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Our tackling is going to be critical; Cal is one of the best running teams in the nation. If we let them slip tackles, they'll hurt us pretty bad, so we need to stay in front of guys, and not let them get by us.

Kyle Mcbride

We just played consistent in between the tackles and turned out the first downs. It was a pretty clean game for us.

Mark Shapiro

The type of infractions that are being let go - the obvious hooks, holds or water-skiing or tackles - you don't need two referees for that. It's pretty obvious when guys are going to the net and being hauled down with or without the puck. The NHL has done a good job in increasing the flow in their game and our league certainly needs to take a look and we should be following suit.

Fran Gow

We just didn't make tackles. Bottom line was, we just didn't make tackles and contain as well as we did in the first half as the second half.

Tyrone Nix

I ran through tackles, but there was a lot more yards out there on the field and I didn't take advantage of that. I need to work on that.

Louis Rankin

Marvel is very quietly moving into the upper echelon of left tackles in the NFL.

Tunch Ilkin

It tackles an issue that people don't like to talk about - pedophilia, it gets into issues like that - sexual abuse. Although they are taboo and people don't like to talk about them or look at them, they should be looked at, and it's done in such an effective way in this play.

Jonathon Awori

Defensively, we have to have the first man on the scene make the play. If we miss tackles or blow assignments, they have the talent to make you look bad.

Tony Travis

We missed an awful lot of tackles last year and that's one thing that coach (Marvin) Burke and the defensive staff have spent a lot of time on, helping guys learn how to tackle. Last year, we had kids diving on the ground and trying to dive at people. You've got to play this game on your feet.

Daniel Finn

Too many players read their own press. He took me out. He knew what he was doing. It's one of those things that you remember for when you see them again. I've been around long enough to know what he was doing. He's one of those guys, he comes in the game, he tries to make some tackles and tries to take players out of their game.

Ronnie O'brien

We didn't do a good job of wrapping our tackles.

Neal Kopp

We stacked the middle on defense after the third quarter when we noticed that they were running inside the tackles.

John Rafferty

He had never played running back before, and tonight was really the first game he was reading blocks well and spinning off of tackles.

Bob Meyer

I think he's got a good nose for the football. He's a full-speed player. He tackles well. He's a really, really good athlete, and that's what you're looking for.

John Chavis

Mitchell had a great game. He had his best game passing ever going 12 for 26 and still rushed for 98 yards. He did great on defense with seven solo tackles and three assisted tackles.

Matt Clark

When you come out and stop a team like Tennessee that you know is capable of running between the tackles all game, that's making a statement. That's what we came out to do. We knew we could do it. It was showing everyone else that we could do it, and that's what we did.

Brandon Siler

You're looking for athletic ability more than anything, but some tackles might be a little too slow to be on the outside.

Greg Gabriel

He's a good running back; he's fast. He broke a couple of my tackles. So yeah, he's a good running back.

Chase Page

The three ends have 21 sacks, so they're every bit as good as everyone else. (Stroud and Henderson) play well up front, make a lot of tackles, cause a lot of disruptions. The more I see on tape, the more respect I have for them.

Russ Hochstein

He'll run through tackles, run through people. He's big, he's strong, he's physical.

Dave Mcginnis

They have great skill players. There was no way we wanted to play them on the perimeter. We wanted to keep it between the tackles, where we thought we would have an advantage.

Dan Klages

We did what we needed to on defense to win. Tyler Harrington had an absolutely fabulous game at defensive end for us. He had three tackles for losses. David Mullen had two sacks and several hurries. Those hurries helped our defensive backs pick off four passes.

Greg Rigoni

You can judge a leader by the size of the problem he tackles. Other people can cope with the waves, it's his job to watch the tide.

Antony Jay

They're so well coached and impressive on film. They don't miss many tackles and don't drop the ball. We're going to have to play 100% better to win this week. It'll be a big test for us early.

Jeff Mathews

He's a great athlete. He's very strong. He can cover. He can blitz. He's got the total package. He really does. What he does is put a lot of pressure on offensive tackles. You have to account for him as well as our defensive line. It makes it tough on people.

Keith Butler

We'll look at it on film and make corrections, but he is a back that breaks tackles. When we look at it, it's a missed tackle, when they look at it, they say he made the guy miss. He's a pretty good back.

