Andre Patterson
Andre Patterson
Andre Pattersonis a former American professional basketball player. He is 6 feet 9 1⁄2 inchesin height...
adjustment brought came defensive guys job practice ready released sign signed squad tough
When I came to Denver, he was one of the guys I brought up. (The Browns) were going to the 3-4 (alignment); this guy is 6-foot-7 (and) it's going to be tough for him to make the adjustment to be a defensive end, so when they released him, we were ready to sign him, so we signed him to the practice squad and he did an outstanding job for us on the practice squad.
length minutes
You've got to play 40 minutes with us the whole length of the floor. If you can't do that, it's going to be trouble.
pushed quickness
I'm not getting pushed around as much, and I still have the quickness I've always had.
buys cleveland denver everybody great guys hype nobody people sat truly
If these guys couldn't play, they wouldn't be here. And I think that's what people forget. Everybody buys into the hype that comes out of the Cleveland media, and nobody here in Denver has truly sat back and evaluated the situation. If they did, they'd say it's a great thing Denver did.
composure corner guys handle hopefully linger ready spot turned younger
Hopefully our younger guys have turned the corner and will be able to handle this. It's only one week. We've got to keep our composure and let it go. You let this one linger too long and then we're not ready for Dallas. Then we're right back to the same old spot we've been in. We're better, but we've got to keep improving. We're not there yet.
far hard plays
He's going to play hard and compete, and that's all I want. How it all plays out as far as tackles and pressures, I don't know. But I know if he's on the field, he's going to give me everything he's got.
adjustment defense packing parker ready team
It's one thing when you play a team with a big back and it's going to be him packing that thing 40 times. You get ready for it. But they only give you Bettis for 15 and Parker for 25. That's a big adjustment the defense has to make.
helps rhythm sacrifice starting team
Starting just helps me get into a rhythm faster. But anything this team needs, I'll sacrifice and do.
bowl experience front giants great guys lawrence players seeing students super taylor truly year york
My first experience truly around professional players was the New York Giants in their Super Bowl year with Lawrence Taylor and that great front that they had. Seeing how much of technicians these guys were, they were students of the game. So that was a great place for me.
college defensive football played plays six tight year
He only played one year of college football -- 12 plays. Six plays at tight end and six plays at defensive end.
defensive feels game happening laughing
Gerard's smiling, laughing and really into what's happening here in the defensive game plan. He feels like it's all for one and one for all, and I can see that.
cause game tempo
We try to get the tempo going with our press. It isn't just to cause turnovers. We want to get the game going up and down... try to get them running.
dominate game knew separate
We knew this was a big game and that's why we wanted to dominate underneath. I think we just wanted to separate ourselves.