Monty Beisel Quotations

You have to look at what they've done the last three of four years. To come in here and play with the type of guys they have was something that impressed me. Anytime you're in the NFL it's all about opportunity and what you can do with your career. And when you have coach Belichick sit you down and tell you what you want to hear, it's almost in the bag.

The thing that Rodney does best is he sets the tempo for the way things are done around here. He's a great student of the game. He knows what's going on and he leads by example.

It's great to come back home finally. It's tough playing a couple of road games in a row, but we come back, play this game, and we're on the road for two more weeks.

Willie can go out there without a lower half of his body and I think be better than most guys in this league, ... so I'm expecting him to go out there and play really well.

I don't know what (people think) the problem is with the run defense. I thought we've been playing the run pretty well. Obviously, we gave up the long (68-yard Tatum Bell) run (in Denver). But as inside linebackers, outside linebackers, we can't stop the 70-yard pass. So someone has got to be responsible.

He?s definitely a fast guy. What he brings is a whole different element. They?ve got three different styles of backs and you?ve got to defend each one. Top that off with the receiving core they?ve got and (quarterback Ben) Roethlisberger and they?ve got a lot of weapons they can bring at you. We?ve got a full plate.

We were able to set the edge. Once we did that, it seemed to go a lot better.

You've got to know it's coming. They're going to try and stretch you and get you running and then hit you with it. They're going to move him around. They have a lot of different weapons they can use in the boot' game and he's obviously one of them.

They've challenged us. I'm sitting in a meeting the first day and they start asking me questions about what I know about the defense, right in front of everyone else.

It doesn?t get any easier all year in the return game. Once they see that early in the year, they?re going to attack the same things you?ve had problems with, so we?re definitely going to have to get it fixed pretty soon.