Don Matthews

Without shouting and screaming, the manager reorganized the team, went for three at the back, much more attacking, ... He just said we weren't playing as well as we can and we weren't winning tackles. He let us know that and we went out and put that all right.

Frank Lampard

Abel just played great. He had a great game receiving and a great game on defense, with a bunch of tackles and a couple quarterback sacks. He played his butt off.

Dave Craddock

The snap count, it's an advantage. When you go to the silent count, you lose that advantage. It's a good little amount of time. You've got to look at the ball, and it costs you split-seconds. It's even tougher for the tackles, because they're lined up way out there.

Jason Whittle

It wasn't a nasty tackle but usually tackles from behind can cause serious injuries.

Francesco Totti

Tackles happen very fast with Oliver Hoyte back behind me.

Manny Lawson

Missed tackles are the worst.

Carl Banks

Boy, if Garth Ennis had created a religion, I would sure like to be a part of that. It just makes sense, the way he tackles things in it. It's really heavy stuff and it's incredibly well written.

James Marsden

A big part of it is our defensive ends are pretty good. I'm not so sure they're not better than what they were last year because they are improved and the speed is better. It's going to do nothing but make (Hart) better and the other tackles better.

Hugh Nall

They've got a lot of skill players. We must be physical, communicate and make our tackles.

Tommy Felty

He's just a strong back. It's hard to tackle him with an arm tackle. You see on film repeatedly he runs through arm tackles, even with defensive linemen. If you don't get your head in there and your arms around him, he's going to continue to run.

Barrett Green

We know he's an explosive guy. But he's shown this week he can run between the tackles, which we weren't sure about.

Noel Mazzone

I've got a wonderful companion (on returns) with Ryan Boehm, ... If they kick it to him, he can do some amazing things. If they kick it to me, hopefully I can break a few tackles here and there. Together we make a nice tandem.

Ben Evans

I think it would be a waste. Why would you do that? The coach had nothing to do with dropped balls, missed tackles or nothing like that. Everyone just has to get on the same page. This is the best team I've been on. All we have to do is just get it right. We could bring in 10 new coaches, but 10 new coaches aren't going to do anything for nobody if all the players aren't on the same page.

Jarrod Cooper

Everyone can play, everyone can run. Everyone's a little bit faster than maybe for their position. We have (defensive) ends running like linebackers. D-tackles running like ends. Clancy could flex things around, flex things up. Move people around. Utilize that talent. Utilize that speed. As we all know, speed kills.

Chike Okeafor

He's a raw talent, basically, but he's so fast and he's just all over the place. He broke a lot of tackles out there.

Marvel Smith

We got guys there [to tackle Thompson], but we weren't making tackles. We're diving at ankles instead of wrapping him up.

Andy Hill

We played as good of a defense as we could play against them. We missed a few tackles, but they're the real deal. It'll be interesting to see how far they go in Minnesota's playoffs.

Clay North

Obviously, he made a heck of a play. But all I know is when we got to the sidelines the coaches were saying we have to tackle better. That's two weeks in a row that big plays and missed tackles have cost us.

Renaldo Wynn

With Brown, people get misled by him running upright, but he's still a very physical runner. He'll hit it between the tackles, and he's very explosive when he hits the hole.

Dexter Coakley

Three hundred something yards and five touchdowns, that's what I remember. A lot of guys missed tackles. We can't have that against a back like that because he's very explosive, and he's got a lot of speed.

Dashon Goldson

We had a lot of missed tackles and kids lining up wrong. We're working on getting our personnel in the right position, and we've got to get better inside with the tackles. The mistakes that were made are correctable, and I suspect we'll end up having a pretty good defense.

Nelson Smith

I believe (the speed) plays a big part in my favor. I come up and make sure tackles and play the deep ball very well.

Pat Watkins

Fundamentally we are getting better. But there are enough bad things, too - missed tackles and guys getting out of their gaps and giving up big plays. That's something we can't do. To be a great team like we want to be, we can't give up those big plays.

Mark Stoops

I'm not bad at pass rushing. I have a lot of upside rushing the passer. I'm quick. I just need to work on balancing the way I rush the passer. I sometimes miss tackles because I'm not fully balanced.

