Marvel Smith Quotations

Max has all the tools to be a great offensive lineman in this league. It's just a matter of working hard and learning the techniques of the position.

But when they do blitz, I noticed that they're really precise. There's not a lot of wasted motion. They cut the corners real quick; they don't take any blitzes out too wide. When they run their stunts, it's the same things. I haven't seen any team run stunts and blitzes quite like them.

I ended up going there. That was my best recruiting trip.

Given the type of games and the magnitude of the games, it's approaching (a great rivalry). If the games keep on depending on something like they have been, it's almost a given.

He's got the kind of speed you can't coach. He's a raw talent, basically, but he's so fast and he's just all over the place.

He's got the kind of speed you can't coach. He's a raw talent.

He's got the kind of speed you can't coach,

He's got some big plays in him every time he touches the ball, ... If we give him a little bit of room, he can burst through the hole and make a lot of people miss him and take it to the house.

I talked to him after the game and he was real salty after the loss. That's understandable. To get that far and then fall short, I've experienced that. My first time losing in the playoffs I couldn't watch sports or have anything to do with it for months. I wouldn't be surprised if he didn't even watch this game.

It didn't look like they were more physical than us at all. They blew up a lot of plays. They were a lot quicker, and they penetrated a lot more than we probably assessed going into the game.

I went down the wrong path a lot of times, ... But if my brothers found out, they'd come after me. It was those two who kept their eyes on me. My oldest brother really was like a father to me. He was a kid when he was raising me, so, really, he didn't have anyone telling him what to do. He didn't want me to make the same mistakes he made.

The one thing that stands out is that they fly around to the ball. They have a real high level of intensity in their players on defense. Until the whistle is blown, they fight and get to the ball carrier. They never give up.

We weren't on the same page all the time. That's where some of their pressure came from. Overall, the offensive line didn't play well today. We need to execute and sustain for 60 minutes, not just put together a good drive at the end of the game.

We lost two good players. But we replaced them with two players who can be even better.

I've seen a lot of guys talking to him lately. He's become a popular guy.

Now he sees what's going on out there. And he's able to hit the hole and make a lot of people miss, too.

Actually, I was on my recruiting trip to ASU that same weekend. I remember going to the NFL Experience there when I was on my recruiting trip. It was kind of good for ASU because I was down there with the Super Bowl and everything was going on in the town, so I kind of thought that's how ASU was.

That's my main focus. That's my job this Sunday, really. I look at it: As long as I handle my job, we'll be fine.

They were kind of torn between rooting for both teams. One of us made it, so there's still a Sun Devil out there.

They did some things to disguise some things to get us where everybody wasn't on the same page. We just didn't execute.

They're just relentless, non-stop, right in your face.

It's a big difference from last year. Last year he was (about) speed and trying to hit the hole. Now he sees what's going on out there. And he's able to hit the hole and make a lot of people miss, too.

It's a long season. We still have a long way to go. So we can't dwell on this one or it is going to set us back the rest of the season.

It's been a long time. But it's early in the season. It's only the third game. We just need to go back to practice and correct some things. We made a lot of mistakes. But we are taking it one game at a time.

The offensive line has to play well together for the whole team to function. We run the ball to control the clock and keep the defense off the field so that they're ready to make big plays when they come in.

I'm not saying you're lackadaisical at home, but if that road team comes out and hits you in the mouth almost from the first play, that's a gut check right there.

I'm just trying to continue to get better. I know what I'm doing out there but I just want to get to the point where I can dominate every single play, and I'm not to that point yet.

If there's been any change, it's been that we are now more aggressive. To me in years past, it wasn't always like that. There was more of an emphasis and pressure to perform. Now, Coach has been real laid back and lets us go out there and play and make plays.

In years past, there was more ... pressure to perform. Coach has been real laid-back. He lets us just go out there and make plays.

He's a raw talent, basically, but he's so fast and he's just all over the place. He broke a lot of tackles out there.