Dick Vermeil
Dick Vermeil
Richard Albert "Dick" Vermeilis a former American head coach for the National Football League's Philadelphia Eagles, St. Louis Ramsand Kansas City Chiefs. He is in the Sid Gillman coaching tree and has coached at every level; Vermeil owns the distinction of being named “Coach of the Year” on four levels: High School, Junior College, NCAA Division I and Professional Football...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth30 October 1936
CityCalistoga, CA
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I think we do ... as good as the best job in the National Football League of making sure players are aware of their vulnerability, their profile. There's no place to hide in Kansas City. Our fans know our players. (We tell players) to use common sense and to be aware of the problem areas. Stay out of the bad areas. Be alert for certain things.
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You don't realize how intense it gets until you study the practice tapes, ... There were some unbelievable collisions with good players against good players.
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To me, there seems to be more good defensive football teams right now. I can't prove it, but it seems that way. . . . And there are more games being played on defense.
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If the team plays real well and it looks like the way we do things is capable of producing a good football team, then I might stay, ... I'm just going to play it out and see what happens.
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He's better, he's coherent. They're not allowing him to speak to anybody. We have no other information, but that seems to be good news.
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He has the ability to slow the game down, and he executes extremely well, ... He has to have a supporting cast, and I'm talking about the offensive line. Quarterbacks like Kurt Warner need good pass protection. He's not going to panic. He's going to hold onto the ball and go through the progressions.
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He's got good hands. He's got a feel for the game. To my knowledge, he's never been the starter. That's the difference now, he is the starter. He is our guy. We expect him to step up and play like that athlete that you all saw out there.
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Todd had an excellent practice, ... He's a good football player. He has never been given the opportunity to demonstrate what he could do.
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Many times, early losses can put so much pressure on the younger quarterback that he never really gets a chance to grow. The big thing in developing a quarterback is patience. If you thought he was good enough in the first place, then ...
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One was at least a pretty good call. Sometimes, hey, if you're getting beat, you don't want the quarterback hit, you take the penalty. But overall, Jordan Black did a good job for his first start at left tackle. That's a tough position.
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Normally, when you win a football game and you really feel good about it flying home, you look at tapes and it's not quite as good as you thought it was,
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They sort of got the monkey off their back today. We had a chance to come back in the fourth quarter, and they didn't allow it. That's a good football team.
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I just didn't want to get anybody else banged up, ... It's not as good a football practice as a normal Thursday practice is when you have pads.
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I personally predicted we'd win 12 games this season, and we didn't. Maybe we screwed up. But we were a good team this year, and anyone who played us will tell you that. There are teams in the playoffs that didn't play anything close to the tough schedule we did, and we're a better team than they are.