Brian Billick Next Quotations

I feel very good about the core of this team. We have some very good athletes here. We've got some very good character on this team. That's a good place to start, and we'll augment it over the next six months in every way that we can.

He went 23 of 39. If he were 21 of 37 and not thrown two of those passes, it would have been a (heck) of a day and a win. This is why I'm anxious to see the next three games. I learned and saw a lot in yesterday's game, both good and bad, not just about Kyle but about this whole football team.

He looked fresh, which you'd expect after not being here for the first week, ... We'll continue to push him through it and put him through his paces and see if we can get him through that next level of conditioning.

Just a lack of focus, ... We'll work at it, and the next time they won't try to do those things.

Our collective mind-set is to improve this team. We'll keep doing this through the draft, free agency and in other ways. It's a disappointment to not get T.O., but I'm confident in our abilities to raise the Ravens to the next level.

We need a consistency there, ... We've got to continue to find ways to get the ball in Mark's hands, which we'll do. It's not bad having Derrick Mason, Todd Heap, run the ball well. But to have another presence that people have to account for on the back side, with some consistency that the quarterbacks can rely on, that's the next step for us.

We've got a lot of work to do, plain and simple. This bye didn't look to be in a particularly good spot when it first came out. But obviously right now, it's what we need because we have a great deal of work these next two weeks.

We'll just continue to push him through it, put him through his paces and see if we can get him to that next level of conditioning.

We're going to be very supportive of Jim's looking and hopefully being able to procure a head coaching job. I think Jim would be outstanding. If indeed that doesn't happen, Jim will be back next year. Some of the speculation I've seen is just that, because Jim and I have already had discussions about some of the things we need to do.

We spent next year's No. 1 to get a guy who was ranked 10th on our board this year, ... What's that worth? Unless we wind up in the top 10 of next year's draft -- and we think we're going to a better team than that -- we can live with that price. This building is pumped. We've added to our offense and our defense, and we've got a quarterback we can build around.

Didn't play well enough against an outstanding opponent. Give them credit for what they did. Very tough night for us. Go back to work (Monday) and get ready for the next game.

Everybody deals with injuries. We've been there before. The next guy steps up. That's a tall order, but you can't approach the game any other way.

We will pull all of the positives out that we can. We will try to correct the negatives and get ready to go on to next week.

Some people like what he does, some people don't. We were being very aggressive about taking the next step for this team to win a Super Bowl, by recognizing what we were going to have to deal with in what was arguably the best player in free agency. Rewards are usually proportional to the risk you take. Yeah, this is a risk.

Ours, given our circumstance, has been a little bit of a reversal. We have to have more productivity in the passing game to take it to another level. I'm sure their mantra is they have to take that next step defensively to get to that next level. In that regard, we are very similar.

This bye didn't look to be in a particularly good spot when it first came out. But obviously right now, it's what we need because we have a great deal of work these next two weeks.

If Kyle is or is not a good quarterback, it won't because of a lack of those two things, ... Hopefully, we're going to answer some other questions over the next five games.

Chris will do whatever he wants this weekend, ... He and I will reconvene early next week and go from there. We've got a game to play this weekend, and I have a team to orchestrate. Chris will make his plans accordingly and be back to Baltimore on Monday.

Chris will do whatever he wants this weekend. He and I will reconvene early next week and go from there. We've got a game to play this weekend, and I have a team to orchestrate. Chris will make his plans accordingly and be back to Baltimore on Monday.

He told his team that he didn't mind if they were 0-3, just bring a big stick, ... They need to bring a bigger stick next time.

The hard part with that analysis (is), you don't know what those teams are going to be. What looks to be a tough run of playoff teams could end up the next year not being that.

We got a lot of work to do plain and simple. This bye week didn't look to be in a good spot when it first came out, but obviously right now it's what we need because we have a great deal of work this next two weeks.