Dom Capers
Dom Capers
Ernest Dominic Capersis an American football coach who is the defensive coordinator for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League. Capers served as the head coach for the NFL's Carolina Panthers from 1995 and 1998 and for the Houston Texans from 2002 to 2005. He is the only person to serve two different NFL expansion teams as their inaugural head coach...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth7 August 1950
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It all begins with the takeaway/giveaway. Anytime you go four games and don't get a takeaway and you're minus-8, it really doesn't make a whole lot of difference what else you do. Statistics prove that it's awful hard to win when you don't get a takeaway.
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That's way too many penalties on special teams.
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When you look at backgrounds, I think we've got very similar philosophies. That always makes it easier, too, if you know the person you're going to work for, you know what their philosophy is.
We've got to be able to run. It's not a secret. They want to attack. They want to get us on our heels. We know what we have to do.
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We believe ... he will be out for the year.
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We like Jamie. It basically came down to, you can't have everybody you that you like to have with the salary cap situation the way it is.
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We can't be a sloppy team and expect to play winning football. We have to be an efficient team with an eye to detail to win games.
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Today was certainly a positive step in the right direction. I am proud of the way our team has hung together and continued to battle. We now have to take this win and build on it.
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We aren't satisfied with where we are and we'll do whatever it takes to get to where we want to go.
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We aren't happy where we are. We have to do a better job in the base fundamentals of the game. We have to work hard to keep our poise and to execute under pressure.
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You look at Pittsburgh and New England. Normally, this is a copycat league. When teams are having success, people are always going to study what they are doing. I also think things go in cycles ... I think it swung back the other way a little bit.
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To beat a good football team like Jacksonville, you've got to convert all of your opportunities.
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We know Jacksonville has an excellent team and in order for us to go over and compete with their team, there are some areas we have to improve in. But yesterday was a very positive step and we're obviously happy to get our first win.
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We'll get it squared away. We weren't able to get the kind of consistency we wanted moving the ball because we were using different combinations (of players).