Bruce Allen
Bruce Allen
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They are individual incidents. But we're part of the same team. It reflects poorly on the team. ... Fortunately, no one's hurt. Hopefully, everyone learns from it.
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Clearly, it makes it easier once you know what the rules are. If it is an uncapped year, there is not as much danger as you would think for '07. It makes it important you know the rules once the league year starts, those are the rules you are playing with and it's fair for everybody. ... We are going down two paths right now, preparing for each.
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Qwest without a wireless network is a little bit like the kid who never gets picked for a team in high school. I'm not sure what the attraction is at this point.
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It's important for this team and where we are at right now that we have that extra insurance policy.
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He gives us some great insurance and feeling that we can sleep at night that we have a bona fide NFL starter,
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If Brian's going to be injured, it's nice that it happened now, ... Because you're not going to be able to acquire somebody who went to training camp, who's been the starter this season in the NFL, someone you feel is a good fit for our offense after the trade deadline. In some ways, the timing of the injury was beneficial.
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If Brian's going to be injured, it's nice that it happened now. Because you're not going to be able to acquire somebody who went to training camp, who's been the starter this season in the NFL, someone you feel is a good fit for our offense after the trade deadline. In some ways, the timing of the injury was beneficial.
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It's never been our policy to discuss any type of team punishment, ... We've talked to Torrie and he knows exactly where he stands right now.
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Michael had one of his best years in many ways, although the fumbles were a great negative to the team. He took it quite personally, and he's done a very good job of working on everything this offseason.
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He's a special guy. He wanted to be a Buccaneer and we wanted him to be a Buccaneer. And in just a few days of conversation we were able to reach an agreement that we think will ensure his future.
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Derrick's interested in getting another (Super Bowl) ring, so he allowed us to clear up room so that we can sign some of our own players back.
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He's worked very, very hard to rehabilitate himself from a devastating injury and I don't think it's the last of Charlie Garner . He's too much of a competitor to end his career like this.
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There is no reason for him to be out at that time.
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We've made some decisions, but it's not appropriate to talk about it until we have to.