Defensive Coordinator Quotes

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.

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.

To come into camp and have my defensive coordinator say you won't be touched, I feel like a kid all over again.

At first, I didn't know what to expect but I do say that I love our defensive coordinator, Tim Lewis.

Coach Wilks really embraces that growth mindset and trying to learn and grow every day so he's a good fundamental teacher. He understands the passing game which is important when you coach as a defensive coordinator and also as a secondary coach like he has, so he's one of the top-notch coaches in our business.

I was lucky enough at Stanford to have Vic Fangio as the defensive coordinator for a year, and then Jason Tarver.

I could finish my career being a defensive coordinator and say, 'Hey, he's Mickey Andrews.'

I have more of an identity with Cowher than I do Tomlin. I knew Cowher when he came over from Kansas City as a defensive coordinator, and his teams were tough. Tomlin came in from Minnesota, and I didn't know anything about him. So maybe it's unfair for me to make the comparison.

I played for Marinelli I think my last four, five years in Chicago. He's awesome.