Charley Casserly
Charley Casserly
Charley Casserly is an American football sportscaster and former executive. Casserly was the general manager of the National Football League's Washington Redskins from 1989 to 1999. He served as Senior Vice President & General Manager, Football Operations, for the Houston Texans from 2000 to 2006. He currently works for NFL Network...
both case deal forward gives move plans prepared room
Obviously, this gives us more room to operate. We had two plans in place in case the deal didn't get done. We were prepared to move forward both ways.
believe listened nobody people seriously
Nobody would believe me when I said to people that we were seriously considering . If people were shocked, they never listened to me.
bush confident deal reach
We were confident we could reach a deal with Reggie Bush too.
doom gloom tough
There's no gloom and doom here. All of us have been through tough times before.
good inaccurate quote source
I've been told it was inaccurate by a source good enough for me to quote it.
ahead begun gone interested nobody
Right now we have nobody interested in that first pick, so we have gone ahead and begun negotiations with two players.
confident deal decision defense needed offense pass rush sign worked
On Thursday, we made a decision to go with Mario, and we said that if we could get him, then let's sign him. We were confident we could have worked a deal with Bush, too, but we made the decision to go with defense over offense because our pass rush hasn't been what it needed to be.
best both bush decision felt football great mario player time took
This is a decision that took a lot of time to make, but at the end of the day we felt this was the best player for our football team. Both players, Reggie Bush and Mario Williams, are going to, I think, be great pros. We made the decision to go with defense.
bush decided deserving finally finished hours last media met shift talked
There never was any shift because we never made a decision. It was the media that said we made a decision. We never made a decision. We talked about it and met on it, and finally in the last 24 hours we decided this was where it was going and then we intensified the negotiations and finished the deal. We like Bush and he's deserving of the first pick, but we just wanted to go defense. That's all it was. We just wanted to go defense.
game
You?re a competitive person. Once the game starts, you want to win.
good inaccurate quote source stand yes
Yes I've been told that's inaccurate by a source good enough for me to stand up here to quote it. Otherwise, I wouldn't get up here and say it.
talked teams willing
We've talked to teams about the pick, and we're willing to move.
agency bad free hit jump playoff
We need a lot of things. I think we've got a nucleus. I don't think we're as bad as our record, but we're not a playoff team. We can make a jump here if things are hit right between free agency and the draft.
available based best headed players
Being able to take the best players available is the way to have your best draft. Based on what we've been able to do so far, that's the way we're headed right now.