Carl Peterson Quotations

The other suggestion was to play in Kansas City at noon Sunday, ... We don't expect any hurricanes here. That was considered, but the league made its decision. It creates some real problems for us with travel, and with trying to squeeze a Thursday, Friday and Saturday practice all into Thursday. But we have to do what the league orders us to do.

There are some similarities to what the Packers are going through and what we did,

We have received permission to interview and possibly sign Herman Edwards as the next head coach of the Kansas City Chiefs. If an agreement is reached with the coach, then we will give the New York Jets our fourth-round draft choice in 2006. The NFL has approved the compensation if or when we come to an agreement with Herm.

Since he joined us in 1999, he's been an exemplary player on and off the field.

Mike Maslowski has been an extremely important player for this franchise since '99. He has grown with the Chiefs from his days as an NCAA Division III player, through NFL Europe, to starting linebacker and the most prolific tackler in a single season for this team. I don't think it's a coincidence that our defense began to decline when we lost Mike to injury in 2003.

If we had to start today, right now, the doctor would not clear him for contact. But we don't have to start today.

I can't remember a regular-season game where a decision was made at the end of game to go for a win and not a tie, especially at home. Obviously, my head coach made the right decision.

He was the highest rated guy on our board without any question. We were looking for defensive backs and players who can set the tone.

There are special people in your life that you meet along the way. You can see they're going places.

I wouldn't be opposed to that. I think it's a terrific 1-2 punch. This business is a business of attrition.

I thought there were a lot of visions of an old defense that we have all seen here in Kansas City before.

I think it's only smart to retain your own best players first, and then if you have the money and the cap dollars (remaining) to go after free agents. You don't want those guys to ever get to the last year of their contract for fear that you might lose them to free agency.

Patience is some times a good virtue, knowing what you want, and what you think is fair in terms of compensation,

Matt has between now and the draft to see if he can to get something done. It will take the cooperation of the agent. ... We're not in a desperate need for a quarterback. I've got a very veteran quarterback that I think has got at least two and hopefully more years left in Trent Green. ... But if it makes sense -- and I'm not sure what that is yet -- to try to acquire his services, fine.

Willie Roaf is 320 pounds, ... but he's as light on his feet as anyone I know.

We'd like to think that's a position that has some depth and quality. There are going to be some in the first or second round which you would hope could come in and help immediately.

We fully expect that Larry Johnson will once again perform admirably in place of Priest, much like he did at the end of last season. Priest will continue to attend meetings and conduct his rehabilitation here in Kansas City. We fully anticipate that despite his absence on the field, Priest will continue to contribute to the success of Larry and our other running backs, as well as our entire football team. These are never easy decisions, but we believe this is the correct one for Priest at this time.

I've been doing this a long time, and he's as impressive a cornerback prospect as I've seen. We had him at 4.37, and he was just outstanding in his workout.

After Priest sustained a hip injury in 2002 and a knee injury last season, there were numerous individuals who speculated that those injuries were career threatening,

A lot of people put a lot of time into identifying players that we think we can get and like to get and see where they fit,

There was one guy out there with a football after a Saturday walk-through and it was Priest, ... He's practicing scoring a touchdown, catching the football, turning and running to the pylon in slow motion. The next game he catches a pass, runs to the pylon and I say to myself, 'I've seen this play before.'

There were other times when people tried to count him out and then he shocked and surprised everybody, so it's too early to say. I would just say right now, if he had to start the football season, he couldn't because the doctors have not cleared him for contact. But we don't have to start right now. We'll see where we are in June or July.

It's just a situation where he's run out of time on PUP active status. He had some more surgery done on that knee. They took out a plate and screws. Both (head coach Dick Vermeil) and I saw it and it was pretty substantial. I don't know how he moved around with that.

It's a head trauma and a neck trauma that has affected the cervical area of his spine. But he's not incapacitated. There's no reason for surgery.

It's not Priest's decision to make. Our player needs to prepare for the game, and you can't be in there with him.

It's a long season. You could see in training camp that there were spurts of this possibility happening. I think that anyone that watches us can see that we've gotten faster on defense, which is always key.

It's a long season, ... You could see in training camp that there were spurts of this possibility happening. I think that anyone that watches us can see that we've gotten faster on defense, which is always key.

It's a lot to ask a defensive coordinator to come in and turn everything around in one year. It's maybe a one- or two-year transition period. You can't expect a miracle overnight.

Everyone's concern is the safety of the players and the coaches and the fans. And that's what most paramount. Obviously, I've never watched the Weather Channel as I have in the last 24, 48 hours.

It was a gutsy decision and a huge win.

At this time, we do not consider this a career-threatening injury. The doctors have told us that with rest he will get better and he will be able to play again.

At this time, we consider this not to be a career-ending injury.

I'm fine. Maybe a little embarrassed. But I didn't cut myself.

If one of them is in for a three-and-out, that's a pretty short series.

I'm very pleased to have Casey join the Chiefs. He's a very talented, experienced quarterback from the CFL who was the MVP of that league in 2004.

I need to know what we think we might be able to get with our draft choices -- particularly our first-day draft choices. Once I can determine that with my personnel people, then I'll make a decision if it's worth continuing to pursue for a first-day draft choice, which I'm sure is what Matt wants.

I like to think, if you look at our roster, there are some good, young, talented players at every position. You try to look ahead there, but sometimes you just have to make decisions.

But it always the same, though. The proof is how it turns out. It's all exciting. It's great now. But if they come in and play and they help us win, then I always say whether it's a draft choice or a trade, that was a good move. We'll see. We've got a lot to do.

Because of his efforts, a situation which could have been pretty volatile was not. There were no charges filed, no arrests.

I asked Dick if they'd asked him if he was interested in the (Redskins) job, ... Dick said they did, and then he said, 'But I couldn't work for a guy like Dan Snyder.'

I don't want to get into that because it's a pretty sensitive issue. I've done it before.