Terry Hoeppner Great Quotations

Payton is a guy with great potential. He'll challenge for a spot. He'll give us that quality depth, at least.

James was truly an unknown quantity, ... He was really, physically drained in the spring and he got dinged in the fall. We brought him along slowly, but he has a great future. He's a natural receiver.

The prognosis for recovery is great . I feel badly that I have not had the chance to talk to the players, but I want them to know that this is going to be a special year for us.

We'd like to have had him out there, we need every rep we can get, but discretion was the better part. He'll have a great summer working with the quarterbacks. Like I told him, if he keeps doing what he's doing, he's going to be illegal.

You can't coach tall. A 6-7 guy who has a knack for going up and getting the ball, he's got a great, great future ahead of him. We really feel one of our strength positions now is becoming wide receiver. ... But they've all got to be a threat.