Marcus Washington Quotations

When things started getting a little physical, Matt stepped up and made big plays. He won a lot of respect from me today the way he played.

Last year, Robert was still more of a pass catcher. He's got a little more pop to him this year. He's becoming a better blocker.

I'm always kidding that we keep him in a cage and feed him raw meat. On game day, we turn him loose.

He understands some of the things you go through. Some of the same things that you see.

He had a huge impact on this defense. He's a guy who just gets into the backfield and destroys everything. He blows up running plays. He's just a beast once he gets going, and a guy a lot of people don't really know. He's kind of our best-kept secret around here. He definitely doesn't get the attention he deserves, but in a game you definitely better pay attention to number 96.

He runs the ball with a lot of intensity. He's not a huge back but he runs really big. He's kind of similar to (Dallas') Julius Jones. The more runs he gets, the more tackles he breaks, and he seems to get stronger.

I think it's good for him to be around his other family, and his brothers on this football team. I think it gets him away from all that other stuff. When you're out there playing, man, it's almost like being in your own world, and the only thing that matters is you and your teammates. And I think that's good for him, especially at a time like this.

That chemistry can come into it. If you know one guy is there to make the tackle, then you can say, 'I know my buddy's got the tackle, now I can try to strip the ball out.' That does go hand in hand, and the turnovers will come. I don't know when they're going to come, but if we continue to fly to the ball and hit people, we're going to get them.

That's the kind of running back he is. We'll stop him for a two-yard loss and a one-yard loss, then all of a sudden he'll break one.

We knew one of these years he was going to retire, we just didn't know it was going to be our senior year. We at least got (Stephenson) that district championship.

We are a Rocky Balboa-type team, but it's good to get a young Mike Tyson-type win and knock someone out.

That tech call really got us. I thought (Oliver) was just trying to go for the ball and he got called for it. It was really rough out there. There were some fouls on both teams which should have been called and they weren't.

It's been a tough fight these last six weeks. We ain't ready to go home yet, so we're going to keep sawing wood.

Everybody loves Gregg. He definitely puts us in position to make plays, (so) we're glad he stayed here with us.

I want to come out every day and work like I'm a free agent coming out of butt-scratch university.

I know the owners and everybody involved and the powers that be are doing their best to get things back to where they're supposed to be. We're like everybody -- keeping our ears to the ground, hoping to hear some good news.

I know how hard coach Gibbs works. Sometimes he spends the night at the facility. When you've got a guy who really puts that much into it, you don't want to let him down.

I guess they know we're a blitzing team. A couple of times we're looking like we're going to come, with one foot up and eyes big. Those guys, they kind of panic a little bit, and they say, 'This Washington defense is coming.' Whatever it was, we were glad we were able to back them up a little bit.

I don't know if anybody believed but us. We did enough tonight. We're heroes, all of us.

The emotions are just going crazy around here. We get into those ugly, Rocky Balboa-type fights. We just keep banging, scratching and find a way to just pull this thing out. It's not always pretty, but a win is a win.

The emotions are just going crazy around here.

The guy's a playmaker. He really took the game in his hands. Did a good job of scrambling.