Ryan Longwell Quotations

We had no shot of making that one. You have 1.26 seconds and (holder) B.J. (Sander) has a clock in his head, as do I, and the snap came back way behind him. He was trying to rush to get it around and when it's that far off, you kind of lose the bearing on where the spot is.

We had no shot of making that one. It was just out of sequence.

There are times we look like the Packers of old, motoring down the field and stopping them on defense. And then there are more times where it just looks like guys are going in separate directions. You've got to play the game with passion and fervor, and I'm not sure we're giving it all we've got.

No one's left us in the dust in our division. There could be a 4-1, 5-0 team in the division who would be hard to catch. But we certainly have not been left in the dust, and it gives us a shot.

I didn't want to put any extra pressure on him the first few games punting-wise where he would worry about holding, but we have had enough botches where it's necessary,

He hit the ball really clean. He has really good hands and drops the ball pretty low, which you need to do in Lambeau. I'm sure he'll be nervous like we all were our first game. But I'm pretty impressed that he came in and handled a pretty crazy day pretty smoothly.

He's always played the game with so much emotion. When you have a game like the other day, when you put everything into it and come up short, it eats away at you. Last year at 1-4, people were saying that was it, but he came back with a great stretch run. I wouldn't write him off just yet.

I would say on a scale this is bigger than Detroit last year up there. Because this is against what everybody is saying is a really good defense and a good team, and they are. Losing can be habitual, and you don't want it to ever get that way.

I was a little hesitant (on the 50-yarder). I didn't swing away on that one and kind of guided it through. We'll be fine. You forget that even though he was around last year, this was his first NFL game.

I wore No. 4 at Cal. Obviously, I didn't have a chance when I came here.

I think last year with everything that happened, it was time for a fresh start. The second we got here this morning, it felt like the right place to be.

Man, it was a big win for us. I remember that locker room after the game, and it was one of the best locker rooms I've ever been in. It was fun to overcome something as a team.

You just don't want anybody to screw it up, ... If you lose a key player to a stupid decision ... as soon as anybody that causes any sort of stir, then everybody has to deal with it. It just causes tension that you don't need.

Yeah, things happen. It's one of those things where you just kind of figure out what you need that year and go with it. Sometimes you can replace players with better players, sometimes you break even and sometimes you don't. You look around with any team in the league and that's the way it goes.

When I started to get acquainted with the people here today in this organization, they're incredible. From the head coach to the special teams coach to the owner to everybody involved, they're just great people that this organization has in there. We were honored that they wanted us to come and be a part of it and be a part of the transition. We expect good things pretty quick here.

The bottom line is, from when I got here to how it is now, there's not that dominant, emotional, you're-going-to-beat-the-heck-out-of-whoever's-on-the-field (feeling), whether it's Ashwaubenon High School or the world champs. For whatever reason, it's a different team, and it's not there.

A lot of the changes will be needed. This season has been an interesting one. There's been a lot of losing and a lot of the people here aren't used to that at all.

It seems like in games with the adrenaline you have going, Rob (Davis) snaps it quicker and I come to the ball a little faster, so I think he feels he has to get it down a little faster, which isn't the case. He can be smooth and put it down.

It's perplexing, ... None of us seem to be able to put our finger on what has happened here. There is so much tradition in this organization, and we feel like we owe it to the people who came before us to win.

I've done it enough to be comfortable with it.

It was just one of those days ? should have made the kicks.

Not many people know that my scholarship was to punt there. It will take a little to get used to, but I hit some good ones today. If worst-case scenario I need to, I could get us through, for sure.

I miss him every day, without question, ... It's one thing to have a friend and a good teammate, but I would say he's probably my best friend, other than my wife.

He's (Favre) the best quarterback I've ever seen. We'll wait and see, but it's pretty emotional. It's weird to think of the Green Bay Packers without him. Eventually it'll get that way, whether its next year or 10 years down the road, its going to be that way, but it's hard to imagine our team running out there without No. 4.

I don't think Josh would ever say he was satisfied with what happened here last year, but he definitely was well aware of it,

By no means was 49 yards into that wind in range (for us). I know we should have made the kick (we missed). We had a great first field goal. We're not as consistent as we've been over the years, but we'll just keep swinging away. Hopefully we get some good breaks.

This has nothing to do with B.J., because I think he's made the recovery and will be fine,

The guy's got nothing to prove. He's the best quarterback I've ever seen.