Jon Gruden Chris Quotations

For us to sign Chris Simms for our future is something that is extremely exciting. (He is) A young man that has continued to improve, help our team make the playoffs and win an NFC Southern Championship, and a guy that we will continue to build our football team around.

He did some good things. Chris made some fine plays today. We just didn't get enough done.

Those are the games that you dream about as a quarterback. His dad won many games like that, bringing those Giants from behind, and this is a great start for Chris Simms .

We've always said Chris is going to get better with opportunities to get better. He's got a pizzazz about him on game day that I'm real comfortable with. He's charismatic and clutch. He's shown great resolve and toughness.

We've added some guys who are not only good players but good leaders. They lead by example. Ike Hilliard's helped us. He's come in here and given us great leadership. Brian Griese's asserting himself with the football team. Chris Hovan's done some great things. Anthony Becht is a leader on the team.

And when you put him together with Michael Clayton and Alex Smith and Barrett Ruud and Dan Buenning and rookie tackle Chris Colmer, well, you feel you've got guys who can help you turn things around here.

I don't know, it seems like so long ago. We've always said Chris is going to get better with opportunities to get better. That game, as dramatic as it was, and the fact that we won and we did some good things in that game, certainly helped his progress. But I don't know if it was the turning point or not.

There's change circulating throughout the league and for us to sign Chris Simms for our future is something that is extremely exciting. He's a young man that's continued to improve and helped take our team to the playoffs and win an NFC South championship and is a guy we will continue to build our football team around.