Quotes About Strategy

There's a way you have to play the quarterback position in the NFL. Maybe I'm a little bit old school, but I think you have to play the game in the pocket with consistency.

You can't put a running back in there and have him not know who to pick up. You can't get your quarterback hit.

There's obviously a push to protect the quarterback, but you have to give the defensive players a chance. All of the quarterback has to do is pull the ball, and he's a runner. How's the defender going to know if the ball is pulled or not?

My philosophy on quarterbacks is, first and foremost, you've got to keep them healthy and on the field.

I want to get to the quarterback and stop the run.

I like being with the quarterbacks. I like calling the plays.

Third down is a big thing with a quarterback: pinpoint accuracy, making good decisions.

Playing football helped me a lot. Just reading the quarterback's eyes and reading receivers, figuring out what they want to do.

There's a lot of different ways of playing quarterback, and there's a lot of different situations. So that's why, for me, if I can keep my mindset the same, if I can stay consistent in how I prepare, then I'm good.

I'm kind of like the quarterback: being able to orchestrate a lot of things out there on the field and being able to run different schemes and coverages.

Any time a quarterback can protect the ball and not throw interceptions, that's huge.

Quarterbacks will make plays; they always do. But I think the team that runs the ball the best will win.

You look at Matt LaFleur and where he's been. It seems like successful quarterback play follows him.

I love everything about being a quarterback. The ball is in your hand at every play. You can have a huge impact on the game. It is a challenge.

I think my game isn't very flashy, but the test of time for the position of quarterback is how fast can you get the ball out of your hands to the right guy? And I think I do that better than everyone else.

Coach Gase has done amazing things, not with just quarterbacks but offenses in general.

I got three years invested in Brett Hundley, two years invested in Joe Callahan. The quarterback room is exactly where it needs to be.

My job is to make the quarterback position as easy as we can.

You've got to find the quarterback. Once you find the quarterback, you can fix the other things.

I've never had a dumb quarterback. I think if you're dumb, it's difficult to overcome.

How do you make a young quarterback better? You build a running game around him.

To show my quarterbacks how much I believe in them, I let them pick their favorite plays that we'll run in the game. On the nights before a game we'll sit down in a hotel conference room and we'll have six third-down calls for certain distances.

Your leader on the offensive line is your center, because the communication really takes place between him and quarterback.

At the quarterback position I would say mental is just as important as physical. Then there's that emotional component too.