Keith Brooking
Keith Brooking
Keith Howard Brookingis a former American football linebacker in the National Football League. He was drafted by the Atlanta Falcons in the first round of the 1998 NFL Draft and also played for the Dallas Cowboys and Denver Broncos. He played college football at Georgia Tech. Brooking was a five-time Pro Bowl selection with the Falcons...
ProfessionFootball Player
Date of Birth30 October 1975
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I've never seen anything like that. I think it was just the emotion, tension and atmosphere of the dome boiling over.
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I'll be dead honest with you. I've been asked that question a lot this season, even when we were 6-2 and playing really well. You know, 'What about the opportunity to have back-to-back winning seasons?' That didn't mean anything to me at the time because that wasn't my goal or the team's goal. But right now, I have a different perspective.
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But you won't hear any excuses in here. We're going to hold ourselves accountable. We'll look in the mirror and do what we have to do to get headed back in the right direction.
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It's going to be hard to watch (the playoffs). It makes me sick to my stomach.
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You've got to respect that decision, ... It would have been tough to come in here and give it everything, knowing your job was ending at the end of the year.
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He's got that calmness. You can just tell. He wasn't rattled throughout the whole course of that game. And we got a couple interceptions. He had some bad plays. But he stayed right in there.
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Whoever did that poll hasn't been there in a number of years. When the place is packed, there's nothing better.
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We need to get our best football players on the field. I have complete confidence they're going to make the best decision for the football team.
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Winning a championship for city and state is the highest goal we have, but who wouldn't want to score a touchdown or two along the way?
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We have a lot of improving to do. We haven't even scratched the surface of what this team can accomplish. It's a great win. Great to be 1-0, but we have 15 more rounds to go and Seattle is staring us in the face.
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We have to keep our four points of pressure, and when we rush, it might take a couple of us to get him to the ground. He's a big human being.
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We set the tone defensively. We stopped the run and had them in second-and-long, third-and-long. When the crowd here gets into it, it can be very difficult for the offense to hear and to execute.
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When you put winning football teams out there consistently, you get these nationally televised games. You get the notoriety that you deserve. That's the way it works, and that's the way it should be.
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When he's healthy, I've always said there's hardly anyone in the business better than him. He does so many good things. But I saw that knee brace ? it sticks out ? so you know he's not 100 percent. But he looked pretty good. He's running hard. They just wanted to get him a few carries and get him knocked around a little bit.