Brooks Bollinger Quotations

We're just trying to stay upbeat,'' Abraham said.

Some might look down at you for being the No. 3 quarterback on the team, ... but shoot, I'm still on an NFL roster. I never expected growing up to be an NFL quarterback, and I'm fortunate to have this chance.

My job is to fulfill the role that they give me. That doesn't mean I always like it, but again, if they tell me I'm going in, if they tell me I'm not, I'm going to be the best No. 2 and be ready to go in case something does happen. I'm going to do my job according to what they tell me what my job is for that week.

Naturally, it's not same opening the season No. 3 on the depth chart as it was starting for Central or Wisconsin, ... But you have to treat it the same, because you never know what will happen. One thing you learn very quickly in this league is that anything can happen, especially with quarterbacks.

Obviously I only have one head so I have to be careful,

Right now, I'm doing everything the Jets ask me to do, and I'm part of this team, ... But in the grand scheme of things, you can only control what you can control, and I have no control over in the future, if the Jets want me, or someone else wants me.

On the one deep touchdown by him, it was just a great job by him of recognizing the coverage and getting downfield and getting his head around. He made a tremendous play on that one.

He had some great plays today. I don't think that it was anything we specifically tried to do, but it's just what the defense dictated a couple of times.

We were moving the sticks. We were attacking them and staying in a rhythm as an offense.

You are just kind of chasing, fighting against yourself, trying to get yourself better and not knowing if or when your time is going to come,

We've been down this road before, and it gets harder every time. Any time you lose a game in this league, you go back to a play here and a play there that made the difference in the game.

This week will be a real good indication of who he is,

We don't say much to each other on the sidelines. But he's a great team player, a positive guy who will do anything for the team and doesn't ask for a pat on the back. He's got great hands for a fullback - it's nice to have.

Every time I can go out there and show those guys that I can function out there, it's going to breed confidence in them, and that's a big part of being a quarterback, ... They can't believe in you until you go do it.

They all hurt. And when you've had as many as we have, it gets harder and harder.

I've learned that you best know the system you're in, ... I've found out that guys who play a long time in this league are good and smart, guys who learn different systems and who coaches are able to trust.

No question about it, this program needed this so bad. Especially for the young kids to point this program in the right direction.

This is so tough, ... People on the outside don't realize how tough it is to get to the playoffs. Last year, we were one victory away from a championship game.

A lot of good quarterbacks in this league have taken different routes to be a starter in the NFL, ... It's not always a straight line.

They're a great football team and they showed it tonight. Obviously, we're disappointed in the way we played.

At least I didn't blow my shoulder out.

It's just disappointing, ... You just want a win so bad, obviously since I've been starting I haven't won one so I really wanted to help us win a game. To come up short again, it's tough.

It's tough to come up short. Big guys.

It's the head coach and he's right. Period. Who am I to say what we need to do? Things had in a quick period of time gotten pretty bad.

It's frustrating. I can't really put it into words. It's tough. I want to do well for these guys. I finally got an opportunity where I knew they were counting on me it was my time to make a contribution. And I didn't do enough for us to win today.

It shows you how small the margin of error is. In this league, you can't miss by much. I needed to stand up and stop the bleeding and make a play and didn't do that.

It's hard to look at anything right now and feel good about it. You just look at the negatives. We've been down this road before and it gets harder every time.

The offense didn't perform the way we needed it to, ... and I take that on my shoulders.

That?s one of the most disappointing things of the day. The (bootleg) we ran down there, I should have thrown that away. We ended up losing a couple of yards on it.

It was a great experience, ... I certainly know I'm capable of it, and that always helps. Everybody has more confidence after they've done something.

They've got guys all over the place that are great football players. They do a lot of different things, ... We're definitely going to have to play well and be sharp on our game plan.

I'm sure he was being generous. My guess is that it was a horrible snap. It seems to crop up at the worst times.

I'm just going to try and execute the plays that they call, knowing that I have an understanding of how to manage a football game and what I need to do to help the team win. I'm not trying to make it into rocket science.

I'm just going out to try and execute the plays that they call with knowing that I have an understanding of how to manage a football game and what I need to do to help the team win. I'm not trying to make it into rocket science.

I'm not the biggest guy or the fastest guy, and I don't have the biggest arm, ... I've always liked the underdog role, and I guess we have one this week. People aren't giving me a chance to do much.

I had a little bit of success, and success leads to confidence. We need that to carry over and get better.

Being a leader and a competitor is what made me successful in college. I know that doesn't get you any points in the NFL, but at the end of the day it's still about winning football games.

I definitely don't think anyone's expectations for me are going to be too high for me to do anything, ... I don't know. I don't really care if they think I'm great or awful, it doesn't make a difference. Either way I'm trying to get the ball down the field and beat them.

I care a lot about this program and feel very fortunate to have been a part of it. It was a one-game playoff and we just threw everything out there.

I could've given Justin a better throw. It all happened really fast . . . I could go through the should've, would've, could've, but I have to look at the tape.

the undisputed champions of the league in quarterback calamity.

All you can ask is to have the ball in your hands with a chance to win the game. I did, we did -- I just didn't get it done.

The first game back after a long time off, that's certainly a concern. The first pass I threw, I had zip on the ball, and I put it where I wanted to. I felt good from there.

The disappointment comes from letting these guys down in the locker room. I feel like I could've made a lot more plays.