Tackle Quotes

You lose players like [defensive tackle] Corey Simon, myself, and they're big blows. The running game - the defense didn't get that right until I was put back in there. I'm not saying I'm everything and I'm all that. I'm just saying, when you take away a good player, you're going to suffer some, especially if you don't have anybody to fill that void. - Jeremiah Trotter

You look at [reserve tackle] Chase Clowser. - Dave Wannstedt

You know, I played football, I was offensive tackle in college. - Ruben Studdard

You know where the quarterback is going to line up. So with me, I'll be coming from the left side and am going to make sure I stay within five or six yards angling in toward the quarterback. Alex will be coming the same way from the right side. [Tackles Tommie Harris and Ian Scott] have their angles. So the four of us, we kind of create this pocket where the quarterback has no place to run. - Adewale Ogunleye

You have to tackle. You're not going to shut him down, but you want to minimize his big runs. - Greg Blache

You have to have a love for the game. I always have. Shoot, my dad was 50 years old and out here playing tackle football with us when I was younger. - Jim Taylor

You have to do that as a quarterback. You've got to go make that tackle and save some points on the board. - Eric Sanders

You have more choices on defensive linemen for the 3-4... There's such a premium on 6-5, 285-pound defensive ends and defensive tackles. It's hard to find those guys. You don't have to find big, big guys in that defense because it's all movement. There's more movement than toe-to-toe stuff. You can be more flexible with their movement. - Ron Hill

You guys (reporters) really blew that up after we missed those tackles last week. We really had to focus a little bit on that. This guy (Smith) was obviously talented and was a concern all week. - Tim Shaw

You get down there in that red zone, and the thing is that nobody wants be around him because he's so big. Nobody wants to have to tackle him or cover him. The guy's a beast down there. He's getting open, and he's making some plays. - Mark Brunell