Joe Banner Quotations

Otherwise, there's no foundation to the business, no foundation for knowing where we stand.

He still wants to be here, we still want him to be here, and in the end we think it will have a positive (resolution).

There was a need to reinforce that we needed to stay aggressive. We were aggressive in the Terrell Owens thing, and you don't want that to slow you down when the next situation shows up. Our belief is that teams that have significant success are those that aren't afraid of making mistakes or taking chances.

Whenever we have cap room, it is spent in these ways, in this priority. First, we spend it on anybody who can help this year's team in any way.

Brian is a valuable and important part of the team. We've made it clear we want him here, and he's also made it clear he wants to stay. Hopefully, at the right time, we can get a deal done with him.

It is patently irresponsible in this day and age to question the motives behind a policy driven by and recommended by security experts,

We are going to have to see what happens throughout the year. We are already convinced that Brian is a very good football player and a very valuable member of our team. Hopefully at some point, we can translate that into a contract that we both feel comfortable with.

wanted to make sure there was no ambiguity regarding the things we weren't happy about.

You don?t really hit everything in free agency. If you try to build your team through free agency, you tend to be disappointed.

We've been clear that the choices are to play under this contract or not. I'm not sure he still believes that, but we've said from day one those were the choices on the table, and he had to make a choice between one of the two things. That's not going to change.