Corey Simon
Corey Simon
Corey Jermaine Simonis a former American college and professional football player who was a defensive tackle in the National Football Leaguefor eight seasons. He played college football for Florida State University, earned consensus All-American honors, and was a member of a BCS National Championship team. The Philadelphia Eagles chose him with the sixth overall pick in the 2000 NFL Draft, and he played professionally for the Eagles, Indianapolis Colts and Tennessee Titans of the NFL. He was selected to the...
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Andy (Reid) and I, we talked and we talk outside of football. So when he called me up and said, 'Corey, listen, I'm going to let you go,' he knew that that was a tremendous opportunity for me, and they were comfortable in the position in that they were moving to get some of those young guys in there. And from a business standpoint, it saves them some money. So there are no hard feelings.
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So often, our offense gets a lot of credit. They've done great things, but it's time for the defense to get a name for ourselves and play hard and be just as good as our offense.
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He called me up and said, 'Corey, you know, listen, I'm going to let you go,' ... He knew that was a tremendous opportunity for me. And they were comfortable in the position that they were moving, getting some of those young guys in there. And from a business standpoint, it saves them some money. So there were no hard feelings. It was somewhat of a surprise because I had the tag on me all offseason.
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You play this game hard and you put everything into it to go out and play well, but as a professional, you never want to see a guy go down. The worst guys I hate playing against are those who have no regard for another's livelihood.
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I think we have our own unique way of doing things here. These guys are hungry, they are young and they want to get better. They want to make a name for themselves.
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It had nothing to do with rust. (Sunday), (the Steelers) had the breaks, they played well. They played well enough to win.
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We can't worry about who they have playing or who they don't have playing or where they're getting their emotional lift. This is Monday Night Football. This is a huge game where everybody is watching. If you can't come out with the intensity you need to play, you don't have a pulse.
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Over the past few years, this team has done some tremendous things, and hopefully I can be the piece of that puzzle to move them a little further. I missed out on a Super Bowl ring last year, and I'm very excited about being here, because I think the possibility of obtaining one here is beyond our wildest dreams.
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Just really being able to sit down with him and pray with him about what was going on in my family and in my life really put things in perspective in terms of where he puts this game and life in general.
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We lay our hearts on the line every week. It doesn't hurt anybody more than it hurts us.
firing playoffs
We have to go into the playoffs firing on all cylinders. I don't think we're there yet.
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I get into it. I don't want to have to think about things when I get out on the field on Sunday, so I get into it as much as I can. I want to make sure everything comes second nature to me.
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I don't know whether to fault the seamstress or the guy I was playing against.
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He's all speed. A fast guy. Quick. A pass-rushing defensive tackle, which is rare.