Backers Quotes

When Ben Troupe first came in here, we looked at him as a speedster. We wanted to isolate him on linebackers, isolate him on strong safeties. We're trying to build him up to be a Tony Gonzalez, a Todd Heap, the guys who are not only able to block as well as be able to catch the ball intermediate and also deep. - Steve McNair

When a guy like that with that stature -- who has coached some of the greatest linebackers in the game -- for him to say that means a lot to me. - Buster Davis

What makes each of these firms great backers for us is that deep in their DNA is the idea of brand-new business models, tons of innovation and a commitment to making the digital world easier and cheaper. We feel the same way. - Martin Varsavsky

What linebackers do is run and tackle, so you can't change the game to make it any easier. Besides, this sort of thing really gets your focus sharp. What we're looking to do in this game, it kind of takes over everything else -- you really have to look at the opportunity you have instead of who's missing. - Brent Alexander

What he does is super hard. You don't see middle linebackers started as rookies that much because there's so much to do. That's why he's the X-factor. - Isaiah Kacyvenski

We've got to slow him down some. He looks like those linebackers that play at Georgia and Tennessee. - Steve Spurrier

We've got good, balanced play from both of those ends as we have from our outside linebackers, Willie and Rosie, or even Mike earlier in the year. So I think being balanced on defense has helped us. - Bill Belichick

We've got four other Division I linebackers other than Josh, so yeah, he is a great player and he's going to be on the field a whole bunch... but he's not a Cadillac at a VW bug convention. - Bert Williams

We've got a really outstanding group of linebackers. So, we're going to rotate those guys around a bit more. Blades will be the only one that doesn't really move, but we're going to alternate some guys. We have to try to get them all on the field as much as possible. - Dave Wannstedt

We've been Badger backers for a long time, as far as football and hockey. It's just awesome to see college hockey at it's best and that's what we're seeing. - Mike Baker