Norv Turner Good Quotations

Philadelphia had a good plan, and they were going to hit us with some interior blitzes and try to create some negative plays,

He's a complete runner, he's got great vision, good change of direction and he's very powerful. When you get that, it's contagious for everyone and guys finish blocks, guys stay alive. . . . It opens up things for everyone else.

He was a very good point-of-attack blocker, ... The big issue with him is whether he was going to be healthy or not. He's back, he's healthy, and I think as we've gone through our off-season and training camp, he's gotten his confidence back.

He's a very good pass protector, ... He is still going to get the ball at tailback, when he is in the game at tailback. (In) the game last week, he had 10 plays.

He's a very good pass protector. When you look at the game last week, he had 10 plays, (and) he is a guy who should be on the field 25 times a game.

playing with consistency probably. He made plays that gave us a chance to get first downs and, obviously, a big play on the first drive. So he did good things.

Part of when you go out and say we're going to run the ball or we're going to accomplish these things, who you are doing it against has some effect on how well you do it, ... Philadelphia made some good plays.

I think Doug did some good things. I think there's some things he could do better.

Over the last few games we've been playing an awful lot of young players. For them, it's a chance to play and get better. In this situation, we're playing a good team that's going to the playoffs and trying to win their division. Hopefully, that should get our guys excited and bring out the best in them.

I think he's going to bring us a lot as a runner. But I thought at times he was too eager to bounce it outside and make a good play. Against this team, they force you take what's there.

When it happens over and over, and it's no call, no call - then a call ... The touchdown by Randy Moss looked like a touchdown to me. The call on Langston Walker looked like a good block to me.

We played a very good football team. There's a reason why they've won (21) straight here.

We're always going to work to get the ball to Randy... , ... (The Eagles) had a good plan. They rolled (coverage), they doubled, they had a good mix. We found some creases as the game went on.

We want to have balance and be able to mix it. We did throw some balls to Randy. Some of it was the circumstance of being in a number of first-and-20 or second-and-20 situations. We've got good receivers. We want to use all of them.

When Chris came back, he played well in the last ... games and did a good job on special teams.

We've got good competition, ... I think, based on a game or a half, some people start jumping to conclusions, but I think that is one of our most competitive positions.

Early, I thought our protection and the things we did were good. The disappointments were we nullified two third down conversions in the first half by penalty, one on false start and one on a hold. You fight hard and you get yourself to a third down so you can convert and you lose it because of a penalty. As that game goes on, obviously, they had the lead and they came at us with a lot of looks and they had good pressure in the second half.

We've played three outstanding football teams, ... We're going to look at this and coach off it. We're going to look at the good things we did and the areas we need to get better.

We're past that. We got good work in Texas, we'll get work against (New Orleans) Thursday night, and we're starting to zero in on our opener.

We'll just see where we are. I do know he is very capable back there on kickoff returns. It would be, I think, if he and Chris would be back there, it would be a good combination.

Denver is an outstanding football team, they are a very good offensive team and outstanding on defense, they deserved to win this division. Our guys fought and competed, but we just weren't able to match what they were able to do.

Denver is an outstanding football team. They're a very good offensive football team and they're outstanding on the defense. I think they're a complete football team. Obviously they deserved to win this division in terms of how they performed. I felt our guys came in here and fought and competed. We just weren't able to match the things they (Denver) were able to do.

The wear and tear of playing that type of schedule took its toll on this football team, and we were not a good football team in the second half.

The biggest thing is he brings a physical presence. He did an excellent job in the run game, an excellent job in pass protection. ... He is a young guy that I think is going to grow and become a very good player.

They did a real good job. They have a good scheme, they have a veteran quarterback, they spread us out, and (Brady) was hot.

He's an experienced guy, he's good with the young guys.

He's an outstanding football player. I mean, he's a physical guy that brings it. He's a competitive guy. In that game, he looked to me like he misjudged the player's speed. He was in good position, and just didn't take account of his speed. That, unfortunately, happens to guys in this league. But he's one of the better safeties in the league.

They hit a couple of those plays early when we were in blitz coverage and we turned it back up and played zone. They're good at what they do. They found seams and Plummer, obviously, was very hot in the first half.

It was a good conversation. Ultimately, we weren't headed in the direction (Davis) wanted to be headed, and he wanted to make a switch.

Anytime in a season you start 0-3, you know you're fighting an uphill battle. We had chances at winning, and against good teams.

Some we brought on ourselves. Three times we had enough yards for a first down, and we had penalties that knocked us back, so that we were facing either first-and-20 or second-and-20. The environment we were in - a real good football team, and a team that can pressure the quarterback - we were playing into their hands.

It's a real good opportunity for him. He's kicked in big games and he's an experienced guy.

As with any professional job, there is good and bad. I think at times, particularly in Washington when my kids were young, that you see it affecting them. But they have grown up with it and I think they handle it pretty well.

You don't feel good about anything when you played the way we played. As a team, I would have to say we didn't do too many things well.

There were three times where we gained enough yards for a first down ... and had penalties that knocked us back. If you do that, particularly in the environment we were in, against a real good football team that pressures most quarterbacks they play against, then you're playing into their hands. It didn't help us in terms of protecting (Collins). We need to stay out of those situations.

It's as good of a front four as we've played against. Both their ends are outstanding.

took a pretty good hit on a swing pass, but he returned (to the game) and he's fine.

We have to do all the things you do, whether it be change up the cadence, whether it be chipping guys, whether it be doubling. They do a good job of moving inside-outside to keep you from getting a good double-team on them. They'll bring the linebacker with the end to that side. So at times you just absolutely have to single block them.

I don't think this was a surprise to anyone. It was speculated over the last two months. I wanted to be here, and you take a job with the idea of doing a good job, getting the job done and being successful.

The disappointing thing for me is to be in a game where you look up and you say, 'Hey, we're playing pretty good with these guys, we know it's a good team, we know they've got things they can do,' and bang, we give up a 95-yard run. In each game you can point to a play or two like that and you look and say, 'God, how'd that happen?