Joe Gibbs Quotations

I was starting all over. It's a tough road up here and last year, for whatever reason, I probably deserved it (the criticism).

One thing about Patrick is he's a real good student. I think he's smart, and kind of knows when you put in the game plan that he's got a feeling for it.

My heart is still with the offense. Al will probably be saying 'Shut up!

Obviously, we're very happy to have Tony with us for the foreseeable future, ... Along with Home Depot, he's been an important part of our organization for a number of years, and we're thankful that's going to continue.

Now you've positioned yourself to play big games, ... This was huge for us, really a big deal.

Obviously he is not in a position where we think he can kick for us right now.

Philly has been dominating things in the division, ... You aren't going to go anywhere until you can match up with them.

Philly has been dominating things in the division. You aren't going to go anywhere until you can match up with them.

Right now, everybody is nervous. Certainly, we're one of those teams. We have a worst-case scenario that we have been working on for several weeks and we have a best case and everything in between.

Right now, everybody is nervous. I would sure hate to see us go into free agency without (a new CBA) done. The other thing I'm hoping for is the date to be extended.

Right now, for anybody in this organization -- I would hope in the entire town -- to be focused on anything other than Philly would be ridiculous. We're getting ready to play the most important game that a lot of our players will play. ... If we lose the game, we're not going anywhere. So my mind-set is on one thing, Philadelphia. That's the way I feel about it.

Right now, for anybody in this organization - I would hope in the entire town - to be focused on anything other than Philly would be ridiculous. We're getting ready to play the most important game that a lot of our players will play. ... If we lose the game, we're not going anywhere. So my mind-set is on one thing, Philadelphia. That's the way I feel about it.

I don't know about that, ... I've never heard that over a headset, I'll put it that way.

If we go to free agency without a CBA, I would say very few teams are going to be in play and be active. If you do have a CBA, there are going to be a lot of teams out there competing for players.

Last year we saw rookies play extremely well at quarterback, and they beat us; Pittsburgh beat us soundly.

We're concerned there. We gave up five sacks. Two of them were a little situation where we didn't get the alignment the way we wanted it, so it was our fault. But at the same time, we scrambled out of there to save us a couple, too.

My impression is that he's very accurate. I think he's going to be a guy that can really roam with the football. He's going to make plays with his feet. I think he has a sense of what the pocket is. He'll slide. He's going to be hard to sack because he's so big. We've seen a lot out of him. Now he needs to play.

Maybe we just like winners, ... We hope some of that will carry over to the Redskins.

Maybe we just like winners. We hope some of that will carry over to the Redskins.

So far this year at least, we have been turning the ball over and we have not been getting turnovers. That formula will kill you.

Sean can definitely play receiver, ... He has a big wingspan and great hands. We're trying to get him in a few situations where he can maybe make a play for us.

I hate to kind of lay it on Danny, ... but it's Danny's deal, and I'm going to support him any way I can.

Gregg is a valuable and important member of our organization. This is a first step in recognizing his contributions and maintaining consistency among our coaches.

He just has to do his part, ... He doesn't have to do any more than that. He directs the offense and gets us points. He doesn't have to try to make something happen by himself.

I coached in Washington - and in Washington, you lose the ballgame, it's a bad Monday, I just want to tell you that.

I couldn't see them overturning that, ... They called it, they reviewed it, and they reversed it. The way their team reacted, I thought it was a done deal. They didn't mention anything to me. They just reversed it.

I don't think anybody has a handle on it. If they continue to move it, it would be a concern as the season gets closer.

From Mark's standpoint, when he was playing last year we weren't as good certainly as we are now, ... I think we're better now. And hopefully that will prove out to be the case.

I feel good. Health-wise, I'm probably in better shape than I was a bunch of years before. Being a diabetic, I watch everything I eat. I feel great physically.

I don't think it's anything real bad. But he had a little twinge there.

I don't think it's as easy as people make it out to be. You also have to protect in there. You're looking through your legs and trying to get something back there 15 yards to a certain spot. Your head's down and there's someone coming who just gets a free whack at you. I don't think there's anything easy about that deal.

For us it was just hard-fought, ... We fought hard all day and kept slugging. That's about all you can say from our side. I was proud of our guys, because they had great heart like that.

