Bill Cowher Bit Quotations

He worked a little bit today, not as much as I'd hoped he would. It was not really any kind of setback. He does have a bone bruise and it just has not responded as quickly as I'd hoped and his status is day to day.

He worked a little bit but not as much as I hoped he would. There's not really any kind of setback. He does have a bone bruise and he has just not responded as quickly as I had hoped and his status is day to day.

He worked a little bit but not as much as I hoped he would, ... There's not really any kind of setback. He does have a bone bruise and he has just not responded as quickly as I had hoped and his status is day to day.

History was not going to dictate our fate, but our effort can make history. Maybe it was a little bit of a stretch with Columbus, but they kind of enjoyed that analogy. I had to explain a lot of it. I kind of happened to lose some people.

The quarterback position has been a little bit of a merry-go-round; we've had Charlie in there, Tommy in there, we've had Ben in there ... and, consequently, our passing game has suffered. There hasn't been that rhythm and being in sync.

We're not going into the draft with any one area of need, and I think that was very important. And so we pretty much brought a lot of the pieces back. The only place we're a little bit depleted right now is at receiver.

This time, they'll go to the game and enjoy it a little bit more than last time.

With the bye week, we probably lost a little bit of that momentum. We were in one of those zones -- 'Just tell us where we're going next. Just send us off to another team.' I think these guys thrive on this. With all due respect to Heinz Field, we just kept going off. They said, 'You're the home team for the Super Bowl.' No, we're not.

We have a 15-minute cooling-off period after the game and we obviously have some guys who could use a little bit longer than that.

There was a little apprehension. But he came in excellent shape with his weight down. He was a little bit better in the last game than the first game and I think he's getting better each day.

That's what's good. You get those picks, get some extra picks, maybe move a little bit in the draft or stay and get some good quality players.

You're going to have go through a little bit of that down cycle. I think when you have some stability with the coaching staff, you have some stability with the front office, I think you're able to bounce back quicker.

They're going to be there, it's just a little bit hard logistically.

I told him he revealed another gear. I saw something where now I can set another level of expectation that's a little bit higher.

It probably seemed a bit of a luxury. But there's a lot to be said for having veteran guys who have lined up and won games in the National Football League, who have won playoff games.

For a first year starter, Max has really had a tremendous year. The guy has never really missed a beat. He's gotten a little bit better each week. He's been there every Sunday for us. What Max has done speaks volumes. Max is a bright guy and he's a big man. And he has good feet for a big man. He's had a very solid year.

That's one thing Tony knows, the Steelers of the '70s, they were a tough football team, ... There's a degree of style that goes with this football team, and I think we've been able to sustain a little bit of that persona.

The first time you face someone, you are not sure how they are going to approach you on both sides of the ball. I think the second time through, you have a better sense of what they are about. So there is a little bit of adjustment that goes into the game planning on both sides of the ball.