Jonathan Vilma
Jonathan Vilma
Jonathan Polynice Vilmais a former American football linebacker. He played college football at the University of Miami, and was drafted by the New York Jets in the first round of the 2004 NFL Draft. Vilma also played for the New Orleans Saints...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAthlete
Date of Birth16 April 1982
CountryUnited States of America
crunch
That can deflate a defense, especially at crunch time. We know he's going to make some plays. We have to not get down if he makes a first down on a scramble. We just have to keep playing.
character next standing talking winning year
I don't want to be standing here next year talking about the character of the team. I want to be talking about winning and the playoffs.
finish gone good says season top
Anything we can salvage from this season would be good for us. With everything that has gone on, to finish in the top 10, that says a lot.
basically corner david great side speed
Oh, big impact. He's pretty much up to speed already. He's going to be great for us. We have a shutdown corner on one side and David Barrett on the other, who's basically a shutdown corner as well. So it's going to be good.
attitude built chance guys love offense pressure win
Our attitude is we can't give up anything now. We know if we do that and give our offense a chance to win it, we'll be in the games. We love to have the pressure on our shoulders, that's what a lot of guys are built on.
anyone involved michael might stay wanting whether
I'm indifferent and it's a matter of wanting to stay away from the whole Michael Vick situation, whether he is involved or not. I'm not saying anything about dogfighting or anyone who might be involved in it.
definitely
We need him. We definitely want him back. We'll see what happens.
lewis ray
What can Ray Lewis do that you can't do?
cost gave ourselves road
We gave up too many big plays, and it cost us 14 points. That cost us the game. ... We've killed ourselves on the road this season, more so than at home. It's just been a down season.
cost gave
We gave up too many big plays. That cost us the game.
guys people perception talking worried
The perception for us is we're going to be great. We have guys people may be worried about, but we're not worried about them. You're talking about two guys that are playmakers.
definitely great next rolling stay step talking together unit
We've already been talking about it, how definitely as a unit we're going to step it up another notch. It would be great if we could all stay together and get it rolling for next year.
football player reality
People like to focus on a narrow stereotype, like if we didn't have football then we wouldn't have made it, ... The reality is, there are a lot of football players like me who came out of the middle class.
miami study habit
Coming from the University of Miami, I developed really good study habits.