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
football good responsibility strides three win
Our responsibility was to win football games, and we made good strides the first three seasons, but we didn't get it done this year. I'm disappointed that things had to end this way.
case hope plan respond
Our plan is to have him do a little more in practice. Hopefully, he'll respond the way we hope he'll respond, and in that case he'll be the starter.
expect hidden hole win
You put yourself in such a hole and give up that much hidden yardage. You can't do that and expect to win in the NFL.
focusing hard ready talked team
I've always talked to my team about focusing on the things you can control. So I got this team ready to play as hard as they could today.
consistency pleased punch sitting
I was pleased with the consistency of our first-team offense. We went right down the field. But when you're sitting at the one on first-and-goal, you want to punch it in, so we're disappointed in that.
coach last player
In the last month, there has been a lot of that sentiment, but when you are a coach or a player you never think of those things.
ability mind point question special teams time
There is no question in my mind that we have more playmaking ability in our special teams than we've had at any point in time we've been here.
wrong
We've had more go wrong than we have go right.
detail efficient expect eye football sloppy team winning
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.
beat convert football good team
To beat a good football team like Jacksonville, you've got to convert all of your opportunities.
cycles people pittsburgh study swung teams
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.
base execute happy hard job poise work
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.
gotten guys job
We've got a lot of young guys that have gotten on the job training.
convinced opener smarter takes team win work
We've got to go back to work and become a more disciplined and smarter team and do all the things it takes to win games. We have a lot of work to do because our opener is right around the corner. I'm convinced that we can get to where we need to be.