Q: What do you think of Gregg
Williams?
A: Let me start off by saying I have a tremendous amount of respect for Gregg.
You learn more about a guy when things start going bad than when they’re good.
The best compliment I can pay him is that when things turned south for us, he
was steadfast and strong and remained a great leader for our team. He’s an
outstanding coach. He’ll get another shot at it in a situation that’s more
conducive to success. When he got to Buffalo,
they had 17 million in dead cap money. Just as it looked like they were turning
it around, they moved to another guy.
Q: What about facing his
defense?
A: Oh, man. Facing Gregg’s defense was never a treat in practice in Buffalo.
Facing him for real Monday night won’t be a treat either. They had a great year
last year and picked up where they left off. They do a lot of different things,
a lot of different blitzes that you have to be ready for.
Q: Like what?
A: One of the things Gregg teaches better than anyone else in the league is,
his guys disguise blitzes better than just about anyone in the league. They
disguise it to the last second. It makes it very difficult.
Q: But haven’t you seen
everything in your career?
A: They only have 11 people over there; you can’t bring more than that. At the
same time with Gregg he always seems to do something different from the norm,
something you hadn’t seen before and he’s doing that a little this year. They’ll
bring their corners up on both sides and blitz and still play zone, stuff you’re
not supposed to be able to do but he makes it sound.
Q: Has Parcells mellowed?
A: I don’t think so. He’s still the same guy. He doesn’t let anything slide on
the practice field. If there’s something he doesn’t like, he’ll address it
right away. He may have mellowed a little bit but relative to where he was at
in the past he could mellow a lot and still be a hard ass.
Q: Can you imagine what he
must have been like last year at 6-10?
A: In this league if you’re not winning it’s miserable, no matter where you are
and who your with. He can be more a pain when you’re winning than when you’re
losing because when you’re winning he’s trying to make sure no one gets too
full of themselves.
Q: Has he been giving you
grief since Sunday?
A: He throws remarks in there all the time, asking if I’m a one-week wonder or
if I have anything left in me. It’s constant noise. I learned a long time ago
to filter out all the noise and take out the good info without being
distracted.
Q: Between Parcells and
Keyshawn Johnson, that’s a lot of noise, isn’t it?
A: I can tune both of them out. I’m able to tune out Keyshawn as well as Bill.
The thing with Keyshawn is, it’s all noise. There is very little information in
there.
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