I don't think you rule anything out when you go into a draft, especially if you think there's someone there who you think you can go get. Would you be willing to trade or make a move? I don't think we're afraid to do that--last year we did it. And I wouldn't rule something like that out.

Certainly, I don't think anybody here feels satisfied with our passing game or rushing game right now,

Certainly I'm treating this as starting all over again and seeing if we can develop a winner in Washington. It's a tough league. We'll see what happens.

Certainly I thought that was important for us. Particularly when you've got new receivers, you want to get in some kind of a groove there.

Carlos is better. His range of motion improved. He pushed it hard yesterday, but we'll just have to see.

Certainly I would hope that this victory would be one that the guys say, 'Hey look, we're never out of something,' ... We're going to keep fighting no matter what. I hope we can kind of build on that and correct the things that we did poorly.

Celebrate, celebrate, celebrate, ... and I'm picking up the tab!

I felt like he got hit low. (Mark) tried to come back, but he just felt like he couldn't.

I felt like he got hit low on it. He tried to come back but felt like he couldn't. We'll have to see how that develops over the next couple of days.

Here is one of the biggest games I've ever been at, and Patrick Ramsey has to go in and try and win it for us. He's handled this situation better than I think anybody could, and it's a tribute to his character. He was ready. He stepped in and made some plays for us.

When he played last year, personnel-wise we weren't as good as we are now.

We told Danny to get right on it, ... and we told our trainers to get right on it and try to get us some kind of feeling.

We've got to look at it as a great win, ... But there's things we need to improve on.

We looked at everything that happened in the preseason, ... and let all of our players look at it and try to learn from it. We're taking a different approach on some of those things now in practice, and, film-wise, we're trying to put a real emphasis on penalties. And somehow we've got to get it across to ourselves on the turnovers, too, because that just kills you.

Well, you certainly have to give them a lot of the credit. Let's put it that way.

I am looking for somebody to really establish themselves as the quarterback, to take over and take off with the team,

I am going to take a long, hard look at when we think we should start up.

I always think it's ultimately my responsibility. I always start with myself. I haven't done a good job if we play a game like that. . . . You tell them, 'Here's the good, here's the bad.' It's a common-sense thing. This was disappointing for all of us.

If we lose the game, we're not going anywhere. So my mind-set is on one thing, Philadelphia. That's the way I feel about it.

If that took place, we understand the penalties. We understand somebody being taken out of the game. Sean is so valuable to us. I had a long talk with him afterward, and he understands that. He's all football. He wants to play. He's one of our leaders. He's had an outstanding year. He's very valuable to us. We can't afford to lose somebody like that.

He has fantastic long-ball, and ball reactions, ... Very few people can snatch a ball right out of the air like that quick. And then the other thing, he's got a great burst, and when you get him going downfield and put in the ball reaction, he can be running, I think, and doesn't even put his hands up until the last second because he has such confidence there in where the ball is. Even though he's a shorter receiver, I think he's very much a downfield threat because of that, and then, of course, he's got great speed.

He is explosive. He can really run and he covers a lot of ground. You see when he gets matched up covering people, like tight ends and running backs, he does a very good job.

He was a lot calmer and sure of himself. Ann Coulter is an extremist, and she would not even look at the other person's side, but he looked at every topic he talked about from every angle.

He was a real thin, real great-in-shape guy, ... Our heart goes out when something like that happens. You usually just imagine one of our guys. It just devastates everybody. It's a huge loss to everybody.

He's had a big learning curve, and we want to play him more than what we did the other night, ... has got him scheduled to play more. He's a very good athlete, and he also can carry the football, and at some point here I'd like to get him a few carries and kind of see what he looks like there, too. But I think it's just a work in progress, and we're working really hard with him.

He has a bone bruise, plus he has a chip, which we cleaned out. We sat and talked to Brandon a long time. He is super important to us. We decided it was probably best for the team and for him, rather than to try and rush him back, to put him in IR.

He will oversee and direct the offense. It will free me up to do some other things.

He responded. He looked like he made plays. That was good for us and it was good for him.

His role hasn't changed. He's an important part of what we do. The last week or two we haven't been very successful on offense. He's a big part of what we do, and he's in every pass play, and we'd like to get him the ball as much as we can.

