Robbie Tobeck Quotations

When it comes down to it, they threw the ball and ran the ball on three plays better than we did.

We're genuinely grateful for our fans. That's why we went out to say thanks, too. I'm really thankful being part of this team, especially knowing how this town loves the Seahawks.

With three-receiver sets, you spread the field. Sometimes, we'll do some run-and-shoot. We'll sit back with one back and four wide receivers and do that. I remember the run-and-shoot in Atlanta. We always had a 1,000-yard rusher every year. We had a 1,000-yard rusher because we spread the field. There are running lanes open, and Shaun is a great open-field runner.

Since our loss to the Redskins earlier this season, Matt might audible to the right call eight to 10 times a game. Today, he probably did it five or six times. He got us in the right plays. He's a smart, smart guy. That's what separates him from most of the other quarterbacks.

I'm a little disappointed in the way we executed today, there's no question,

I have always been somewhat of a talker, but it has always been fun stuff.

I felt like at halftime, we had taken their best shot. We had weathered it. The second half was going to be ours.

He tries to hide it. He wears that hat down low all the time and things like that. But he's on a national stage now. It's really been a neat thing for bald guys everywhere.

He's a great open field runner. If we can just get him a hole to get through and he gets through that hole, he's just so good at setting things up. It amazes me sometimes how well he does set up a block in the open field.

He's a smart, smart guy. He studies hard and that's what separates him from the other guys.

He's kind of in the zone right now.

He's been more vocal as far as speaking out with a rah-rah speech before games. I've noticed it, and it's been good.

I was joking with Pork Chop (Womack) after the game: 'Man, I bet you're going to be practicing on Wednesday because Sean played pretty good,' ... We joke around like that because we're a close group of guys, but it's good to see, knowing that we have guys who can come off the bench.

I think we have a lot of pride, and I think we work well together. There's no magic here. It's never really talked about, and if it is talked about, it's only in passing.

Steve came in as a hungry rookie and even as a first-round pick he came in as hungry to succeed as I did when I came in as a rookie free agent who was just trying to make the team.

Just because I'm shorter than most lineman. That's ridiculous.

I'm impressed with the group, as a unit. The protection Matt has gotten and obviously the yardage Shaun is piling up, you've got to put it right on them. It's the identity of our team.

That would set him head and shoulders above anyone who has ever coached. Heck, even now, he has to be considered one of the greats. He always seems to know the pulse of this team.

You don't cheer for one team or the other, but I kind of wanted to play Denver because of Casey Hampton. We played against him a couple of years ago and I have a lot of respect for him.

We had opportunities. And against a good football team, you have to make every one of them count. We just couldn't finish. We could have played better, but we laid it on the line and got beat by a team that played better than we did today.

Those were two different teams last year. It's a new season, a new team. Yeah, we have a history with these guys, (but) they can't sit here and say, 'Well, we did it last year, so we'll be able to do it this year.' And we can't sit here and assume that we'll be able to get it done.

We all had a laugh. It was unbelievable - he was addressing the crowd, and somebody yelled out, 'Nice shirt!' Here you are, your hometown, your crowd, your guys, and your quarterback is talking and all somebody yells out is, 'Nice shirt!'.

Unbelievable. He has two national championship rings. First year (in the NFL), he goes to a Super Bowl and a Pro Bowl. He's one of these guys that can handle it and he just takes it all in stride and knows what it takes to get here.

We don't worry about that stuff. Whatever is said about us nationally is fine.

There's no excuse for us to only score 14 points. I don't care who we're playing or where we're playing.

I've been on some bad teams with a lot of down years. People don't even know who you are. You'd be out and they'd be ripping the heck out of your team and then they find out who you are and they kind of feel small. This is better than that.

I've always believed the good teams win the close games,

Some tears. Some guys screaming. Some guys jumping around. A lot of hugs. A lot of high fives. This is a big game. A team that's one of the best in the league and to win it the way we did is a big deal.

Now, it's like last week. Guys were like, 'We won. We expected to win. Now, who's next?'

This isn't easy for any of us. We thought we had a good chance to win this game. Hell with the people who didn't think we did. We made too many mistakes, that's all.

A lot of it comes from the team winning and things like that. But he's in some pretty high company now and I'm happy for him. I'm happy to be part of it.

A lot of coaches motivate by being negative all the time. A lot of coaches motivate by trying to be a players' coach, and everything. I don't think he does either of those. I've always been impressed for his feel for the team and what to say in situations.

