Chris Simms
Chris Simms
Christopher David Simmsis a retired American football quarterback in the National Football League. He was drafted by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the third round of the 2003 NFL Draft. He played college football at Texas...
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We had a real fast team down at Texas, and he was the fastest guy on the field that day. He's very impressive. He got an interception off me where I thought I threw it over him, and he showed that 44-inch vertical and went up and got it.
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You see some teams that are demoralized by injuries. We're one team ... that's confident we won't miss a beat whether it's the first-string guy or the second-string guy.
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The type of guy Chris Simms is, the person he is, is always going to help him. He's a natural leader. He's a quality guy. He's a special guy. Never mind playing quarterback at Texas, but playing quarterback at Texas being from New Jersey. And then playing quarterback at Texas, being from New Jersey and Phil Simms is your dad. He has already shown he can handle a lot.
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It's not a threat, if that's the word, ... All people need to know is that our backup quarterback, Luke McCown, is only in his second year in the NFL and second year in the system. Rattay has been in this system before and coach wants a guy who's been around the block.
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Injuries are going to happen week in and week out in the NFL; it's how your depth responds to that. You see some teams that are demoralized by injuries. I think we're one team that has depth at just about every position. We're confident we won't miss a beat whether it's the first string guy or the second string guy.
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We wanted to jump out on them. You kind of hope maybe if we jump out on them, they might pack it in. But to their credit, they didn't.
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I would say our will to win, our belief in ourselves when the game is getting tight. Last year, we were in a lot of close games but for whatever reason we just didn't find ways to win them.
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Joey and I have a very close relationship; we talk about routes like that all the time. When we come up to the line of scrimmage in that situation, we have two routes in mind.
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The power that he runs with in the fourth quarter is amazing.
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We've overcome injuries before. I don't think it's going to alter anything we do.
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With a good season this year, I can strike it rich in the future.
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When they feel they're blocked, they sit there and read the quarterback's eyes, ... They would just stop rushing, wait until I throw and jump up and knock the ball down. That shows they're a very aware team.
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We were just yelling and hollering that we were NFC South champs. I think everybody was extremely excited. We're pumped that we've got a home game next week.
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We refuse to win games easy. That's the truth, for whatever reason.