Jack Rio Team Quotations

Unless coach Marshall just decides to start calling things that he's always wanted to call, I would suspect that that they would be very similar to what they've been. I just doubt that a team would invest that much time in preparation, and then throw it out and try to get some new things in one week's time. The logical thing would be to assume that they're going to proceed as if Ray were there.

We'll be in teal the rest of the year. I just thought that a team coming out of the Northwest, why not put them in their dark uniforms?

If we gain an edge with them having to battle in the dark uniforms, then we'll do that for the opener. I just thought that a team coming out of the northwest, why not put them in their dark colors?

It can be an emotional rollercoaster during a ballgame, but we wanted to be a team that continued to play through ups and downs, ... (Mathis) made a great read, made a great break, caught the ball -- and not many people in the league are going to be able to catch him.

I think the draft is deeper than 27 players. I think there will be several players that will have a chance to help our football team become stronger.

I think we're in a situation right now with our football team where we're not going into the draft with a glaring hole, or a glaring need that we must address. I think we're going in now, probably more so than any time that we've been together in Jacksonville, where we can go in and just select the best player and fill some depth on our football team that may emerge as a starter some day. In some cases, they'll have a hard time making our team, because it's a stronger team than we've had.

I will determine who is going to play and who is going to play how much, those types of decisions. I'm going to watch, look, evaluate, determine and I'm going to do what I think is in the best interest of this organization, this football team and make sure I give our team a chance to be as successful as possible.

We can strengthen ourselves to be a team that's resting on Wild Card weekend and earning a home playoff game to advance. If you do that, that's a significant step toward the ultimate goal of winning a world championship. It doesn't guarantee anything, but to me, that's next on the wish list.

We don't have any say-so over the schedule. This was certainly the best team we've seen in a while.

We're not going to be a team that gives up a lot of sacks. We have given up too many in these first two games and we'll look to address that. We're not looking for this to be a trend, that's for sure.

We don't anticipate playing our starting players for long. The two major keys to this game is to complete the evaluation process and to get our team to the opener healthy.

We've built it from three years. They don't give a young coach a team chock-full of talent. We had a lot of work to do when we got here and it's starting to pay off.

Everybody wants to win right away. We've slowly been able to assemble a team that's gotten better each year.

It was a big undertaking when we got here. Obviously they don't give a young coach a team chuck full of talent, ready for the Super Bowl. We had a lot of work to do when we got here and its starting to pay off.

The rest of the schedule may look easy, but any team can get hot from week to week.

I just thought that with a team coming out of the Northwest, why not put them in their dark colors.

I just thought that a team coming out of the Northwest, why not put them in their dark uniforms?

I don't know if there is a key, other than overall team speed, ... because I think he's going to challenge you at some point. He's going to make somebody miss and you're going to have to chase him down.

I don't think there's a perception of us not being a good football team around the league. The NFL is set up where you have to earn your way into the postseason tournament. There's nothing easy about winning in this league.

I don't think there's any question that this team is going to go over 30 a lot. We feel confident about the way this unit is pulling together.