Marty Schottenheimer Good Quotations

At this juncture I don't think that we're punting it as good as we had a year ago.

He's spent the last two years preparing himself for this opportunity available to him now. He spent his time well, and we're looking forward to getting started. It's just a matter of giving a young guy an opportunity. You have to have a good supporting cast around him, and we do.

We have a number of guys that we're looking at and we're anxious to give them a chance to step forward and show us the skills. We have a pretty good idea, but none of that is etched in stone at this point in regard to their performance level.

I think very simply stated, qualify for the playoffs against that competition and you are ready for the playoffs, because you have been tested by fire. I prefer to play that, because you've obviously had a good season the year before.

It's always good to have an opportunity to play a real good team and see exactly how good you are.

First and foremost, Jack is an excellent teacher. He has done a good job of developing young players. He has a strong background in line play and a strong belief in teaching fundamentals first.

It was not a good enough job. The numbers, 9-7, to me are not acceptable. You need to do better than that.

We cannot be complacent with playing good but not winning games.

Al Wilson to me is as good a middle linebacker as I've seen in this league in a long time. I think Ian Gold coming back for them has been a big plus for them, and D.J. Williams has done a nice job.

We're a good team. As long as we continue to play with that kind of effort and energy that we're playing with, we're going to be able to do the things we set out to do.

We had the long fourth-down situation and Eric Parker and Drew make it down to the 7-yard-line, and I'll be honest with you, I realize there's no certainty, but I felt very confident with where we were. I just felt good that at the 7-yard-line we'd find a way to get it in the end zone.

They are pretty good outside defensively. We need to find ways to get him the ball however we can, and that was just one of the ways.

At times this can be a difficult business and we have to make tough decisions. These are good football men with valuable experience in this league. I thanked them for their hard work and wished them both well.

He has had a pretty good week of preparation.

I think you could make a case that he is as good of a player as there is in football today. And I say that without any reservation. You talk about a complete player that can do everything.

I said, and maybe it was a self-fulfilling prophecy, but I made the statement before our season began, that I believed and was confident we were a better team, but we might not have as good a record. Maybe I shouldn't have said that.

It's no one segment of our football team. We're a good football team. But we still haven't been able to understand how to finish the deal.

I think it's the fans. The place is crazy. It's a good crazy, if you're Kansas City.

We'll make a decision on Sunday whether he will be active or not. He has had a pretty good week of preparation.

When we look at our passing game, the one element we have not been able to utilize effectively is LT as a receiver. There is no doubt he has been a terrific receiver for us, and we haven't done a good enough job in getting him the ball.

When we look at it, we see these opportunities left unfinished, and it's a cause for disappointment and a cause for frustration. I've also been doing this long enough to know that you'd better not get caught up in the past and dwell on the past, whether it's good or bad.

He's never been a household name. But I feel quite sure that throughout the course of the last couple of years .Ê.Ê. people in the National Football League recognize what he's done. You get a pretty good feeling for it during the game when you see running plays that maybe get 2 or 3 yards.

He's making very good progress but I still don't know if we'll have him active this week.

He's making very good progress, as you might well expect from a Northwestern graduate. He understands leverage and knows when he's got a guy off-balance.