Cris Collinsworth Quotations

Mike's in a tough spot. There were some big expectations for this team, and they have to get it back on the right track. So I don't blame him.

If this Packer team is sitting there at 2-8, the last six games absolutely have to go to (rookie) Aaron Rodgers.

From the beginning of time in the NFL, you need to distinguish what stars can get away with and what others can get away with, ... You can't tell me the Philadelphia Eagles wouldn't have loved to cut Terrell Owens. They can't cut him. He's too talented. They don't have people to replace him. You learn to tolerate stars and their antics.

He was almost one of those great athletes who remained a playground legend. He'll freely admit. He tried to flunk his way out of college because all he had passion for was playing ball.

We lost the coin toss, and it went downhill from there.

Joe Gibbs once told me, 'If someone is going to hand me a pink slip someday, it's not going to be because of the plays someone else called. It's because I called the plays and it didn't work,'

Marvin is a father figure to Chad and calms him down,

How much has spending most of the offseason in prison affected Jamal Lewis' poor start?.

Get your calculators out, this will be fun!

If you said, 'What is the most important aspect of winning football games?' I don't think I could give you an answer to that question.

You get so spoiled when you have a player that draws the kind of attention that Randy Moss (did), ... You look for, 'Are there guys to double team?' And right now in this offense, there isn't.

Probably more than anything else, he needs a wife, honestly, ... If he had a wife, the minute he takes after Donovan McNabb, his wife would have said, 'What are you doing? Pick up the telephone and call him and apologize. You're so out of line.'

Oh, a Gregg Williams defense will blitz you.

It takes Tice out of the position of being a head coach,

They couldn't run the football. Their only touchdown came on a blown coverage by the Carolina Panthers. Everybody questioned what would happen without Charlie Weis and if this is any indicator of it, it is going to be a tough season. Tom Brady at the Super Bowl was talking about it last year with us privately before the game and he was nervous about it. You could clearly tell that he was worried about going into this season without Charlie Weis.

They've turned into begging lobbyists at best. Most of these guys for the entirety of their life have been the best athlete at what they have done. Now, they get in the NFL, and they are totally dependent on the offensive coordinator to call a pass play, choose you to be the primary receiver and then have the quarterback throw you the ball. They become salesman. After awile, they figure out how to get attention.

But I think that's the most important job on the coaching staff.

He's a phenomenal talent who's made plays flipping upside down in the air,