Backer Quotes

You've got a tight end who can make moves like a wide receiver. When there's a linebacker on you, that's kind of a mismatch. That pretty much speaks for itself. - Vernon Davis

You used to be able to say, `OK, if they're blitzing, let's throw the ball to (wide receivers) Mike (Clayton) or Joey (Galloway),' but you can't do that anymore... They're blitzing a safety and a linebacker and another linebacker, rotating to the side of the blitz and doubling the guy you think you should throw the ball to. And they're doing it with numerous personnel groupings. - Jon Gruden

You lose a starting middle linebacker... thats the heart and soul of your defense. - Eric Green

You can tell really fast if a linebacker has the intuitive quality needed to play inside. Steven definitely has the ability to go find the ball. - Tim Rose

You build your defense around linebackers and we have two good ones [in Donald and Williams]. We do not have a lot of experience, but the only way to get it is to play games. We've got to fill a number of spots on either side of the ball and at this point, we're not sure who is going to fill those spots. - Neil Gordon

You always expect the least from them. Why should I be any different than all of our other guys? They didn't even make [linebacker] Carlos [Emmons] an offer. - Correll Buckhalter

Without question, he does a fantastic job at middle linebacker... He's so big and so physical, and he also has the ability to make plays in the passing game. - Mark Simoneau

With this defense, you spend an awful lot of time just trying to figure it out, figuring out who`s lining up where and why... You`re like, `Is this guy a linebacker or is he really a `d`-end?` Because they`re all milling around. - Mark Richt

With that spread offense, we know we are going to have to play a lot of nickel and dime defense and we are going to have to be ready to have our linebackers running all over the field chasing all those receivers. - Chris Harrell