Derrick Brooks
Derrick Brooks
Derrick Dewan Brooksis an American former football linebacker who played in the National Football Leaguefor fourteen seasons. He played college football for Florida State University, and was twice recognized as a consensus All-American. He was drafted by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the first round of the 1995 NFL Draft, where he played his entire professional career. An eleven-time Pro Bowl selection and nine-time All-Pro, Brooks was named AP NFL Defensive Player of the Year in 2002, and earned a...
ProfessionFootball Player
Date of Birth18 April 1973
CityPensacola, FL
A lot of questions have to be answered,
As good as this feeling is we're looking to feel even better next week.
They get beat up so much. I think these guys stepped up and played well with basically two rookies starting. These guys kept pounding and pounding.
We'd share a conversation, make sure he's OK. What with Tony being in Indianapolis, if he needed someone to talk to or just hang around, he had my phone number.
I refuse to let myself get comfortable. Some people may read this and say,
I just had to smile at him. And he smiled back at me.
In 11 years, I've done it eight times. I believe in keeping a good team together. So far, if those conditions are the same, if it's a two-way street, then we'll do it.
I guess we're a little down because of the way we lost. It appears that we got dominated.
I plan on being here until they bury me at Raymond James Stadium.
Chris coming in, that's something he has to learn: Everyone is watching -- everyone. And I want them to watch me so everyone knows what everyone is doing and we all can succeed.
In years past, we have had a lot of turnovers and defensive scores. Last year, that part of our game was missing. We got our hands on a lot of balls. We caused way more fumbles that we didn't recover. The turnovers we got, we didn't turn them into touchdowns.
Hopefully he felt the love that I have for him and Lauren. He's doing the best he can under the circumstances. A lot of people have come to pay their respects because he's meant more to this community than just a football coach.
Hopefully, progress is being made. I don't think all these extensions would have come about if there wasn't progress.
I feel a lot more humility, a lot more togetherness this training camp. The fire is lit. ... That's something we lost the last two years,