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
consider definitely deserve football good opportunity players
Some players deserve an opportunity to play and Roberto is definitely one of those. He's a good football player. We consider him a starter.
control game good lead led supposed team
He managed the game well. He was in control of the game. He just led us. He made the right reads. He made good throws. He did what your quarterback is supposed to do, lead your team to a win.
adrian good next pleased running
Cedric is next in the rotation, but I was pleased with what Adrian Peterson did. He's a good running back.
couple days football good great last played talk training
Just like we talk about the quarterbacks, some days you're going to have that. 'Peanut' had a great training camp. He hasn't played as well as he can the last couple (games). He'll come back. He's a good football player.
control good led reads supposed
I thought he was in control of the game, managed it well, ... He led us. He made the right reads and made good throws. He did what quarterbacks are supposed to do.
anybody company course football good line offensive quite regular running saying season team thomas year
Once you get in company with Walter Payton that's saying quite a bit. (It was) an outstanding year by Thomas and our offensive line to get that for him. I think we established that through the course of the regular season we are a good running football team and can run the football on just about anybody we play.
good league liked player
I've always liked him. I think he'll be a very good player in the league someday.
good player realize
So we just realize we're going to get a good player and that's what's exciting.
major tweak
I think we'll tweak our roster this year. I don't see any major upgrades that we need.
couple playing potential showing talent
He has a lot of talent and a lot of potential. He's been playing well in the preseason. He's been showing up and making a couple of plays.
kyle needs situation stronger
Kyle needs to go through a situation like that, ... From the way I see it, he'll come back stronger from it.
adding ball dimension offense
He's adding something new, a different dimension to our offense being able to get the ball down the field.
contact football head looking
He will be contacted, I'm sure. If you're looking for a head football (coach) right now, wouldn't you want to contact him?
excellent special start teams
Carl did an excellent job. We'll start over this week. With any of our backups, special teams are a big part.