Herm Edwards Quotes

I didn't really like playing free safety. I didn't like being in the middle of the field.

There is always pressure playing cornerback. It's just a position where you're always in the spotlight.

A lot of times, I go and face the top receiver, and that's a task... it comes with the territory, and I never back down from that challenge.

The nickel spot, inside. It's the hardest position to play. It's harder than outside.

You know what? For myself, I kind of like the spy because it takes another guy out of coverage or another guy out of rushing.

I do like playing strong safety.

As a cornerback, you only get probably about 5 chances to really impact the game.

You can't stop me in bump. And you definitely can't stop me playing off. You just try to contain me and stop me from getting a lot of catches.

The name of the game is 'kill the quarterback.' Every football team tries to knock the guy out of the game that's handling the ball.

Most people would say safety was my best position. To me, the biggest challenge and most gratifying thing I got out of playing football was playing corner, because it was a bigger challenge than playing safety. Playing corner provided me my biggest thrills and my biggest headaches.

I am a midfielder who is mainly involved in the defensive phases, even if I also like to help build moves - I would say that my foremost quality is my generosity.

I prefer to play inside linebacker.

Rex Ryan does a lot of the same kind of stuff that we do in terms of how they play in the secondary and what they do.

Any team, if you can rattle the quarterback you have an opportunity to win the game.

I don't love playing zone all the time, because it does have an effect on your offense.

Receivers have always dropped a lot of balls.

There are different types of cornerbacks: you've got your longer guys that will try to get physical with you and use their length, and you've got your quick guys that will try to use their quickness, and then you've got your 'tweener' guys that will try to use both.

My position in football was cornerback, and what your job is as a cornerback is to read the person that's in front of you - read their body language and anticipate what's going to happen next.

Zones are easier just to throw out there and you don't have to really teach it.

Because the hash marks are narrower in the pros, the ball's always closer to the middle of the field. So if you're a defensive back, you can wait a lot longer before committing to a certain part of the field.

You have different schemes for different teams. Some teams blitz a lot, and some teams drop eight in coverage.

Plays are designed to attack certain coverages and schemes.

The Raiders took me fourth overall because they had a certain need, and that was for me to come in and play man-to-man, bump-and-run all day, to guard the best receiver. You understand your job going in, so that's what you focus on. Would I have liked to play receiver and go both ways? Yep, would have loved to have done that.

I feel like if they put the ball in the air, it's my ball. It's either a PI or it's my ball.

I'm a free safety. The one responsibility I have is making the play, really. So I take those chances.