Blitzing Quotes

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.

A defensive coordinator is always going to try to throw you something different and get you out of your element, and I have to do better with the pass protection.

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

When we had a great defense at Tampa Bay, we always measured our defenses against the best quarterbacks.

You can't be wrong in the three-tech position. I like that. It allows a lot of freedom.

Any defensive coordinator is worried about two things: a running quarterback and a deep ball. You know, don't get beat deep and don't let the quarterback run, because a big part of your defense can't account for the quarterback as a runner, so he gets a free run.

A little more movement of the defensive side of the ball, some rules that will be unnoticed, but a big rule will be allowing the jack linebacker to move out of the box sideline to sideline.

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.

That's the key to defending any quarterback: to make them throw before they want to throw.

Just understand that I'm trying to get to the quarterback by any means necessary. And if I have to throw somebody out of the way to do it, it is what it is.

When you've got a quarterback's rhythm in the game, you can be a pretty deadly pass rusher.

I want to play defense. I want to get sacks.

I don't have a go-to move, man; I just rush.

Tackling and playing well in space against any spread offense is very important.

I think you have to go deep into the bag of tricks, so to speak, to try and slow down the quarterback.

I want to be active. I want to be able to show everything I can do. I can blitz. I can cover. I can play zone and play man. I can do it all.

Sometimes, it's the little plays that I make that can change the outcome of the game - whether it's blocking a shot or blitzing a guard or getting an offensive rebound.

I do like playing strong safety.

Obviously, teams are passing a lot more, and there are rules that... allow the offense to be more explosive, so you want to have as many defensive players and defensive playmakers and defensive backs that you can.

That's the only way you can stop a guy like Cam Newton. Hit him. He's unstoppable, so whenever he does try to run like a running back, you got to punish him.

When I'm lined up in the middle, it's a lot of freelancing and blitzing.

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.

That's my thing. Pass rusher, yeah, you can call me a pass rusher.

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.

You see some of these guys that lead in sacks every year, but they only play on third down or only play in certain situations.