Nick Greisen Quotations

I wouldn't want to put it in anybody else's hands. I mean, you don't want anyone else taking your kids to school in the morning, you know? You want to take them, because you want your own responsibility.

Really, linebacker is linebacker and football is football. It's going out, making plays, hitting people and tackling.

I thought maybe I had done enough to show I can play at a starter's level, ... So it was difficult.

I think I helped the team, ... It's always good to get an opportunity to play a little bit.

I think so, ... I think I've played hard enough, shown some good things and I haven't made any terrible mistakes.

It felt good to get an opportunity to get on the field and play a little bit. I don't know what's going to happen in the future, but all I do know is when I do get the opportunity to make the most out of it.

We need to stop the ball from going downfield. It's been inconsistent for us.

We're at home, and that's huge. Who wouldn't want to be home for a playoff game?

We knew we had to set a standard. Now we have a level we need to stay at.

It would be huge. It would give a lot of confidence to this organization from the top down that we were able to accomplish anything we set our minds to.

It's really tough to keep putting guys out there who have never really played that position before and they're just kind of thrown in the fire.

It's very frustrating. That's why guys are so upset.

They look like they have a lot more confidence now. They look like they're running around a lot more, having a lot more fun out there then they did against us.

I relish the chance in that I need to step up as a leader. I need to show that I can be in a leadership role and help this team and hopefully lead this team and this defense to the playoffs.

The coach and the players, it's taken awhile to get to where we know each other, and what to expect. There was a lot of talk last year about guys not being happy. It's been a big process of the leaders saying, let's meet halfway. That's been the biggest thing this year. Guys are taking ownership.

It's not like he's bringing magic dust or whatever to sprinkle on us.