Stephen Alexander Quotations

He's had a great career; I think he's done a lot for pro football. But I don't think he deserves to have anything. I think you have to earn what you get. He's had a great career, but it's not my fault that he hasn't been to the Big One. Hopefully we can take care of him this week.

Really, that's not our style. Honestly, we just plug along. We run it, run it, run it, run it then a pass or two. I think the pounding over and over and over wears them down, and soon we're able to break a few big plays.

Look at the Chiefs and Chargers in our division, they use tight ends big-time in the red zone. We need to do the same thing.

Mike has a way of really getting people going ... just getting people fired up. I think that he truly believes that you practice like you play, so you have to go out and practice well.

We finally finished a game and put a team away.

And they're all just strong guys. That's one thing you noticed right away when we played them earlier this year. You have to get in there, face up and go strong or they are just going to get you out of the way.

Coach Brewster was at a place where tight ends were big threats in the red zone. He emphasizes the importance of the role of the tight end in the red zone, so we know what it all means to an offense's success.

You've seen it coming the past couple weeks.

They said I was late. Everyone I talked to said I should appeal and I will.

There wasn't one thing, but a collective effort. When one guy breaks down on offense, the entire play is shot.

There was no excuse for it. We'd run the ball great throughout training camp and the preseason until the Miami game.

They're pretty base in what they do. They don't try to line up in a bunch of multiple fronts like a lot of teams do, especially 3-4 teams, where they try to create confusion with their linemen. They've got great run-support safeties who come up and make plays. Their linebackers and defensive line are physical. These guys line up and play football.

They're all strong guys, physical, smart, heady players. They do a lot of different stuff, at times, especially in some passing situations - they'll have guys everywhere . . . sometimes it's just crazy.

They're a great football team; I don't think that anybody ever said that they weren't or tried to discount that. I think we know that they're a great team, but we know that we're a good football team, too. Not a lot of people give us a lot of credit, but that's fine. We're just going to go out and play football.

It's just crazy to think as long as I've played and not ever had the opportunity to be in the position we're in. That's something I hope everybody realizes, that it doesn't happen that often. So when it does happen, you have to take advantage of it.

It looks like up front they've just gotten after people so bad.

I know when I was going through the draft how stressful that was for me, sitting around all day.

If you look at it, they're definitely not selfish people. Whatever it takes. Troy Brown playing defense is a little more crazy than putting a corner at safety, but it's not that much different. They know the coverage schemes and where everybody's got to be. But they've got a lot of guys that are interchangeable.

House, he stepped up big. The guy's amazing. As big as he is, he can run. He's got great hands, great speed. He's definitely a weapon.

He's very picky. I mean, the littlest things that you wouldn't think would matter, those are the things he gripes about the most. And I think that's really why every one of his players has been successful.