Haloti Ngata

I've never missed that many tackles in a game. Ever.

Marquand Manuel

Our defense played great tonight. They really did a really good job. But like I said, a couple of mental mistakes – the long pass in the fourth quarter and (missed tackles). We're getting there. We're definitely a better ball team than we were last year when we played Camden County.

Rich Dombroski

It was just a fullback run up the middle and we missed a few tackles. I don't know if we were worn down or not.

Dan Dickel

He is very powerful, ... You can't really tackle him with one guy. You see him break tackles all the time, like he did on the last touchdown. Obviously his ability to catch the football is special.

Drew Brees

Whenever you get in that situation in the course of a game, you hope to get one tackle. To make three tackles is a career in the National Football League.

Junior Seau

We knew we were missing some tackles. This means we're going to make sure we send more people to the ball. That's what we'll need this week.

Gaines Adams

It wasn't some huge game plan. You try to get turnovers. We just wanted to make tackles and not let Culpepper scramble.

John Thornton

Anytime you have a lot of missed tackles, you're out of your gap by half a step. ... Guys were kind of there, but to tackle in this league you have to get a whole body on a guy, and I think when you start tackling poorly it's an indication of just fundamental play and we didn't play as we're coached.

Peter Sirmon

He definitely doesn't get as much recognition as I think he should. I go against some of the best offensive tackles in the country in this conference, and I promise you I don't have as much trouble with them as I do with Brad in a lot of respects.

Brennan Schmidt

Defensively, they really played a solid game all night, and I'm proud of them. I'm real impressed with our defense; did what they said they were going to do: 'Try our best.' Played aggressive football — running to the football, making tackles ... they forced a lot of turnovers in the second half.

Billy Sparacio

We have more home run hitters now than we had in the past. We (used to have) a lot of guys who could hit singles pretty consistently. But we've got some guys now who are big and physical enough to run through some tackles and make some big plays.

Sonny Dykes

When the game's on the line, that cat (Lewis) makes big plays. That's the strength of us, Murphy and Lewis. We finally got a little room and broke some tackles.

Bob Lutz

He's fast. He can run between the tackles. He can break it outside. He can catch a screen and go for 70 yards. Everybody's got to play well across the board.

Jarvis Green

We got our composure back. Last week, we missed a lot of tackles. This week, we got them all.

Jay Alford

He's a special back. When he gets a lane, he's gone. He makes that first guy miss and spins out of tackles, he's good.

Kevin Ghee

He's good. But he can't break four tackles every time.

Brock Farrel

If they bring up my name with Earl Campbell, that means a lot. He was powerful. Every clip that I've seen on him, he'd break like 10 tackles. I've seen a play where they ripped off his jersey and he kept going. He's a heck of a player.

Domanick Davis

We missed a lot of tackles, and to beat a team like that you have to do a better job of tackling.

Jeff White

He's pretty explosive. He does a good job. He does an exceptional job breaking tackles. Through second effort, he's been able to make things happen.

Sean Morey

We had three missed tackles on the first run, the second one we had. The third one we had only 10 men on the field and they happened to hit the open spot. We gave them three early.

Brent Wilcoxon

Two years ago, San Diego was garbage. They kept the same coach, did the same things and got it together. The coaches here had nothing to do with dropped balls, missed tackles ... this is the best team I've been on. Everybody just has to get on the same page. All we've got to do is get it right. Ten new coaches aren't going to do anything for anybody.

Jarrod Cooper

That would be a mistake (to play), a big mistake, but like I said, if it's a necessity, I'd do it, ... It would be if there were no defensive tackles (available). That would be the reason.

Kevin Brown

Joe is one of those tough-nut kids that just gets after it. He's the type of kid where you could probably take away a leg and an arm and he'd still go out and make 10 tackles a game. He never stops working.

Rick Rios

It's the No. 1 stat that we have to win. We always want to get the ball. Make tackles and get the ball.

Tedy Bruschi

Everybody thought it was out of control, so we had a statistician count it. He's a sure tackler. He doesn't miss many tackles.

Kevin Kissel

There was nothing flat about that, ... When you get punched in the face, that's what happens. That's an excuse: Flat didn't drop balls. Flat didn't miss assignments. Flat didn't commit penalties and miss tackles.

