Lovie Smith
Lovie Smith
Lovie Lee Smithis the head football coach at the University of Illinois. He was previously the head coach of the Chicago Bears from 2004 to 2012, and Tampa Bay Buccaneers from 2014 to 2015. Smith has been to the Super Bowl twice, as the defensive coordinator for the 2001 St. Louis Rams and as the head coach for the Bears in 2006...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth8 May 1958
CityGladewater, TX
chance improvement
I think he's made improvement and we're getting a chance to see what he'll be someday.
downs excited game half kyle percent potential rest second third
Kyle was 83 percent converting third downs in the second half (5-of-6). He got better as the game went along. We know he'll get better as we go. We're excited about his potential the rest of the year.
corners great size
Great size, great guy, great leader. Outstanding speed, outstanding size. How many corners do you see with size like that?
assume far game injuries late outcome sure
Sometimes late in the week, injuries happen. It had no outcome on the game as far as we're concerned. I assume everybody's going by the rules, which I'm sure they were.
chance help kyle learn older
This will give Kyle a chance to learn from two older quarterbacks, which should only help his play as a quarterback.
beat good
We just want to play good football. We don't want to beat ourselves.
field football goals good
We're a good football team, and I know we'll show that on the field this year. Our goals ... you know what our goals are. We're a good team, here are our goals, let's see what happens.
backing continue guy rotation starter
We don't have a two-back rotation or anything like that. There's a starter and there's a guy who's backing him up who we would like to get plays. It will continue like this. We're going to go with our starter and we're going to try to get our backups in place.
gave kyle offence pleased stepped
We're pleased with how Kyle Orton stepped in and gave the offence a boost.
gave kyle offense pleased stepped
We're pleased with how Kyle Orton stepped in and gave the offense a boost.
awhile bit game leading means next north quite since talked trying
We're confident. It's been awhile since we've been 3-3 and where the next game means quite a bit. We're just trying to get respect. The NFC North has talked quite a bit about the records. But I see it getting better and I think we're leading the charge.
coming definitely expecting gets guys injury pick run running slack stretch trying until
We definitely think he can be a part of the stretch run. That's why once you see an injury like that, you are expecting the worst. We have a stretch run we're coming upon, and we need all of our guns. Cedric is a big part of what we're trying to do running the football. Our other guys will have to pick up the slack until he gets back.
brought good mindset supposed understood
We brought in good players, why should we be bad? We never understood that. We had the mindset that we were supposed to be good right away.
draft games guy happening kick plans running rushed unless yards
We know who Cedric is, and you don't draft a guy there unless you have plans for him down the line. But you have to go on what is happening right now. You have a running back who has rushed for 100 yards two games in a row. You can't kick him out of the house.