Jevon Kearse Quotations

With No. 81 being out, we have to take it upon ourselves as a defense to play better. We have to create turnovers and give the offense a better chance.

With No. 81 being out of the lineup, we feel like we need to take it upon ourselves as a defense to get more turnovers and play better so we can get our offense back together and get them used to playing together. Now there's going to be a new person in the lineup, so we need to keep them on the field as much as possible to get them used to playing together in a game atmosphere and give them more chances to score touchdowns.

Whenever we blitz, we have to do more than take up a guy. We've got to get to the quarterback and get him on the ground.

We ran a stunt and I came in and the ball carrier ran into me.

We've seen a lot of teams go to max protection against us, but that shouldn't matter. There are things we need to do to take advantage of their max protection.

Obviously, they didn't like what they were seeing. We didn't like what we were seeing either, but we couldn't leave.

No. Hey, we won last week. I'd be good if we go 15-1 and I have no sacks. I would be perfectly fine.

I'm always edgy about sacks -- because that's what we're judged on. But as long as I'm looking at the game film, and seeing that I'm getting to the ball, and my teammates are getting to the ball and making plays, that's what's important.

I get so many doubles, ... that when I get singled, it seems like its so rare, it's like I can't believe it, and I don't take advantage of it.

He just got caught up in the mix at Tennessee, but he can play. When the Eagles asked me, I told them, 'I'll go to war with this cat. Trust me, you're gonna like what you see.' I know what kind of player he is.

J.T., that's my man, right there. It's all about J.T.

I thought it was big of him. It's a good start. Maybe it means he's grown. But I'm worried about the guys in this locker room right now. I'm done with that situation.

We're still trying to finish up strong and let teams like the Giants and teams in our division know, we've got to let them know where we're coming from and give them a good view of next year.

You have to contain him, keep him in the pocket. If you don't, the score probably would have been uglier than it was. We all knew as a group what we could do and what we couldn't do. Afterwards, we were like, 'Man, if we would have just went all out, whatever happens, happens, but it didn't happen like that.' But we have 15 more to make up for it.

Embarrassing may be a good term for it. It was embarrassing and everything else bad that goes with it.

It was all going our way and then, all of a sudden, it just fell apart.

A lot of us are just in disbelief right now. We're still in denial. Like we can't believe something like this is happening. With the talent we have on this team, starting off 0-3, we never imagined it in a million years. We've got to start winning here somewhere.

They don't know if it's a torn meniscus, maybe a cyst, or maybe some fluid in there.

It's not me at all, ... But we're winning and my teammates are getting sacks. That's really all I can say.

It's going to show if the veterans did a good job of keeping everyone focused and will let us know if we as professionals ... didn't let it distract us.

It'll get tighter as the games go on. We'll be in tougher games, for sure, and we'll need to be ready. Today was nice, but it didn't end up as a real test for us. We've got that coming.

It's harder, ... than we made it look.

No matter what any of us say, he's going to back us.

It's very frustrating. There's been a whole lot of maximum-protecting against us, but there are other things we have to do better. I think we have nine less sacks this year than we did last year at this time.

That's always been the case. All you can do is just keep coming, keep coming -- because if they put all those people on me, then someone else can make a play. And that's been happening a lot lately.

I'm satisfied with the team's success right now, satisfied with being 2-1, ... I mean, when the sacks come, they're going to come in bunches. It's not like I'm not beating my guy. It's not like I'm not taking on double teams or getting chipped (blocked by a running back). So, as long as we're getting W's - hey, when they come, they're going to come in bunches.

I never heard of him doing that in the past.

Sometimes I feel only I can stop myself.

I feel like I've helped create a new standard of hustle for defensive linemen.

I had to grow up fast. I had a lot of obstacles to overcome. It made me a lot stronger, growing up like that.

I'm a selfish football player. Each time the ball is snapped, I tell myself that I want to make that tackle, make that big play.