Joe Thomas Quotes

You can't put a running back in there and have him not know who to pick up. You can't get your quarterback hit.

Everybody always asked why I wanted to be an offensive lineman. I told them that I had 11 different people I can hit on every single play, while everyone else is chasing one person. I prided myself on being an extremely physical and dominant player.

I make plays in the passing game, blocking, doing everything.

The SEC is a line-of-scrimmage league. You'd better be good up front, or you're going to have some long days.

Everyone in this league can throw the football and make plays.

I want to go play behind that great offensive line they have down in Dallas.

I love the physicality of an offensive lineman.

Let me explain my job very simply: My job is to line up five, seven, 10 yards in front of a man and run into him at full speed.

If I was going to play offense, I'd love to play running back. In high school I played quarterback and wide receiver, but I wouldn't mind running over some folks.

Football has always been a big part of my life. Almost from the day I was born, playing and coaching football were all I really ever wanted to do.

Fortunately for a quarterback, you can play for a long time because you don't get hit very often.

I prefer to play inside linebacker.

Alex Smith is - I think he is a winner, and he's a smart quarterback, and I'm a fan of his.

Sometimes when I watch a game, there are often more wide receivers on the field than we had on our whole team.

When it comes down to it, you're playing football regardless of what offense you're in.

Whatever you want to call it, they have all these names for these coverages, I've seen them. Like those linemen coming out to jam me on the line of scrimmage. A lot of crazy stuff.

Whatever's asked of me, I'm just going to go out there and perform my routes and how I've been coached all week, perform in the running game, pass blocking, run blocking, whatever it is.

Any time you get a new running back, whether it's a rookie or hasn't played a lot, that's the first thing you test, is their pass protection. That's big.

David Bakhtiari is a guy I like to watch. He's an exceptional left tackle.

I played every position, from right tackle to quarterback and everything in between.

Tebow would never hit the field.

I am a great pass rusher. I'm not saying, 'Do you think you can be?' I know I am. I am.

Carson Wentz, when you watch him on tape, No. 1, I just like a big guy that has athleticism.

In this game called football, we don't know who's going to the playoffs.

First thing, and it's really one of my favorite things, is the protection part. Who everybody is blocking and where the pressure is coming from. Because if we can't get the ball off, it doesn't matter what you're doing out here.