Romeo Crennel Guys Quotations

When everyone else was going 4-3 and saying they had to get big pass rushers on the field, the Steelers said, 'This is what we do. We recruit guys that fit our system.' They've been successful at it. You have to take your hat off to them. I have a lot of respect for them.

Since we don't have a show team this week, we'll roll those (young) guys in there and let them work,

If we can get our first-day guys to make a contribution and get a couple of the guys from the second day to also help, then we would have improved in the draft process. That?s what we?re working on. We?re trying to improve and we feel good about where we are.

I did wonder whether it would happen or not. Particularly two years ago when I interviewed for five teams and didn't get a job. I felt if it didn't happen this year, it probably wouldn't. But I was resolute and confident with where I was. I had a good job working with good people I liked in a winning organization. A lot of guys are looking for that. If it didn't happen, I would have just continued to do what I was doing.

I foresee one or two guys coming off the table who might have been able to be free.

From a personnel standpoint, there is not a tremendous amount of options, ... We think the guys who are out there have a chance for us to get a good return. We are not making good choices. Some of them have been close choices, but they get called, so that's on us.

If it had started tonight, we would've been in a better position. We're in a position and we feel good about where we are. It might take a couple of guys off the table. That's OK, too.

What I have to try to do is get guys to do their job to the best of their ability and make good choices while they're doing that. You have to make good choices while you're out there. Then, if you find out a guy cannot make good choices, you need to try to replace him.

Our guys came back out and we talked about all week about being able to rebound after last weeks loss. The guys came back and fought hard. Our defense did a good job the whole game. The offense got off to a slow start, but then came on and were able to move the ball and score some points.

Part of the reason we wanted to get veteran guys in here is because of the experience,

Sure, probably after the first incompletion by Trent. I think both guys understand it's a coaching decision and they have nothing to do but go play the game. I'll decide if I take a guy out or put a guy in.

Some of that was by circumstance. We wanted to move a guy and they wanted two guys in a trade. That position, looking at it, wasn't as productive as it needed to be. I felt we had other people who fit better, so some of them had to leave. As football coaches, you like to think you can coach everybody and anybody, but sometimes you have to recognize that you can't.

When that happens I think the tempo of practice is better because guys are running plays that they know. Hopefully, we can improve some of the things we are doing.

Well, I thought about the possibility of asking those guys to not block at all so Dennis could make someone miss on his own. When we try to block, that's when we get penalties.

When you see guys like that get jobs, ... there is hope.

We've identified some guys we may be interested in if they become available.

We have a chance to be a little more competitive. We have to play the Super Bowl champ twice and Cincinnati, a playoff team, twice. And Baltimore is still tough. We're in a tough division, and, hopefully, with the guys we added, we can be competitive. We know it won't be easy.

We're going to work out a couple guys and see if we can find somebody to fill that spot. That's why it's good that the game is on Sunday and not (yesterday). I think that the backup center-guard is not as valuable as the backup tackle spot. So if you can get a backup tackle that you like and that has some upside, I think you can go ahead and make that move.

You guys always ask me about the backup here and there and their starter is not playing,

Both guys should know better, ... It's been covered. The officials have been here and talked about it. I've talked about it. Just because a guy is a rookie doesn't excuse him in that case. It's bad in both cases.

Everyone wants to push Braylon up. The guy has talent and we knew that when we drafted him. He missed some time and it wouldn't be fair to him and the rest of the guys on the team to throw him in there when he's not in the condition he needs to be in.

Everyone wants to push Braylon up. But it wouldn't be fair to him or the rest of the guys to just throw him in there not being in the kind of condition he needs to be in, not totally knowing the offense yet.

I've thought about the possibility of not asking those guys to block at all, ... When we try to block, that's when we get the penalties. I've thought about not asking them to block and just letting Dennis making somebody miss on his own.

Sometimes as guys compete, the cream rises to the top. If it rises quickly, then we'll name him quickly. If it takes a little bit longer to rise, then we'll take a little bit longer to name him.

They (NFL officials) told us the same thing last year about taunting, ... As guys began to talk more to the opponent, that's where you can get altercations or fights break out. That respect thing happens. The NFL looked at it and said, 'Okay, if we can eliminate some of this one-on-one thing that's going on that causes ill will, then the game will be a better game.' Anything that's directed towards an opposing player is going to be called. There is no excuse.

They had some ability here. Every NFL team has ability. We came in and changed some systems. We decided to do something a little bit different. Maybe all of the pieces here don't exactly fit, but we added some guys to the team who we feel will help us build this team to where we want it to be.

It's rumors like that which cause guys to start thinking about what their role is. I shouldn't have to waste time shooting down these rumors, but I do it to keep my player in a great frame of mind so he can give his best performance on the field.

They'll mix things up quite a bit. They give you different fronts and pressures, and they pressure from a lot of fronts. They try to confuse people and get guys free.

I know the competition makes everybody better. So by having guys on the team competing for positions and their jobs, they give me more. And by them giving me more, we should be a better football team.

He's into the game, and he's always been into the game since the very first game. He's up, and he's energetic and he tries to get the guys around him involved. I think the way he played yesterday got the guys around him involved, particularly the offensive line.

You want to get the guys some reps, experience and an opportunity to catch up so they will be able to step in during the game. That's what we are trying to get done with the young guys.