Marvin Lewis

We saw enough to make us think we've got some very fine tackles.

Bill Young

I had nine tackles and two sacks. I remember our crowd got behind us and really got us into it. I could really feel it during the game.

Fredrick Thomas

There were a couple blown assignments, a couple missed tackles. They had a couple long runs. That led to their 16 points. Other than that, our defense played really well.

Josh Pool

He was one of those Germans, know what I mean, a tough dude. Quick off the ball, he'd explode off the ball, make great contact and pound the hell out of offensive tackles. And he could chase. He was all football and a team player all the way, a good guy.

Jack Butler

Some coaches pray for wisdom. I pray for 260-pound tackles. They'll give me plenty of wisdom.

Chuck Noll

He's going to play hard and compete, and that's all I want. How it all plays out as far as tackles and pressures, I don't know. But I know if he's on the field, he's going to give me everything he's got.

Andre Patterson

When David has time to throw, he does a good job. Offensive tackle is a hard position to solve unless you use a high draft pick, and we've used those picks on other positions. Good tackles aren't sitting there in free agency.

Charley Casserly

Production is the key ... making plays. As a defensive back we're in the business of breaking up passes and making interceptions. Nobody ever got drafted as a defensive back for making 1,000 tackles.

Paul Haynes

It's good to know that when we need to run the ball between the tackles we can. They were putting seven and eight guys in the box, but we still were able to power the ball and we know that, that will always be there for us.

Bart Tooley

He's as good as advertised. He's a big, strong physical back (and) broke some tackles.

Kamerion Wimbley

It was kind of a break-out game for me. I was involved on more plays (tackles), reading the plays and filling the holes. I was also able to time my blitzes a little bit better.

Wade Leppert

I think we did a great job of not giving up the big play. There were some missed tackles, but overall I was pleased. I keep telling people that we are going to be solid on defense, and if we can build on today's performance, we will be in good shape.

Skip Holtz

We're all just as competitive but as you see I haven't made any tackles like that here. You always try to avoid that kind of situation. It's something that happened but it wasn't good for anyone. It won't happen again.

Olof Mellberg

It tackles, hopefully in an interesting way, things that are going on right now. We're talking about oil and oil politics, about the war on terror and about how families are adapting.

Stephen Gaghan

We're going to build great quarterbacks and great linemen, that's what we're going to build. The rest will fall in place -- it really will. I need two tackles, two guards and a center who can learn a fairly easy blocking field and a quarterback who can see the field. And I've got that and we're going to have that the next couple of years.

Larry Peacock

There's no margin for error when you play them. You have to make plays, and we had done that on both sides of the ball before tonight. It's tough to consistently move the ball on them. We didn't handle their tackles at all.

Bruce Wasem

It's nice to have (Perez) because he's tough up in between the tackles, ... and you have to honor (Hicks) because of his speed. And then (Craig) Smith can come in with nice quickness with the counters between the tackles. Sometimes teams will forget about him.

Mike Johnston

The defense played great at Wadley as well. They were not only getting tackles early to keep their offense from moving except for two big plays, but they were teaming up three or four at a time making sure they were not able to move anymore.

Chad Mckelvey

Being the middle linebacker, he has to make all the checks and all the calls. And he's not a real young guy, but when the ball's between the tackles, he's always the first guy to the ball.

Fernando Bryant

They came out very prepared and we missed lot of tackles. We have to start on Monday and watch the film. I kept asking what was happening. They just out-competed us.

Chris Tucker

I think that they do more to get Foster on the outside a little more. He's great in space, a make-you-miss guy who spins out of tackles.

Hunter Hillenmeyer

He's a gamer, ... He's a versatile runner with the ability to run between tackles and with the speed to get outside.

Gary Barnett

I think I dozed off before the kickoff, but I woke in time to watch Scott make his [two] interceptions. I wasn't alert enough to watch Manny Fernandez make his [17] tackles.

Dick Schaap

With our new schemes, who better to test them against than A&M? The quarterback and running back had some nice seams to run through, and they took advantage of our mistakes. We missed a bunch of tackles.

