Chris Harrell
Chris Harrell
Christopher Mychal Harrellis a professional American football player, playing strong safety in the National Football League. Currently allocated to the Berlin Thunder of NFL Europa, Harrell signed as a free agent with the Arizona Cardinals shortly after the 2006 NFL draft. He played collegiately at Penn State University and attended Euclid High School in Euclid, Ohio...
bad defense good home pleased satisfied
We're pleased to go home with a win, but we're not very satisfied with how we played. On defense there were good times and bad times, and we want to be more consistent.
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Physically I've been able to add a different aspect to my game by playing the pass and creating some turnovers, ... I definitely consider it a blessing to have been able to sit back and increase aspects of my game like my strength, my speed and the way I play the ball.
bothered criticize hear hurt people
It bothered a lot of us. To hear people criticize him, it hurt us.
board bothered coming points talking
It bothered a lot of guys. Coming off the field, everyone was talking about, 'We never want to see 20 points on the board again.' That's something we really, really dislike, especially as a defense.
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Part of why Tony is so hard to tackle is that he's a big guy and you don't know what to expect. Sometimes he'll make a move and go by you or sometimes he'll try to run you over. As a defender, he keeps you guessing. I guess I have to accept being run over sometimes.
lifting stronger
Paul, they say you've been getting stronger down here by lifting your trophies.
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had a chance to learn and fall in love with the game again.
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Going into it there were a lot of jitters. They weren't the type of nerves in that I wasn't confident, but I was nervous about having contact and being in the flow and making sure I picked up right after I left off, ... But after the first few tackles, I got a little more confident and got that attitude back.
close game hang last needed passing plays running today together
Last year, we'd hang close in games, but we couldn't put together those big plays when we needed them. We'd been getting them from our passing game this year, and today we got it from the running game.
game sets teams ten tone view
What we do in the first game sets the tone for how other teams in the Big Ten view us.
huge intercept momentum ourselves proud secondary
Those turnovers are really huge for us and we're really proud of ourselves as a secondary and linebackers to try to intercept the ball, get momentum and get things going.
excited game guys love opportunity penn
Every day at practice, I kind of let the guys know how excited I am to be out there and get out on the field, ... I try to let the young guys know what kind of opportunity they have to play a game they love at a place like Penn State.
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With that spread offense, we know we are going to have to play a lot of nickel and dime defense and we are going to have to be ready to have our linebackers running all over the field chasing all those receivers.
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We plan on just doing what we can to get our hands on him early -- jam him, slow him down, get him before he starts going. Because once he gets that engine going he's hard to bring down.