A lot of pent up stuff got released. Big sweaty guys were hugging each other. A lot of tears. A lot of screaming. A lot of guys jumping around. A lot of high fives. This is what winning the big one feels like. And this was a big game.

They made plays and we didn't. That's what it came down to. On game day, it's who makes the most plays.

They executed better today than we did. That's point blank what it comes down to. There's no excuse for us only scoring 14 points. I don't care who we're playing or where we're playing. Hey, we came down here to Jacksonville. I felt like we could have won. We should have won, but we didn't execute in the second half at all.

It was something as an offensive line that we really wanted.

It's a fine line, the difference between winning and losing, and you have to win these games. It gives you confidence. It gives you momentum. A win like this takes the question away of whether we can do it. We've done it now.

It's a real honor and a humbling thing to reach that goal. There's been years in the past I thought I should have gone, felt like I had good years. Part of it is being on a good team and being surrounded by good guys. ... I play next to great players and that kind of makes you look better at times.

For me it really hurts. The last time I played in a Super Bowl we lost, but I felt like I had years ahead of me. I'll be 36 in March, I don't know how much time I have left. It's a hard pill to swallow right now.

It's the greatest feeling in the world. I get chills just thinking about it. To be in a place where I love so much, and to know that the fans have been long-suffering but still great fans, it just gives me the best feeling in the world to be able to bring this to them.

It's like a shirt when it's all wrinkled up. You press it with an iron and it comes out looking better.

It's good to have a win, but this is a team we should have beaten. That's the thing that's encouraging not the fact we won this game, but that we didn't slip and make it a close game.

It's been a goal of mine every year I've played. It feels awesome. It's a real honor and kind of a real humbling thing to finally reach that goal.

Every bald guy I've talked to since we got to the Super Bowl is rooting for Seattle.

It's different. They have a great defensive line. Fortunately, we have a couple of weeks to prepare for them.

It was kind of unsaid, but we wanted to eliminate the buts.

It was more my son that I had to calm down. He was devastated. But it was just one of those things. Like I told my son, I'm just glad I've played so long that the team I played for was worried about my age. You have to keep it in perspective. If the team is worrying about my age, then I've had a good career.

It was just a reaction. We ended up getting, I don't know 8 to 10 yards on the play.

Any time you put your heart and soul and blood and sweat into something and part of an organization, it's an honor when you get any kind of recognition like that.

Their defense can create some problems, and it starts with him.

I'm not going to hit the panic button.

I kept feeling like we were getting momentum, getting yardage. I felt like we were moving the ball all day, we just couldn't ...

I never take shots at his head, or his looks, or the way he dressed, or anything. And those are things that I could easily do.

In the NFL, 300 yards rushing, that is unheard of. You look in college and you see those games. I don't know how often that happens in the NFL, but I know it's rare. That's a huge, huge thing. It's funny, we were in the huddle before Mo (Morris) broke off that long 49-yard run, and I said, 'Hey, let's get Mo a hundred, let's get Mo a hundred.' And he said, 'Hey, I'm running behind you guys.' He busted out through there and it was nice to see. I was trying to catch him, but I was tired.

I had expected that they might take a center. But the first round? I wasn't expecting that.

Hey, we've got pads on, ... Where are yours? It's not a day off.

I don't know how many chances I have left. And I think this was a very good chance.

Hopefully that's the case. I know this team's played in the championship game before and there's been a lot of great Seahawks teams and players. Not to take anything away from them.

He's a handful, when you can get your hands on him.

I felt the whole game we were going to win the game. I felt we were moving the ball on them, but it was a little frustrating not being able to finish the drives.

He ran great today; it was a great effort by him. In that last game when he ran over that guy on third-and-short to get the first down, you could see the 'eye' he had in the huddle after that. You could tell he felt good about it.

You can talk about X's and O's, this and that, story lines, all of that's well in good in the week leading up to it. But on game day, it's who makes the most plays. We were prepared for what they showed us. But, you know, execution.

You can talk about Xs and Os, this and that, story lines, all of that's well and good in the week leading up to it. But on game day, it's who makes the most plays. We were prepared for what they showed us. But, you know, execution.

You've got to give it everything you've got because it's do-or-die. You don't want to be that close and not get it done; I do know that.

The last few years, we've been in these games and we haven't been on the right side of them. I'm glad we got over that hump today.