Romeo Crennel Team Quotations

Simon has done a nice job for us as far as his attitude and work ethic. He had determination about making this team and he showed that early on. I think another thing that he has been able to do is make a role for himself on special teams.

Since we don't have a show team this week, we'll roll those (young) guys in there and let them work,

Reuben had a little drama in his life early in the week. But I think that with the support of his teammates, he felt like he had the team behind him.

If we can hang into the fourth quarter, we are probably going to win our share. We'll probably lose some, too. But we won this one, and that's good for our team and it should carry us a little ways.

He had a tough game on Saturday, but he'll bounce back from it. My thoughts about Charlie really haven't changed. I knew there was going to be a tough game at some point along the line. This team posed a lot of issues for him, and how he recovers from that will be a big indicator of what his abilities are.

We looked like a football team today. We were able to run the ball a little.

It irritates me. Anytime you put a team on the field, that's a reflection of you. I would like to think I'm more disciplined. I would like my team to be more disciplined. When we make those kinds of mistakes, particularly when they cost us wins, it hurts.

I think Carolina would be a good game anytime because they are a good team. I told the team that two years ago Carolina was in the Super Bowl. If it hadn't been for the injuries they had last year they might have been back there again.

I think the acquisition of good players lets the fans know we're trying to get the team better.

I would like to think the game transcends it all, and that's the thing both Marvin and I were working toward, and hoping to get. In the NFL, the color of a coach's skin doesn't matter. We're just two football coaches playing each other on Opening Day and the guy who can get his team to play the best on that day should win the game, and I think that's what we both want from our position.

We need to work here a little bit longer and develop this team more.

We still have a long way to go, ... We're going to be competitive with this team at some point. When that is, I don't know.

We've had some success in pass protection. We have to work to become as efficient in the running game. But so far, the experience we've added to the team has paid off.

Everyone wants to push Braylon up. The guy has talent and we knew that when we drafted him. He missed some time and it wouldn't be fair to him and the rest of the guys on the team to throw him in there when he's not in the condition he needs to be in.

As soon as Trent gave it to me, I said, 'This game ball belongs to the 2005 Cleveland Browns,' because it was a team effort. I think that they deserve it because they are the ones who applied themselves, went to Green Bay and were able to pull out that victory.

The team is making slow progress. We did some things better in Texas. Not good enough grant you, but better.

The thing I've been talking to my team about is that even though it's Ohio, it's still one game and we still have a lot of games we're going to have to play after this one.

They had some ability here. Every NFL team has ability. We came in and changed some systems. We decided to do something a little bit different. Maybe all of the pieces here don't exactly fit, but we added some guys to the team who we feel will help us build this team to where we want it to be.

Everybody has expectations, and that's an individual thing, ... They are what they are. This team is 1-2 right now. Until we can win another game, that's what we are, and our fans should look at it that way.

I wanted to address the team before Lee had the chance to ask me what was going on,

I wanted to tell the team it was (false). Lee didn't come up to me to ask what's going on. That's why I wanted to address the team.

It takes a team that performs and does things the right way to get the fans into it, ... Your fans will appreciate it if you do that. Then they are on your side. If you don't perform and don't play well then they are not on your side even at home.

I'm sure he's disappointed because I know he wanted to be part of a victory. But he's still part of the team and we're looking forward to a speedy recovery.

I know the competition makes everybody better. So by having guys on the team competing for positions and their jobs, they give me more. And by them giving me more, we should be a better football team.

I had no illusions about where we would be. As long as we make progress, then I feel that we're headed in the right direction. I think that's one of the things that we have to do with this team - we have to get it going in the right direction.