He's got tons of experience, and he's a very good holder. We felt like it was somebody we need to look at.

He's been real consistent with his play since we started back this year, ... He's been confident and sure. ... What I'm looking towards is somebody to really establish themselves as a quarterback, take over and take off with the football team.

He's been seasoned, ... Hopefully we've got a young guy who's on the come.

He's got more or less a defect there that sometimes gives him problems.

He's frustrated with the situation over the last couple years.

He's been very, very competitive. Some people are born to be accountants and lawyers. Some are born to be quarterbacks. And he was. He's very tough. We gave him an award this week for being tough. He's a tremendous competitor.

He's good at that, ... But I can tell. I'm around him a lot. I couldn't even explain it. But I can feel it. He definitely wants to produce. It's not like he's getting any younger. The time to do it is now.

We think he has great flexibility for us.

I was concerned. I wanted to see what happened overnight. He gave me a good report.

Looking back to 5-6, we talked at that time that if we lost another game we'd be out. Trying to win five straight is a tough deal, but our guys seemed to understand what it would take. We went back to the basics.

Mark just doesn't make mistakes. If you watch him, he's mistake-free,

Mark took most of the script and looked good. I'm sure that's the way we'll start.

Mark and other team members have worked cooperatively with us in renegotiations, approaching the matter like the veterans and team leaders that they are.

That concerns me a lot, ... When we don't play smart football, that really concerns you.

I said roughly that I was starting all over again. I don't think the past buys you anything.

Playing smart was a big emphasis this week, ... and we still had a number of penalties. That's still a real concern.

Pass protection didn't look good, and we looked sluggish. Anytime you don't do well it's a concern, but it is the first time out and we had a lot of people in there.

Patrick is going to see that he made some real good things. He hit some deep balls and made some key plays for us, and that's partly what I'm referring to. And then he turned the ball over. We can't do that and Patrick knows that.

Patrick stepped in there and did a heck of a job. And I don't know if you can say enough about Santana.

Part of playing the game of life is you're going to have some losses.

I saw him show up a few times, I'll say that. He has a way of doing that.

I will be honest and say that I've never seen a schedule I like.

Just doing his part, ... He doesn't have to do more than that, you know. Direct it and get us points, but just do his part. I think one thing about Patrick is he's a real good student. I think he's smart. When you put the game plan in he has a feel for what we're doing there, so he only has to do his part. He doesn't have to make something happen by himself.

Jason did some good things and some bad things.

Our heart goes out to everybody down there, ... They've got to do whatever they've got to do. We're all praying for everybody down there. There's been a number of our players affected by it, and you just hope that somehow such a tragedy somehow we'll get that all squared away as quick as we can. So I would say whatever they've got to do, the Saints . . . I just feel bad for them.

Our guys in the fourth quarter are fighting their guts out. I would hope that they'd start the game like that.

I think it would be best for us to start Mark.

Most of the quarterbacks I've dealt with when they're young have had setbacks,

I thought Mark looked real good on Friday. But hopefully he'll be able to take more work this week. We'll need to start this game off absolutely sharp, playing against Tampa. They have one of the best defenses in the league.

I will say this, we don't listen to him all the time or we'd be out here in our underwear.

It is fun being in, I'll say that. It's a thrill to be in the playoffs. I really enjoy that part of it. From that standpoint, it makes the day much easier.

I think as much as anything it's their character. They keep fighting, and it's paid off for us.

I think any of us, including Coach Parcells, would say that it's players that win games. You have to have great players.

I think all you can ask for is to have a chance at the end of the year. A lot of great cars still have a chance and we've got to earn it every week.

Our goal is to try to hold it on offense in that situation, and don't give it back, ... Run time off the clock and protect the lead. We need to average more than that when we're rushing the football.

It has been a big emphasis for us this week.

I was very pleased with both starting groups there, ... It's still preseason, but we needed a good lift.

I think Patrick will tell you, hey, it was bad decisions, ... Hopefully, what you do is learn from some bad experiences.

I think Sean could play running back. I think he could play receiver. I think he could play corner, ... Any expanded role is something we'll continue to work with because he's so unusual.