainers, ... I'd expect him to be limited in practice on Wednesday.

We worked hard to give him opportunities to be successful, ... When you see a guy like that with a lot of potential ... you want to see it come out.

We struggled to get continuity offensively, ... but in the fourth quarter we have 10 or 11 first downs. We didn't make a comeback because we got easy plays. Our guys had to fight and grind and put two drives togetherlong drivesto give us a chance to win.

When Chris came back, he played well in the last ... games and did a good job on special teams.

We want to have balance and be able to mix it. We did throw some balls to Randy. Some of it was the circumstance of being in a number of first-and-20 or second-and-20 situations. We've got good receivers. We want to use all of them.

New England does a great job jamming receivers and rerouting you. With their coverage, they make you hold the ball longer than other teams would.

We'll see each day. If he recovers and can run full speed, we'd love to have him,

He's a physical player and he makes things happen, ... I'm trying to make the most of my opportunity and have some fun with my teammates.

He's been at the games and watching from upstairs.

He ran a little bit today. He feels a little bit better. We'll see where he is tomorrow.

We had a number of plays yesterday and the week before in the running game where we're one play, one block away. One time it's maybe the tight end on the back side, one time it's the guard pulling, one time the back doesn't make the cut he's capable of making or he just misses the hole by a little bit.

As with any professional job, there is good and bad. I think at times, particularly in Washington when my kids were young, that you see it affecting them. But they have grown up with it and I think they handle it pretty well.

And, number two, he's a year late in terms of, we've got a lot better team.

I imagine based on readings I'm getting and the feeling I'm getting, there's people interested in me being an offensive coordinator again, so I'll look into that. I wouldn't rule anything out, but I do know I want to coach.

I think he's one of the best receiving backs I've been around. His hands he can really catch the football. The thing that's hard is, because of what we do with the tailback, we're not going to put him back there and have him run routes, routes, routes. Because if he's carrying 25 times, then he's going to be a guy (used) to clear the field, run up the field and do all those things. And that takes a toll on you.

He's a physical presence. He had an outstanding camp. Both are gonna play, but we feel a physical presence that Ron brings.

keep coaching it. We had a couple of calls that were real close in terms of the 5-yard (chuck) rule. It's right at 412 or 5 yards. We just have to understand it is going to be called right close there, and if you are in a collision with a guy, you've got to get off him.

He's very sore today. It will be later in the week when we'll see how quickly the soreness leaves.

These situations are the biggest thing. We've missed opportunities where we felt like we could have converted third downs. That's something that we spent a lot of time working on during the bye.

That happens in games. We would have loved to have had Randy for the entire game.

I'm appreciative of this team, and I'll say for the most part because it's never 100 percent these guys have hung in there, they have tried to do what we asked them to do, and they've gotten themselves ready on a weekly basis. So, the loyalty part of it is a part of this game and, sure, you appreciate that.

I said it early in the year when we were 0-3, we're a lot better football team. This morning I looked at our first Kansas City game. We're two plays away from winning that game. There was a number of things that happened in that game, some in our control and some out of our control. That was certainly a game we could have won. Kansas City won the game, they're 4-3. We lost the game, we're 3-4. That's where this league is a little bit.

He's very good, ... He's very athletic, very aggressive, has great instincts. We looked at him hard in evaluating the draft, and he's a playmaker. He has a way of getting to the ball (and) getting the ball pulled out. He's going to be an outstanding playe

We made a number of decisions based on helping our special teams, (mainly) our coverage teams. We have two outstanding kickers and we need to get the most out of what they give us. We will be much better.

Denver is an outstanding football team. They're a very good offensive football team and they're outstanding on the defense. I think they're a complete football team. Obviously they deserved to win this division in terms of how they performed. I felt our guys came in here and fought and competed. We just weren't able to match the things they (Denver) were able to do.

I think Justin will be excited to play and he's a flashy guy and he can make some runs.

I don't have any regrets. You go in and do the best you can and give everything you have and you just go and do what you can.

I hate to even comment on it, ... When you see all those (homeless) people, the loss of life and all the millions and millions of dollars of damage, I don't know if you can even start to talk about how it affects an NFL team or season.

There's a lot of things we did well, and some things we didn't do as well as we need to. But certainly, the No. 1 thing we needed to do today was come away with a win. Our guys had played for stretches awfully well, and we haven't finished. We finished today.

I think the chemistry they have with each other, they sense they have a chance to really do something exciting, something special,

I know what the expectation level is. We've got to give him as many chances as we can. Along the way, when he's opening things up for other guys, we've got to understand that's part of the equation of Randy being here.

calling plays that Kerry likes. And when you like the plays, it just works out a lot better. Kerry is playing great ball right now and he has a lot of confidence in himself.

Kerry gets excited for every game, and I'm sure he'll be a little more here. But you know, he's played enough and he knows you've got to go play. And you've got to play within what we're doing and what the defense is giving us opportunities to do.

The biggest thing is he brings a physical presence. He did an excellent job in the run game, an excellent job in pass protection. ... He is a young guy that I think is going to grow and become a very good player.

The disappointing thing for me is to be in a game where you look up and you say, 'Hey, we're playing pretty good with these guys, we know it's a good team, we know they've got things they can do,' and bang, we give up a 95-yard run. In each game you can point to a play or two like that and you look and say, 'God, how'd that happen

I wanted to be here and appreciate the opportunity. I understand the nature of this business. I wish nothing but the best for the Raider organization.