Charles Bennett

He's very quick and he's a very good athlete. We'll just try to keep everything in front of us in the secondary. If we can come up and make tackles on hitches, that's OK. We just don't want to give up the big play. If we can play our assignments the way we're supposed to, we should keep him bottled up.

Marty Hammond

We just got to make tackles.

Marco Coleman

Missed tackles. Probably all 11 guys at some point missed a tackle.

Tyrone Nix

I remember him telling me he was a linebacker at the Kent School [in high school]. And he'd be fending guys off and making tackles during the course of a football game and come Monday, his forearms would be so swelled up, he couldn't hold a pen. He just thought he wasn't tough enough.

Jack Parker

They ran through our tackles. They've got pretty much every weapon you would want as a coach.

Bruce Shearer

On film, he looked like the best running back we have faced thus far. A couple of his long runs were helped because of missed tackles. He does have good speed, and that showed.

Mike Ferda

It's a good thing if Taylor only has 10 tackles. That means the other guys in front of him are doing their jobs and getting to the ball.

Brian Nelson

On defense, he never let anyone around his side. He was a headache for opponents. No one ever wanted to run on his side. That is probably how I got so many tackles on my side.

Dick Schafrath

It puts a little more pressure on the guards and makes the tackles block the guy on the outside.

Donnie Henderson

He has real good breakaway speed. He can make long gains and break tackles. He's the best running back I've ever coached.

John Cooley

He proved it in college when people thought he was too small. He might not be an inside-the-tackles runner, but we've got the best in the game for that. He can give us a changeup.

Philip Rivers

We played well defensively as several of our kids had seven or eight tackles each. It was our best game defensively this year and we need another one this week if we are going to have a chance against Bunkie.

Joel Desselle

He's a three year starter for us who knows how and when to make crucial tackles throughout the game.

Doug Guillory

We were in position to make tackles. We just didn't make the plays.

Shawn Perkins

I know the defense will be physical. They'll come out and want to hit. They'll come out and want to finish tackles.

Isaac Bruce

We needed to make the tackles (in the second half), obviously. Their running backs ran well on us.

Daniel Matsumoto

You can't afford to miss crucial tackles and expect to get away with it. If you miss tackles against almost anyone in the Celtic League you are going to give away scores and certainly we were punished today.

Hugh Campbell

He's a guy that can become an all-American this year based on the fact that he has the physical attributes that you look for in offensive tackles and his feet have improved immensely. He can be a dominant force, a guy that holds the corner for your quarterback.

Brad Franchione

For being as big as he is he's pretty quick, ... He's one of the top tackles in the league. You're not going to dominate him.

Adrian Klemm

We missed too many tackles and gave up too many big plays. It will be a good teaching film.

Matt Bowen

You can't miss tackles. That's the bottom line.

Peter Sirmon

The scheme helps a lot but it is down to the players. We have tremendous linebackers. That always helps. They get to the tackles before the secondary has a chance to. Our down safeties are good tacklers.

Ashton Youboty

We missed a ton of tackles. I don't think we're pressing. But we didn't give the offense enough opportunities.

Troy Vincent

[Jones is] the best tackle in the game, hands down. A lot of offensive tackles are good at one thing, like pass protection. But what makes him better than anyone else is you've got to bring your 'A' game against his run-blocking, too. He has no weaknesses. You've got to bring it every snap against him.

Patrick Kerney

I thought maybe they would try to exploit those guys a little bit. Even when they tried, they were knocking down passes, making tackles and stopping them short on third downs. It was awesome to see.

Stuart Schweigert

We missed some opportunities in the red zone, and they hurt. And we missed some tackles that led to touchdowns. But we can fix those things. But the kids responded tonight. They played with heart. And that's the most important thing.

Dave Vestal

I think with that Ohio State defense it was a competition, it was a rush to get the tackle. That was just the mentality up there. So I attempted to get all my tackles solo because our linebacker, when they come in there, they just hit whatever's in the way. I take pride in that. I try to be a complete corner and I think that's one step to doing that.

Ashton Youboty

There are a lot of seniors there this season. Both guards and both tackles. We've seen some real good things from them so far.

Mike Rippee

Ketchum had an outstanding game and Coffin made a number of key tackles as well as scoring that third goal. We thought it was going to be enough, but we just got back on our heels, made too many mental errors and allowed them to keep on coming.

