Herman Edwards Throw Quotations

I said we're going to put Brooksy in, ... He grabbed me and said: 'No, I can still be O.K. I'm all right.' I said, 'O.K.' I kind of knew where he was coming from. He couldn't throw it very far but he could throw it. He could do some things that we tried to do.

Generally, when you throw for a lot in this league you're behind on the scoreboard. They blitzed us a lot today, so we had some opportunities in the passing game.

He probably will throw the ball maybe in February. We're probably going to have to move before that ... Obviously, we're going to bring in another quarterback. Chad knows that, and he's OK with that.

He actually told me what the player was trying to say. So I'll leave it at that. The player didn't mean to say we quit. We quit throwing the ball. That's what he meant.

They've got a chance to throw it in the end zone just before the half, ... Anything can happen. But they got a foul, so they couldn't do it. So they are sitting there and they've got to take a knee before the half. Those things get you.

I tell ya', ... that's the most pampered right arm since Zsa Zsa Gabor slapped that Beverly Hills policeman some years back. But Chad's worth it. He's our guy. As soon as he can throw 20 yards downfield, we'll know he's back at full strength.

We all anticipate him coming back. When he's going to come back, at this point in time, it's not up to us. It's up to the doctors. It's no different than it was last year. He's on a program. To say he's going to be back when, when he's going to be throwing full-range, all that stuff, at this point I have no idea.

If God doesn't give you a real, real strong arm, and you have to stand there and throw it, you have to use your legs, ... still is finding his way in the offense. ... He missed a lot of time in the spring and he's playing his way through it.

We knew going in the only way he was going to get ready to play was he had to play. When you're dealing with something like that, did we think he was going to be 100 percent? No. But he had to throw the ball. He wanted to do it. We thought we brought him along right.

Sometimes you look at it and say, 'Where's he throwing the ball?' Then Laveranues comes in and catches it.

He's big and physical and he has long arms. Chad will throw him the ball when he's tightly covered because he can go up in a crowd and come down with the ball.

I thought Brooks did a good job, for the most part. When he throws the ball our receivers have to catch it. We have to do a lot of things better on offense if we're going to give ourselves a chance.

I used to be a player and I know that feeling. I could see it on their faces. You do what's best for the team. I'm not going to put the quarterback in harm's way and let him go back there and line up in shotgun and look all pretty and try to throw passes. You'd get him killed. Are you kidding me? For what? It's ridiculous.

You can see him at times, certain things he has to do, he's thinking a little bit, ... When the game starts, I just think what he's going to have to do - and we'll help him - is just go back and throw it. Just drop back as fast as you can and when you've got to throw it, throw it.

You can score a lot of points and throw it, but if you can't run, you're not winning.