Jeb Putzier Quotations

Jake had a great year, and I don't see any reason for anybody to put all the blame on him. Anybody that's a real football person who saw the game would understand that. But unfortunately, he's the one that has to take the brunt of it all. But that's why he gets paid the big bucks.

He's carrying this label that he's this mistake-prone guy from his days with the Cardinals. Anyone who knows anything about football is going to know that (Sunday) it was about more than just Jake. Unfortunately, he's the one that's going to have to take the brunt of it.

I was told that if a (labor) deal would have been reached that they would have picked up my option on Friday, but since the deal wasn't reached, the salary-cap figure won't go up as they'd hoped. So that's what happens.

It comes out to $310 million more for the players.

I think we're better than people maybe thought. I really do,

Under the circumstances, they had to cut three key guys in the organization. You can't be frustrated. It's the way it is in this business. I've already had a couple teams looking at me.

We have a very good team here and we're proud of what we accomplished.

We had an idea (this could happen) if the collective bargaining agreement wasn't reached.

We're trying to stay disciplined, and that's one of the things I think is a good part of this team. There's a lot of hidden yardage where people don't realize the importance of something like that. Jacksonville obviously helped a lot last week with that stat.

Everything will work itself out. I've been smart with my money so I'm not worried about the football part of it, I just want to have a healthy baby and be a good father.

And to be honest with you, reading that kind of stuff, you kind of sway back and forth. You know you're good. At the same time you look at what the supposed experts think and you're kind of like, 'Maybe we're not.' But we are. We're that good.

We all know it, just no one's said it. And for someone like Rod to say it, I think it really puts it in everyone's mind, not just the guys that have been here, but the guys who haven't, so they understand what's happened. We're in a tough conference in the AFC, and AFC West. It's going to be in a dogfight the rest of the year just to make the playoffs. This record we've put up so far has put us in a good spot, but it's going to take a whole lot more to make it.

Finally some luck went our way and didn't go their way.

Both sides know we can't have that happen. This is pretty much America's sport now. We've got too many great things to ruin.

That's where we come in. We have to get in the end zone more.

I'm excited, this team is going to be really good eventually. They will use me in the same role as Denver but more expanded.

I didn't know if anybody would come back the second half. That's very frustrating as a player. You're already hard on yourself and the coaches are hard on you and it just doesn't seem like anybody has your back.

They were bringing guys from all over the place. So we're going to have to be ready for a lot of things to happen in this game.

It's what I've been hoping the last three years, I want to do more, ... I'm just trying to keep on working to get the chance.