Best quotes from the NFL Sunday show
There was plenty said on Sunday’s NFL pregame and post game shows and here are some of the best quotes of the day.
NBC Football Night in America:
“I didn’t expect a veteran team like Baltimore to come out and have that emotional and mental let down.” – Rodney Harrison on Ravens
“I don’t think so. Not from what I saw.” – Tony Dungy on if the Colts are a playoff team
“Who has better young talent in the league right now than the Detroit Lions?” – Cris Collinsworth
ON CHARGERS
Dan Patrick: “You keep waiting for the Chargers to win these kinds of games. And I know the Patriots played great, but we keep waiting for the Chargers to say, ‘No. We’re not the same old Chargers.’”
Tony Dungy: “They’ve got a lot of talent. They’ve got a lot of offensive weaponry. You see the great plays, but sometimes you just have to make those routine plays and get those points in the red zone.”
ON RAVENS
Dungy: “Their offensive line really got dominated. They handled Pittsburgh but up front this was a different type of defense. Tennessee has athletic defensive linemen and they chased Joe Flacco around all day.”
ON STEELERS
Harrison on second hit to Roethlisberger’s legs: “How do you not call that?”
Dungy on Mike Tomlin referencing last week’s loss in postgame comments: “That smell he was talking about was last week’s run defense when Baltimore ran all over them. They’ve got it fixed. Today they made Seattle one dimensional. He’s a little happier than he’s letting on there.”
Rodney Harrison: “Mike Tomlin has the right perspective. It’s Seattle. They are the worst team in the league, so relax.”
NFL on CBS
(On Denver’s Tim Tebow playing any time soon)
Shannon Sharpe: There might come a time at some point in time during the season that might happen. Talking to John Elway and John Fox, I don’t see that happening any time soon. I think he might be able to be successful but you’d have to scrap your entire offense to make this guy successful. Then what happens, if he gets nicked and somebody else has to come in because you have nobody else on this team with his skill set. Everyone talks about his intangibles, his big heart, his desire to win, he won the Heisman. Arguably, one of the five or six greatest college players to ever play the game. But what about accuracy? That’s an intangible you must have to be successful at any level to play quarterback, especially in the National Football League. I just don’t see how this guy can be successful consistently when he can’t throw the football accurately.
(On should New York Jets coach Rex Ryan stick to “ground and pound” or should he turn quarterback Mark Sanchez loose)
Boomer Esiason: Ground and pound got him to two AFC championship games, I get it. And they were protecting a young quarterback who was a liability as opposed to an asset. Now he’s a third year starter. He’s a captain. He’s wearing the "C." I get they have a little problem protecting him. Wayne Hunter had all he could handle last week from DeMarcus Ware. You got Santonio Holmes, Plaxico Burress, and maybe the most under-utilized tight end in football in Dustin Keller – start throwing the ball. That’s what this league is going to, and that’s why you traded up to get him in the first round.
(On whether Ndamukong Suh is best defensive player in the league)
Kris Jenkins: Absolutely not. Right now the current premiere defensive tackle in the league is Haloti Ngata. And you have to look at the best players in the league on defense: Revis, Polamalu, Demarcus Ware, and so on and so forth. You can go down that list for a long time.
(On whether we can we expect more of same from outstanding rookie QB Cam Newton)
Boomer: I love Cam Newton’s performance last week, and the thing that I saw more than anything was poise. You also have to realize why he had so much success. The Arizona defense was a disaster. They had communication problems. They busted coverages. But give the kid credit because he found where those busted coverages were. I think he’s going to be a tremendous player in this league. I just don’t think we’re going to see that today against Dom Capers and this defense because they won’t have the same breakdowns.
FOX NFL Sunday
NFL Insider Jay Glazer reports that Peyton Manning traveled to Europe for therapy for his injury not available in the US: “I’ve learned that before his last surgery, Peyton Manning actually took a private jet out to Europe to get stem cell therapy. It’s a therapy that is not yet approved in America just to take that extra step to try to get back and heal his neck. The therapy used in America is embryotic, that’s not what he had. What they did was take fat cells, probably out of his belly, put it in a culture and try to almost turn back the hands of time with these cells. They’re hoping that these cells are going to regenerate the area and the nerve in the neck. Again Peyton Manning is just trying to do whatever he can to get back this year.”
Co-host Terry Bradshaw on why Michael Vick is better in Philadelphia than he was in Atlanta: “He’s absolutely coached better. Andy Reid is phenomenal in taking a young quarterback and explaining to them how the offense runs. And not to mention the fact he uses his strengths.”
Analyst Jimmy Johnson on whether he thinks today’s Chargers-Patriots game is an AFC Championship Game preview: “Absolutely yes. Baltimore and the Jets may disagree with me, but the difference is these two teams have the premier quarterbacks in the AFC.”
