Will Allen Quotations

We have some depth in the secondary and the coaches preach to the backups to prepare like starters and I think you can see that on the field. When all of the guys, from the veterans to the rookies, are playing hard, it makes us a very difficult team to beat.

We'll see. We'll go into this week and practice and we'll see how it turns out. Whatever they feel they need to do, whatever it is, we have to fix the problems and get them corrected.

Obviously you want to start, but if I don't start I still have to prepare like I'm a starter because you never know what's going to happen, ... That's something I learned in college. During my junior year I was playing behind Mike Doss now with Indianapolis and Donnie Nickey now with Tennessee so I just had to stay focused and ready.

Obviously with the yards and stuff he's done this year, not too many teams have been successful against him. I think you have to mix it up on him and make sure you have people near him all the time.

Of course it's going to be surprising to me; I'm a starter and I feel I should be a starter.

Moss is still Moss. Everybody knows what he is capable of because he?s done it for so long. He can still be a game-changer, so you have to give him the utmost respect.

Moss is Moss, and everyone in the league knows what he's capable of because he's done it for so long. No matter if he's injured or not, you've got to make sure you go out there and stay on top of yours, because he's capable of exploding at any time. He's a game-changer.

I didn't get my name called though. It will be a great feeling to hear my name announced, but I enjoy just running out when my name is not called.

I don't get too focused on what (the coaches) are thinking, because if I do that, I can't focus on what I'm doing. If you do, when you're out on the field, you think about it. When you're in the locker room, it can cause tension and cause you not to be totally focused on helping the team. I try not to get sidetracked.

I didn't come here just to sit back,

We're not worried about what happened the last couple of years. This is a new team. This team was only born six months ago.

Guys are always trying to rally each other when we fall behind or hit a tough spot in a game. It just seems to mean more when Vince does it because he always delivers.

Kerry's the real deal. He can make all the throws. He has an unbelievable arm. Anybody that doesn't think that, just pay attention to him.

I was just thankful for the opportunity that the sack by Greg created. I knew once I picked up the ball, I was going to score and that's the mentality you need to have. I am just thankful for the chance to score my first career touchdown.

Nah, I don't even remember what happened in that game, dude.

I think I've made a lot of progress. But I think I have a lot to work on in the mental part of the game. I need to just keep learning every day. I'm really hard on myself to be the best.

We don't give up. No matter what, we keep fighting. That's the character of this team. And I think we can grow.

Those are the guys who started this tradition and honor.

Was I surprised? ... Of course I was surprised. Of course it was surprising. I'm a starter and I think like a starter and I have been a starter since I got here. But am I losing my job? It's news to me. I'm a player and I can only do what I can do on the field. I can't control the other stuff.

The contract is not in my mind, ... What's there now is San Diego.

We're trying to put things together here. Hopefully this is the beginning of something special. It's about time we restored that pride thing to New York.

When you get an opportunity, you've got to take advantage of it no matter if you're a starter or you're second string. You just got to be ready.

Beating the Eagles is still beating the Eagles.

A couple weeks ago we weren't talking about injuries at all. We had a really healthy team. I don't see it as a distraction, though. It's a chance for some guys you don't generally see get a chance to go out there and ball. We need all of them.

You're taking a ride with your owner, your boss, so you're wondering, 'How's the ride going to be?' ... He threw a couple of jokes out there. It was a good ride. He was a great person to talk to.

This could be the best team we face all year.

They're big, athletic and fast. What more can you say? When they get the ball in their hands, they know what to do with it. We've just got to play solid ball, play our ball.

It's fair to judge people on how many turnovers they have, but there's so many other things, too. No. 1 is make sure the other guy doesn't catch the ball.

Football players are prideful guys, so I could assume he wants to come out and have a big day against us. In order for him to have a big day it means we have to have a bad day and I?m not looking for us to have a bad day.

It's the character we have around here and the way guys fight until the end of the game, for a full 60 minutes. And if we're out there longer than that, we keep fighting. Whenever you have that, you give yourself a chance to win.

That game against the Bears (Nov. 20) they had like 190 yards of passing, and Smith had 160 of them.

I'm a corner, dog. Corners have a short memory, or I wouldn't be able to play out there.

I mean, Kurt Warner is Kurt Warner. You don't put a guy like that in this league and then he changes over night.

I know what happened in that game, but I'm not even going there.

If you look at all the great safeties from past time, they always had a knack for making big plays. That's because they were smart. They knew how to read the quarterback and just had a feel for the game. I think I'm developing that.

If you make the interception, your chances to win the game are going to increase, ... Those are definitely big plays. It creates fire and energy and enthusiasm throughout the team, and it's a momentum shifter. So that's why people harp on it, because it means a lot.

He's still a hard runner. He's still got it, but our defense is tough. It's hard to run on us, it's hard to pass on us. But Ricky, he ran hard. He's always going to run hard.

He practically lived with me my senior year.

He plays a lot bigger than he is. He's an excellent route runner and he runs well after the catch. He goes up and attacks the ball and he's not afraid to go in and slug it out with you. That's what makes him a good receiver.

The leaders of this team need to step up and make a point that everyone understands we're playing a really good team.