Norv Turner Lay Quotations

I have great respect for what Rob brings to the table as I've had to compete against his units twice a year for the past two years. His linebackers always played at a high level and consistently produced big plays.

Over the last few games we've been playing an awful lot of young players. For them, it's a chance to play and get better. In this situation, we're playing a good team that's going to the playoffs and trying to win their division. Hopefully, that should get our guys excited and bring out the best in them.

Tommy Kelly is playing at a real high level right now,

We knew the hardship of going to New England, playing right after the (roster) cuts, getting less time to prepare than other teams, the travel and all that. The other side is we get more time to prepare for the next game, from a mental and a physical standpoint. We've got to make the most of it.

We had a number of plays yesterday and the week before in the running game where we're one play, one block away. One time it's maybe the tight end on the back side, one time it's the guard pulling, one time the back doesn't make the cut he's capable of making or he just misses the hole by a little bit.

calling plays that Kerry likes. And when you like the plays, it just works out a lot better. Kerry is playing great ball right now and he has a lot of confidence in himself.

You really don't know. You go into games and I'm not sure you know what to expect. I know when we were getting ready to play (Kansas City) last time everybody thought it would be a shootout, a real high-scoring game. And both defenses played at a real high level.

You really don't know, ... You go into games and I'm not sure you know what to expect. I know when we were getting ready to play (Kansas City) last time everybody thought it would be a shootout, a real high-scoring game. And both defenses played at a real high level.

Some of it is we're playing a game Thursday night, and obviously he can't play. I thought he was really coming on, and I think he's a guy that somewhere down the road has a future.

When Chris came back, he played well in the last ... games and did a good job on special teams.

Continuity, repetition, the detail of playing the defense, we're much further along than we were at any point last year.

playing with consistency probably. He made plays that gave us a chance to get first downs and, obviously, a big play on the first drive. So he did good things.

I think there were penalties on both sides of the ball, and that's part of the deal. That's part of the deal, if you're playing pass coverage. There are jams, bangs. We're trying to eliminate them. I think we've done better over the past couple of weeks. We've just got to keep working at it.

Some we brought on ourselves. Three times we had enough yards for a first down, and we had penalties that knocked us back, so that we were facing either first-and-20 or second-and-20. The environment we were in - a real good football team, and a team that can pressure the quarterback - we were playing into their hands.

The biggest thing we have to do offensively is eliminate the negative plays which has plagued us through the first three games, ... We just ended up with too many second-and-15s, first-and-20s.

He's a physical player and he makes things happen, ... I'm trying to make the most of my opportunity and have some fun with my teammates.

When he's cleared, I'll be as excited as anyone to have him out there and going. We've all been through it forever now when a player says, 'I'm ready to go' and the doctors say he's not ready to go. I think Doug is getting close.

We've got to put it behind us and we've got to concentrate on what we've got coming next, ... We know what that is - it's Denver and they're playing at an awfully high level right now.

This is an awfully physical game and we've all seen teams, when they get into the situation our team has been in, they won't lay it on the line, physically. These guys have not backed off. Our guys have not backed off. In the fourth quarter, they're hitting, tackling, pounding in there. Zack's fighting and it means a lot to me to see them continue to compete that way. We have one more chance. We have a chance to win a game next Saturday. That's what our focus will be on.

This is an awfully big game. We've all seen teams that when they get in situations our team's been in, they won't lay it on the line physically. These guys have not backed off.

We've played three outstanding football teams, ... We're going to look at this and coach off it. We're going to look at the good things we did and the areas we need to get better.

It's clear what they're playing for. The question is, what are we playing for? These are the kind of games that define a team's character.

You don't feel good about anything when you played the way we played. As a team, I would have to say we didn't do too many things well.

This morning he went out and ran and was excited about the way he felt. We tried to plot a plan on how we'd use him. That's what we did. ... He made a couple of big plays that helped us.

I missed out on a chance to be with a great person, a great player for an entire year. That's a regret.

The wear and tear of playing that type of schedule took its toll on this football team, and we were not a good football team in the second half.

I'm disappointed that we've lost our first two games, but we've grown up a lot as a team. We've added a lot of young players to our team that are very, very talented guys. We've been close in each game. We need to turn the corner, get over the hump, win a close game.

Kerry gets excited for every game, and I'm sure he'll be a little more here. But you know, he's played enough and he knows you've got to go play. And you've got to play within what we're doing and what the defense is giving us opportunities to do.

I don't think Randy takes many plays off, ... There are times when he runs some routes at a change-of-pace speed, and that is one of his strengths. He's lulled some guys to sleep and gotten big plays, coming off easy and then taking off and going.

I said it early in the year when we were 0-3, we're a lot better football team. This morning I looked at our first Kansas City game. We're two plays away from winning that game. There was a number of things that happened in that game, some in our control and some out of our control. That was certainly a game we could have won. Kansas City won the game, they're 4-3. We lost the game, we're 3-4. That's where this league is a little bit.

This will help them. Everyone thinks it's four games in, but for all those guys, it's eight games in. Those young guys, in particular the rookies and second-year guys, not only is the season long for them, but they played more snaps in the preseason than most guys.

This will help them, ... Everyone thinks it's four games in, but for all those guys, it's eight games in. Those young guys, in particular the rookies and second-year guys, not only is the season long for them, but they played more snaps in the preseason than most guys.

We're playing a lot of young guys 30 to 50 plays a game. Kirk Morrison is one of those guys. Sometimes when you play that many young guys, you pay for it. It's cost us in some situations, but it's helping us. We're faster and more athletic. We are improving.

We played a very good football team. There's a reason why they've won (21) straight here.

He shared my concerns and my thoughts that if we had the opportunity to add a guy who's experienced, who's played and who's won and who's taken his team to the Super Bowl that would be in the best interest of the football team,

They hit a couple of those plays early when we were in blitz coverage and we turned it back up and played zone. They're good at what they do. They found seams and Plummer, obviously, was very hot in the first half.

The disappointing thing for me is to be in a game where you look up and you say, 'Hey, we're playing pretty good with these guys, we know it's a good team, we know they've got things they can do,' and bang, we give up a 95-yard run. In each game you can point to a play or two like that and you look and say, 'God, how'd that happen?

There's a lot of things we did well, and some things we didn't do as well as we need to. But certainly, the No. 1 thing we needed to do today was come away with a win. Our guys had played for stretches awfully well, and we haven't finished. We finished today.

There were two ways of going, ... We certainly hadn't moved the ball, we certainly hadn't stopped them. I chose to go into the halftime. If I'd used the timeouts, certainly they would have played the end of the half different than they did

There were three times where we gained enough yards for a first down ... and had penalties that knocked us back. If you do that, particularly in the environment we were in, against a real good football team that pressures most quarterbacks they play against, then you're playing into their hands. It didn't help us in terms of protecting (Collins). We need to stay out of those situations.

I thought we played a competitive game against a championship team. There's a reason why they have won 20 straight games in this stadium.

It's as good of a front four as we've played against. Both their ends are outstanding.

The thing right now is he will lay down and get off his feet and rest.

Competition makes you better. Rich is our starting quarterback. When you have someone there who has played and won it's a motivational deal and it helps you play better.