Mike Heimerdinger Quotations

With the New York media, it's either going to be good or bad and nothing in between,

We have to find something we do well.

We're about a million miles away after (Monday) night.

Some of it was communication, some of it was seeing something that wasn't there.

More and more, owners want you to win now, fans want you to win now. They see that guy and they think he should take over. There have been more of them ruined from the beatings they've taken in that first year and the lessons they've learned than have been successful.

No. I don't have a point of reference.

If Chad says he can go, that's his body. It was the same thing with Steve McNair (at Tennessee). You go with what those guys feel.

It bothered him for a while. But then he forgets it. He's already onto next year, looking at the best way to get to the Super Bowl. That's his goal every year, and it's the beauty of that organization. Everybody has that same goal.

I think everybody in the league would take the first guy who's going to get taken. After that, we'll have to sit there and really do a good job of looking at it and seeing what we need.

I thought he was tremendous. I've been a part of a team that quit on us with about seven games left and being miserable as a coach. Herm got them to play every week. You knew they were going to bust their butts. He amazed me.

Justin's had a bad calf and a bad Achilles' for about five weeks. That takes away a little bit of your burst.

We don't need to push him because of the situation we're in.

When you lose, it eats at you all week.

Personally, I'd rather be upstairs. I can see better. I can see more things ... Chad said he'd be more comfortable if I came down, so I told him come December, you better be playing good because I don't freeze my butt off for no good reason.

They say he's ahead of where he was last year. Now how much that is - I am hesitant because two rotator cuffs is, and a guy who makes his living throwing the ball, I'm hesitant to say he's way ahead. We've got to be careful with it.

It's a nice weight off your shoulders. And you get to enjoy it for about two hours.

It was pretty ugly. I don't think it was as ugly as last week, because we got the quarterback-center exchange this week.

They love me so far. I haven't called a play yet.

I'm excited to come back. I know everybody on staff and in the administration.

I'm probably not going to make that decision. I would say that to put a priority on quarterback will be told to me by those personnel people and higher-ups who make that decision.

I probably could've helped him more. I tried to keep everybody in and tried to protect him, and yet I probably could've not tried to throw as many deep balls.

If the kid gets it a foot inside the uprights, I'm probably still in Tennessee.

His experience is good, age doesn't make a difference.

If he can't do it, ... and I think he can....I'll adjust.