Norv Turner Guys Quotations

I don't think Randy takes many plays off, ... There are times when he runs some routes at a change-of-pace speed, and that is one of his strengths. He's lulled some guys to sleep and gotten big plays, coming off easy and then taking off and going.

We took a look at all 16 (penalties). The biggest thing is that guys understand what (officials are) going to call and what they aren't going to call ... and if it's going to be called, you just can't do it.

He's a complete runner, he's got great vision, good change of direction and he's very powerful. When you get that, it's contagious for everyone and guys finish blocks, guys stay alive. . . . It opens up things for everyone else.

He sees himself as a tailback. We're going to give him every opportunity to play tailback and see what he does best. We have a bunch of guys who see themselves as the starting tailback. When you have that kind of competition, it gives you the opportunity to come up with a featured runner. That's our goal.

Our guys continued to fight. But as we all know, it's a four-quarter game.

Over the last few games we've been playing an awful lot of young players. For them, it's a chance to play and get better. In this situation, we're playing a good team that's going to the playoffs and trying to win their division. Hopefully, that should get our guys excited and bring out the best in them.

It is disappointing with some protection issues that we had, but I like the way our guys are playing.

We did the same thing for those guys that we had done the year before with them. New England has had such great success on both sides of the ball. They?re not going to dramatically change what they are doing with Deion Branch.

What they do have - and have had on defense - is backup guys that can play three or four positions, so you are covered for an unusual amount of things, ... A guy like Hill gives us some of those qualities.

We're playing a lot of young guys 30 to 50 plays a game. Kirk Morrison is one of those guys. Sometimes when you play that many young guys, you pay for it. It's cost us in some situations, but it's helping us. We're faster and more athletic. We are improving.

There's some guys that have had to go through tough times in that locker room. And they'll be stronger because of it.

They always are. They always have been, ... Guys play or don't play based on performance.

I've seen Rich from the other side of the field numerous times. He's one of the more accurate guys I've ever been around.

Denver is an outstanding football team. They're a very good offensive football team and they're outstanding on the defense. I think they're a complete football team. Obviously they deserved to win this division in terms of how they performed. I felt our guys came in here and fought and competed. We just weren't able to match the things they (Denver) were able to do.

Denver is an outstanding football team, they are a very good offensive team and outstanding on defense, they deserved to win this division. Our guys fought and competed, but we just weren't able to match what they were able to do.

Young guys have to learn how to handle the tempo in practice,

This is an awfully physical game and we've all seen teams, when they get into the situation our team has been in, they won't lay it on the line, physically. These guys have not backed off. Our guys have not backed off. In the fourth quarter, they're hitting, tackling, pounding in there. Zack's fighting and it means a lot to me to see them continue to compete that way. We have one more chance. We have a chance to win a game next Saturday. That's what our focus will be on.

This is an awfully big game. We've all seen teams that when they get in situations our team's been in, they won't lay it on the line physically. These guys have not backed off.

There's a lot of things we did well, and some things we didn't do as well as we need to. But certainly, the No. 1 thing we needed to do today was come away with a win. Our guys had played for stretches awfully well, and we haven't finished. We finished today.

The biggest thing is guys understanding what they are going to call and what they are not going to call. Then eliminate those situations when you are in that position, and you know it's going to get called. You just can't do it.

I don't know if you ever fool anyone, but you give them different wrinkles and you give them things that may look like something you've run before and you actually run something different out of it, ... It still comes down to executing and going out and blocking and tackling and running a route and throwing and guys making plays.

He's an outstanding football player. I mean, he's a physical guy that brings it. He's a competitive guy. In that game, he looked to me like he misjudged the player's speed. He was in good position, and just didn't take account of his speed. That, unfortunately, happens to guys in this league. But he's one of the better safeties in the league.