Bill Cowher Looked Quotations

We're running the same game plan this Sunday, ... so I figured it will still be fresh in their minds. I looked at our schedule, and I saw that we are playing the Oilers for the second week in a row, so the game plan will remain exactly the same.

Next year is the only future I've looked at. It's going to be starting over and trying to re-establish a group of guys that is going to be different than it was this year. But I can tell you that next week I'm going to be doing a lot of reflecting, and enjoying every moment of it.

He gutted it out (Monday) night. He was hurting. He came in and we looked at it at halftime and taped it up. He said before we went out there that I'm going to give it a shot, but if I feel like I am hurting this team I am going to take myself out and I want you to know that. I told him I expect you to do that. Only you know where you are at with it.

I thought the game slowed down for him this week. He made good decisions and looked comfortable out there. When you've been out that long, you have to get back up to game speed.

We have traveled a hard road, and grew as a football team, and individually. This is a very grounded and resilient group of guys. We've never taken anything for granted and looked beyond the next game. We have kind of had tunnel vision throughout the process.

We only threw it 11 times. It's not like we've suddenly arrived, I don't think. Too much comparison has been made to (the preseason). I'm not concerned with that. I'm not ready to sit there and say everything is set with one game ... For the first time this year we looked like a professional team throwing the football.

It was the same as a normal week. It was a good practice. We just tried to cover all the bases. I think we looked good.

A year ago he was calling the plays, I don't know if he looked up in the huddle,

It looked bad from what I saw up on the screen.

I looked at Ben and said, 'This is what it's all about. He kind of smiled and has a look of confidence about him.

I know a lot of people have looked at Tennessee and talked about rebuilding. But we have to be careful because there is still a core of players on that team that, not only are we familiar with, but who've also had success.

He's looked very good. It's the second consecutive week he's taken part in every practice, and we'll see where he is at the end of the week.

The focus maybe has been greater, maybe the sense of urgency. At home, you think you're going to have it because of the crowd. We kind of looked at that as a challenge. We've been pretty much underdogs in every game that we've been in, and these guys relish that position.