Norv Turner
Norv Turner
Norval Eugene Turneris an American football coach who is the offensive coordinator for the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League. Turner has also served as offensive coordinator for the San Diego Chargers, Miami Dolphins, San Francisco 49ers, Cleveland Browns and the Dallas Cowboys, where he won two Super Bowls. He has served as head coach of the Washington Redskins, Oakland Raiders, and San Diego Chargers. He is the older brother of Ron Turner, the former head coach at the...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth17 May 1952
final week
Those are six-to-eight week injuries, but I can't say that's the final deal,
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We knew when the schedule came out (last December) we were going to play the team that won the Super Bowl, on the road, and that it's going to be a challenge, ... Every week is a challenge. It's a great opportunity for our guys.
entire games goes guy learn process question since time
There is a process that a guy goes through and no question -- it's not even about 14 or 16 games -- it's about being the full-time guy, for an entire game. You learn the first time you do it. He hadn't done that since college.
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There are some (penalties) that are going to be called every game and there are some that can be avoided. We have to continue to coach it and eliminate those situations.
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When he's cleared, I'll be as excited as anyone to have him out there and going. We've all been through it forever now when a player says, 'I'm ready to go' and the doctors say he's not ready to go. I think Doug is getting close.
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We've got to put it behind us and we've got to concentrate on what we've got coming next, ... We know what that is - it's Denver and they're playing at an awfully high level right now.
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We worked hard to give him opportunities to be successful, ... When you see a guy like that with a lot of potential ... you want to see it come out.
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We want to have balance and be able to mix it. We did throw some balls to Randy. Some of it was the circumstance of being in a number of first-and-20 or second-and-20 situations. We've got good receivers. We want to use all of them.
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Wednesday I would have said very, very doubtful, ... Friday, I thought he had a chance, Saturday morning I would have said no. He went out this morning and was excited about the way he felt. We tried to plot out a plan on how to use him, and that's what we did.
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We've got good competition, ... I think, based on a game or a half, some people start jumping to conclusions, but I think that is one of our most competitive positions.
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We've used it in practice and we'll use it some the next couple of days.
We've told him that all along, ... He understands that.