Angela Tammaro

This was our best performance by far. We raised our game and made so many tackles without missing half as many as in previous matches. Mentally we were prepared for the Crusaders and now we must just keep on doing the job. That will entail keeping our confidence up and sticking to our guns and our game-plan by hanging onto the ball and hopefully drawing first blood and not slipping thereafter.

Peter Grant

It's sore, but we will see how it goes day-to-day. They came in hard on tackles, but we did, too, though maybe not enough.

Pat Noonan

These kids did the work. I didn't score any touchdowns, didn't make any tackles. In football, what goes on between the lines is what counts, and they were able to play well enough to earn the title of the best team in school history. I was just fortunate to be along for the ride.

Mark Nash

Schematically, we've had guys in the right spots for tackles, but for whatever reason, we're missing them. But I firmly believe our defense is going to rise up. We're going to make some tackles and be aggressive or else I'm going to suit up and play myself. But I really expect a good performance (tonight).

Jeff Cleveland

We missed too many tackles, defensively. We didn't wrap up. (We had) turnovers in key situations. We just shot ourselves in the foot.

David Thompson

That shows he's running hard, and he really wants to win. He doesn't want to just let one ankle tackle take him down. He wants to break tackles, get as many yards as he can get, and we need someone like that in there.

Bryant Mckinnie

We're making a lot more tackles than we should have to, but if we get put in that situation, then we just have to make them. That's how it is: If we're put in that situation we have to make them.

Dashon Goldson

We really need to cut down on our own mistakes, use our heads, and start playing with discipline. Our success is predicated off of our defense. When we complete our tackles and capitalize on our opponent's mistakes, our offense benefits.

Don Ferrell

We all have different kind of games, but similar kind of games. I'm more of a between-the-tackles bruiser.

Selvin Young

The big disappointment, there was a lot of missed tackles. We need to communicate better.

Josh Bullocks

I know the stats may not have said it, but that's as good as we can play on defense. Sundays usually aren't a real fun day around the office but watching that defense and those defensive tackles play (on film) makes it fun.

Mike Drass

[It showed on the field. Butler made four tackles against New England and ran down elusive Doug Flutie for a 5-yard sack. He added a pass defensed.] I just go out there and make plays, ... I'm just trying to make the team.

James Butler

They've got a really good football team. Today we got beat by the strength of an older, more experienced football team. They run through tackles on offense and come at you downhill. On defense, they have a lot of speed on the outside and pressured our young players.

Carroll Mccray

I don't think we played real well as a defense. We missed a lot of tackles and played over-aggressive. We missed a couple of assignments here and there. We didn't do it consistently enough where it cost us, but we also didn't consistently stop them, either.

Chris Hope

There were a couple of plays I was very disappointed with myself. I just didn't read the right key and wasn't sure on a couple of tackles . . . But throughout the game I thought we both played better.

Mark Zalewski

When you see a guy break as many tackles as he does, it gets the whole offense going, and we all feed on that.

Brad Hoover

Your good defenses are the ones that tackle well. Baltimore, New England ... you don't see them missing too many tackles. Tampa Bay used to be that way but no more.

Carl Banks

I've been described as a power back in the past year, a slasher previously. I just try to be versatile and all-around, a guy who can catch, block and run in between the tackles or outside.

Travis Thomas

That's just a good football team there. Our defense missed some tackles and kept giving up the big play and they are a big-play team.

Tim Willis

By me being bigger and stronger, I'll be able to break more tackles. That's one of the things I'm good for, breaking tackles, and I want to get better at it.

Jonathan Stewart

As a whole, we've been running to the ball better than we did last year. We're making tackles, we're making plays. We've just got a hunger to get to that football.

Brandon Mcdonald

As an individual, my goal is, of course, to have more (tackles) than I had last year. I still need to get an interception -- that's one of my goals, too ... and a touchdown, too. Honestly, as a defense, you're going to see us running to the ball more, everyone just swarming the ball.

Joe Lobendahn

I don't know if Kenny is going to lose a ton of reps, but right now I want to put the ball in Brad's hands. On kickoff returns, on breaking tackles, he's the guy.

Eddie Gran