Larry Beightol Quotations

It's a situation that we hoped would come a lot faster than it did and it didn't come along as fast as we thought it would come along. I think it's been new people in a new system, not being able to make the strides that they would have liked to make or I would have liked to see them make. That kind of sums it ups.

We're just not hitting on all cylinders yet. Does it bother me? Certainly. I'd like to rush for 200 yards every game.

Teddy Cottrell is one of the original 3-4 guys in the league. He's a legitimate 3-4 guy. I don't know if that's the route he wants to go, but they played well.

He's just a good, solid, down-to-earth guy. It was a long shot, but he must have impressed. This is an opportunity of a lifetime for him.

But that's fine. You need to be able to adjust. We didn't.

The reason is what we just did here at the end of practice. If you take Kevin Barry and put him in at tackle, you're not moving it 65 yards downfield in a critical, critical situation.

The Vikings played the entire game in the '34' other than in nickel or dime. It was well done. They caught Chicago off guard, and they should have. The score doesn't indicate it, but they did a real good job.

This is our reasoning. We believe that if we lose the big package (U-71) we're in trouble. But Coach Sherman may come and say, 'Hey, we're going to change this.' But he has not talked to me ever about that.

You can't win the job by default. You've got to win the job with your play on the field. We're making some progress, but we're just not there yet.

I'm sure they are, but they can't be. They've got to do their jobs. They can't be worrying about who else is in there.