Jerry Angelo
Jerry Angelo
Jerry Angelois an American football executive who was the general manager for the National Football League's Chicago Bears from 2001 to 2011. Prior to joining the Bears, Angelo spent 14 years overseeing Tampa Bay Buccaneers' scouting department as their director of player personnel. Angelo graduated from Miami University in 1971...
bring offensive takes time
Usually, it takes two years for an offensive lineman to develop. So this would be the time to bring one in.
history position rookies
We feel the history of his position for rookies bodes well.
draft history learning partly position rookie
We feel that the history of (Benson's) position as a rookie bodes well (for learning fast), and that was partly why we did what we did on draft day, too.
bit jump patient players sure until
Until we know for sure all that's out there, we're just not going to jump the gun, and we have to be a little bit more patient and make sure we know what players are out there.
plates
We've got as lot of plates in the air.
agent good problems relationship since tampa
We've always had good working relationship when I was in Tampa and since we've been here I find him to be a very, very good agent and (have) no problems with him at all.
good hard learn lesson ownership respect takes wrong
He's going to learn another lesson the hard way, but we like Tank; he's a good kid. Wrong place, wrong time. At least he takes ownership for what he did. We respect that about him.
phone
We made our phone calls. We just didn't get any answers.
build contingent football good obviously player sit team tough
If we're contingent on just one player then obviously we didn't build this team to win. So we feel real good about this football team, but it's a tough blow. I'm not going to sit here and say it isn't.
build coaches contingent good locker move obviously sit team tough
If we're contingent on just one player, then obviously we didn't build this team to win. It's a tough blow, I'm not going to sit here and say it isn't. ... We'll get through it. I feel good about our locker room, I feel good about our coaches and we're going to move forward.
ended taste
I didn't like how we ended the '01 season. It made us look weak. I've got that taste in my mouth, still.
backyard beat ended mouth ready taste
I didn't like how we ended that '01 season. We got beat. It made us look weak, and I've got that taste in my mouth still. We just didn't look like we were ready to play. We got beat in our own backyard and got our butts kicked.
hard position
We've got to get that quarterback position stabilized. If we don't get that stabilized, it's very hard to play around that.
draft family foundation happy strong terms
He's got a strong foundation in terms of his family and very grounded, and we're very happy to have him as our No. 1 draft pick.