Quotes Database

«I've always believed you look at things on a case-by-case basis. Running backs are no different. So we look and see what we see.»

«Waiting for 25 can be frustrating at times, but you are there for the right reason. You just hope you are even further down every year.»

«You might have 15 players rated with the same grade. If it is close, you might go with the need, but it has to be very close. This is no perfect formula. If there is a tenth or two-tenths of a point difference between two players, that's basically nothing but opinion anyway. Like the polls on political elections, it's often too close to call. If it is that close, sure, you are going to go by need. But what you are hoping for is that the highest rated player is the position that you need. And that happens, it happens a lot.»

«If we have a player that's decidedly higher-rated, we're going to pick the player that's higher-rated.»

«If he's there when we pick, we'll take Reggie Bush.»

«You have to proceed as if you are not going to have him. That's the only way you can proceed. We signed two veteran corners, obviously, to protect ourselves. But I think when you get into the draft you can never make a decision that is based on another player's medical uncertainty. You are really taking too much of a risk there.»

«It has been a long time since I viewed the top of the draft with more interest than this year. It is going to be a fascinating process to watch.»

«I think it's a very solid and deep draft. I really think the top of it is very interesting.»

«It's all football this time of year.»

«If you really want a player, then go after him. We've done that here. But there is so much trading that goes on, particularly in the first round, that sometimes you have to trade up out of self-defense because someone else is trading up.»