Shane Olivea Quotations

Last year up there L.T. was one or two arm tackles away from some big runs. If we can get him to that second level (of defenders) there is no better back in the league.

But they are coming to our place. And we still feel that our backs are up against the wall. Just because we won last week, that was a good boost. But every week from here on out is crucial.

To come out there in the second half and play as bad offensively . . . it's pretty depressing,

I think it's going to be a challenge for us. But we got a chip on our shoulder. The offensive line wants to be known as one of the best lines and for having one of the best running games in the league.

Mass confusion. Guys weren't on the same page.

I think I'll be better this year in every aspect. This year there was more of a mental approach to camp and the playbook. Last year I was learning on the run, but this year if I make a mistake I know exactly what it is. I'm playing with more mental confidence.

We can't get Drew hit anymore, and we have to get LT free. I didn't even want to look at LT and Drew after the game. It's hard to look those guys in the eyes.

We can't get Drew hit anymore, and we have to get LT free, ... I didn't even want to look at LT and Drew after the game. It's hard to look those guys in the eyes.

When you win, everything is overlooked. When you lose, everything is under a microscope.

We played as bad as we've (played) since I've been here as a unit (in the second half). . . . It's pretty depressing.

We didn't play well enough down the stretch to win. We're hungry to get the rushing game going.

We want to be a dominant line and a line that people fear,

This is probably the worst performance we've all played, together, in the last two years.

You can't look down the road and say we should be this or this by the time we play that team. Every game we've got to treat like it's our last.

At first it didn't look like I was going into an optimal situation. I'm from Long Island, and I was going 3,000 miles to a place where I had no family or friends. I was joining a franchise that was 4-12 the year before and expectations were low. But things happen for a reason, and I was fortunate. I've always been on winning teams and been around a great group of guys, and that certainly has been the case here.

A bye week would be nice right now. If the game was today, I couldn't go. It's going to have to change a lot before game time.

It's a definite reality check. Maybe we were overlooking some teams, overlooking the little things that last year we didn't. But two losses in a row bring you back to reality.

It just didn't pan out. You sit there and you wonder why. It's frustrating. I personally feel we let LT down . . . because we wanted to get him that record more than maybe him.

It just didn't pan out, ... You sit there and you wonder why. It's frustrating. I personally feel we let LT down . . . because we wanted to get him that record more than maybe him.

It's pretty loud and wild. And they use it to their advantage.

That's sort of how our season was it's been up and down. We've proven on any day we could play with anybody and beat anybody, and then other times we look like we don't even belong on the field.

It's like losing a prizefight. Sometimes it can be the best thing that happens to you.

Everybody is sitting there telling us how we're the best 3-4 team in the league. That ain't going to get us in the playoffs. That's going to keep me home in January. We have to win.

They would've been watching, anyway, but they don't always get a chance to see the Chargers. Personally, it's going to be quite a thrill to play against the Giants. The game means a whole lot, anyway, because of the implications in the way we've started off. It's a must-win game for us.

It's night and day. Mentally, it's just so much easier. Now you can just go out there and work on the physical and just react. This year, nothing is confusing to me.

I know they can play with anybody. They've proven that in the past. And good luck to them.

The Dolphins had talked about taking me in the third round. But they called me about five picks before their pick and told me their doctor thought I would need surgery. When the fourth round came and went and I wasn't taken, I didn't watch the draft anymore.