Redskins
Head Coach Jim Zorn
On whether his return to
Seattle will be special:
“It certainly will, but I
know deep down inside I have work to do. I am not going to walk
around as though it is something super great. I need to walk around
as though we are going to do business. That is what I am going
to continue to concentrate on.”
On coaching against Mike
Holmgren:
“I think Mike Holmgren has
always faced the men that he has worked with [before] with a lot of
respect. I will certainly try to take his lead in treating the
situation with respect. He has a great admiration for the game,
for his coaches, for his team and for that city. He will give
us the due respect as well.”
On the Seahawks:
“I think they are an excellent
football team. I know the athletes they have on the team.
Lofa Tatupu will not allow his group to slack at all. Brian Russell,
he is a real leader on that defense in the secondary. He will
get those guys lined up right, and he will make the calls. They
will have something for us. We know them and they know me.
Matt Hasselbeck will do everything he can. He is a tremendous
competitor and he will do everything he can to put the ball in the right
place and run the offense the way it is supposed to be run. They
are a very scary football team and it has nothing to do with their record.”
On why he is excited for
this week’s game:
“To lose like we did against
the Cowboys and have to come back, it is hard. It takes a little
bit out of you, especially with a division opponent. It just would
have meant so much to win that football game and we didn’t.
We can’t get down and mope around any longer. We have to get
ready. We owe it to everybody involved with this franchise to
make sure we are upbeat and fighting for the next one. We are
looking for the seventh win and that is the one we want.”
Redskins
Running Back Clinton Portis
On his injured knee:
“It is coming along, it is
sore. It is better than it was last week. I am playing this
week and there are no if, ands or buts about it. I will be playing.”
On whether his knee bothered
him against the Cowboys:
“I tried not to notice it.
I didn’t have leg drive. I couldn’t have high knees and pull
up out of stuff. I think as far as running the ball, I did okay.
When you talk about breaking tackles and having a burst of speed, I
didn’t have it. That is what I am working on this week.”
On whether this is the toughest
injury he has ever played with:
“I wouldn’t say that because
I’ve had a sternum [injury] and shoulder [injury]. Every injury,
when you get it, you think it is the toughest. It is not anything
that I can not fight through.”
On how Coach Zorn feels
about playing Seattle:
“I think he wants to get
a win just like the rest of us. It has been three weeks since
we have had a win and I think guys are having a lot of questions.
Everybody just wants to get a win.”
On playing in Seattle:
“We lost there twice in the
playoffs. This is a different year, this is a different time and we
have to put that behind us. Hopefully this can be our first win
in the last three times we’ve been up there.”
Redskins
Quarterback Jason Campbell
On
whether Jim Zorn is excited for the game against the Seahawks:
“Just a little bit, but not
a whole lot. He’s basically treating it just like any other
week. This is a very important game for us, we are 6-4 and there
are a lot of teams bunched together in the NFC, so this is definitely
a big game for us. It is different for him because he coached
a lot of those guys for a lot of years and he has a lot of relationships
with a lot of players and coaches on the Seattle team.”
On playing against the Seattle Seahawks:
“Seattle is 2-8 and is going
through some things this season, but their ability to come together
is outstanding. If you watch the game films they play extremely
hard and a lot of games could have gone the other way for them.
So we are definitely playing a team that has a lot of demeanor and can
play great football.”
On the difficulty of playing
in Qwest Field:
“It’s a 12th man and is
one of the loudest stadiums in the National Football League. I think
that the team really feeds off of the energy of the crowd and when a
lot of teams go there, one of the things that they always talk about
is the crowd noise and how important it is for everyone to be on the
same page and communicate.”
Redskins
Running Back Shaun Alexander
On his return to the Seattle:
“I enjoyed the time with
the Seahawks. Getting married, my daughter being born, missing the beginning
of the game and coming back and beating the Rams, the five touchdowns
in one half, I enjoyed it , but when it’s time to move on it’s time
to move on.”
Redskins
Punter Ryan Plackemeier
On
Jim Zorn coaching against his former team:
“I think it’s big for him,
it’s a place where he grew up and he loved it there and I’m excited
for him to get a chance to coach there.”
On his return to Seattle
this week:
“I’m excited, but I don’t
think that I have to perform or prove anything to anyone. They
[Seahawks] made their decision, the Redskins made their decision and
I’m just excited to play.”
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Redskins
Running Back Rock Cartwright
On
the Seattle Seahawks:
“We know that they are going
to be a tough opponent because they need a win just as bad as we need
a win. They know our offense just like we know their offense,
so it’s kind of like the team who executes the best is the team that
is going to win on Sunday, hopefully we can go up there, execute and
put points on the board.”
On beating the Seahawks
and dominating:
“It doesn’t matter if we
dominate or not, a win is a win. We lost three at home and if
we can go up there and put points on the board, I think we should be
able to win the football game. Ultimately, we have to prepare
this week the best that we can, go up there, catch a long flight on
Friday, get some rest, and get ready for the game on Sunday.”
Redskins
Wide Receiver Antwaan Randle El
On
Jim Zorn coaching against his former team:
“It’s going to be exciting;
he’s already excited about it so I think the biggest thing is to get
him a win. We need win number seven any way, so why not do it
against Seattle.”
On
the difficulty of playing in Qwest Field:
“They have a crowd that can
get pretty loud and you can get pretty rattled if you don’t stay on
top of things, but again it just goes back to being able to start the
game and finish the game in a good manner in terms of an offensive standpoint.”
On having
a four game winning streak then a two-game losing streak:
“It’s even-keel, but you
always have that sense of urgency. Let’s get back in this, let’s
get back to our winning ways, so of course we have that, but you can’t
over exaggerate or get so down about it because you won’t be able
to focus on the next game.”