Al Wilson Quotations

We're making game-changing plays. We've got a defense full of playmakers. We feel like if we play our game, we're always going to have somebody in the right spot.

Mr. Versatility. He probably has the best hands as far as catching the football on this team and then just being a veteran guy that guys can look up to and see produce week in and week out.

I got the chance to watch the whole thing, to take another view. All week we heard we have nothing to play for. We showed today we play football for each other. We take pride in our work.

We've got to have some dog about us, man. We've got a team down, and instead of kicking it, we've got to put them through the gate. We didn't do that. We didn't get it done.

He's playing great. What people don't know is he did some great things at Cleveland, too. But they didn't win, so he didn't get any media. That's what happens in this league. When you're not winning, people get down on you. That's a credit to Mike that he was able to bring all those guys in here.

I think that was the difference in the football game. We couldn't get off the field. We couldn't convert. We just didn't make the plays that we needed to at the times in which we needed to.

It all depends on what Mike (Shanahan) wants to do. If he tells us we have to play, we'll play.

I think maybe some of the younger guys learned that once all the hype goes away, it becomes a football game. It took about a quarter. For a quarter, things were pretty tight all around and then it becomes a game.

That was Brady being Brady; he has a lot of fun out there. But I think with so much talk about the game, it just took a while for everything to click. We were prepared, we were focused; it just takes some time once in a while to get the game rolling. You have to relax and just play ball, man.

That was big, really big. That's what you got to do, man. Big-time players step up and make big-time plays. It was a momentum shifter . . . once that happened, that train was rolling.

Well, no, not really, to be honest with you. Tom always seems to make the big play. We definitely don't want the ball in his hands at the end of the game.

Tom got into a rhythm. He's one of those guys that if he gets into a rhythm, it's kind of hard to get out of it. You've got to keep pressure on him, keep continuing to give him different looks.

We definitely can't hold our heads down after one loss. We've got a good football team, we can't let anybody talk us out of that. We've got to continue to believe.

We went full speed. That gets you right back at it, baby. It's time to get your mind right. This is why we do this.

Washington and Miami, it's what they do; that's their thing, especially Washington. If we keep getting that, we'll definitely improve against it. If a team wants to max protect and run two-receiver routes, we'll definitely find a way to get off the football field.

As soon as they allow us to go see him, I'm pretty sure most of the guys will take the chance to go see him.

Each year, guys get older and wiser and more mature. And now we have the kind of leadership to where it's really going to help us down the road.

People thought we were fast before. But now, with getting Ian back, yeah, it's like we've gone to the afterburners.

Back in my second year I had a dislocated shoulder and a separated shoulder. That was probably the hardest time I've had to play. Trying to play middle linebacker with two bad shoulders was extremely tough.

You've just got to keep him guessing and hopefully we can do that. It's going to be a tough task for us but it's something we're definitely looking forward to, though.

You saw what his speed and athleticism will do, ... It was a hell of a play.

You never see Brady panic. I think that goes for the team as well. When the team sees your quarterback relaxed, no matter what the situation, it gives them a sense of comfort. That is what he brings to the table. He is very knowledgeable. If you watch him on film, he doesn't make a lot of mistakes. Tom is definitely the best in the league right now.

They made some plays and got in the end zone on their first drive. We locked it down from there.

Force him to think. When a guy like him can just sit back in the pocket, go through his reads, he'll pick you apart. You have to get a quarterback on the run a little bit.

It means a lot to me, but I'm just more happy for the fans. I feel like over the last several years we let the fans down. We haven't given them something to cheer about.

I'm just happy for this team for persevering through some tough situations and when people didn't believe we were that good after we lost to Miami. We found a way to win.

I just got my stitches out. I just kind of moved it around a little bit, but I'm going to put it back in a cast before I leave.

I couldn't care less who we play, seriously. It's a new season, a new day, our record is 0-0 and it's a three-round fight for us right now. ... It doesn't matter who we play, we're going to get after them.

I could deal with that. I could learn how to play around that as far as using my shoulders to make tackles and not using my head all the time, but with the shoulders, that's what we get paid for -- to use that. That's probably the hardest time for me, because I was so limited with the brace and neck rolls, shoulder shocks and all type of different (stuff).