Bill Cowher Coming Quotations

I would never stand in the way of any of our coaches if they have a dream of becoming a head coach. We'll work within the league structure. ... I have no problem with that.

If you look at us two years ago, we were 6-10 and probably a lot like Tennessee, where the year before we were in the playoffs. Tennessee is coming off a tough year last year. As I told the team, two years ago they were 12-4 and came up here and whipped our tails pretty good in this stadium.

I've never had a problem with that. It's flattering to be wanted, and certainly I would never stand in the way of any of our coaches if they have a dream of becoming a head coach. If I can help them in any way I would certainly do so and will do so.

I don't remember losing too many games coming off the bye. Of course, we've lost that next game a few times.

Duce probably had his best day of work, but will still be questionable. Jerome is coming along quite well.

We've been close many times. So certainly I think you cherish the opportunity that you have coming here, and you try to relay that to the players.

They're not going to be intimidated by coming to Heinz Field. They're probably going to enjoy coming to Heinz Field. But we're going to enjoy having them here as well.

But it is a competitive advantage. I said last week, if I were coaching in Houston and I had a team from the North coming down, I would -- with all due respect to the fans -- have the roof open, make them wear black and talk about it enough to have it work in their minds.

He never took a day off, either. Those are two guys that are coming off major knee surgery a year ago and to get through a training camp and not miss practice says a lot.

I think we'll all have a deep sigh of relief in regards to the diagnosis. I guess the dire situation we thought we had coming in here this morning doesn't appear to be that right now.

This is a rivalry game. They are a rivalry team, we knew that coming in.

This was a big challenge for our team coming in and kind of weathering the storm early in the game. These are two very evenly matched teams, as was proven this year. We're fortunate and feel good about moving on.

He is becoming a better inside runner, but he likes going to the corners. He's got speed that the other two don't have. He's got that dimension there where he can take a play that is very well blocked and can get you 35 or 40 yards.

We had the opportunity, even in overtime. It's very frustrating at this point, walking away with a defeat. We knew coming in that it was going to be a grind and it turned out that way.

We've been fine coming off byes whether it's in the playoffs or during the season. If you go back and look at our record (10-7 after byes), it's not been too bad.