Tackles Quotes

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

You'd like to have three or four deep at each position, and a Pro Bowl player on the first team and a backup Pro Bowl player on the second team and so forth. It's just, there's not that many; the good Lord didn't make that many good tackles in the world. - Ted Thompson

You would think, at this level, that you shouldn't have to coach tackling. No, you do. The people that don't, don't tackle well. You watch games and say, 'Man, that's sloppy tackling.' Well, you have to work on tackles and angles. It's your fundamentals. It's like if you are playing golf, you work on your golf swing even if you played 20 years, right? - Rod Marinelli

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 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 can't miss tackles. That's the bottom line. - Peter Sirmon

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

You can really notice it... He's always wanted to be a running back first. His role this year has definitely expanded. He can run between the tackles. - Matt Leinart