Marshall Faulk
Marshall Faulk
Marshall William Faulkis a former college and professional American football player who was a running back in the National Football Leaguefor twelve seasons. He played college football for San Diego State University, and was a two-time consensus All-American. He was selected by the Indianapolis Colts as the second overall pick in the 1994 NFL Draft, and he also played professionally for the NFL's St. Louis Rams. Faulk is one of only three NFL playersto reach at least 10,000 rushing yards...
ProfessionFootball Player
Date of Birth26 February 1973
CityNew Orleans, LA
I find myself going between the game plan and what's going on down in New Orleans while sitting in meetings, ... I'll see what kind of challenge it's going to be. I've never had a distraction like that.
They outplayed us. They did everything right and we did everything wrong today.
People are going into survivor mode. They are calling it looting and I'm saying it's surviving,
I was probably being a little paranoid, ... In past years I would've worked through something like that and kept right on pushing ahead. But I'm just so excited about this season -- I just want everything to be perfect, because I think it can be a special year for us -- and I want to make extra sure that nothing slows me down.
There's a lot of football to be played, but we can't let this snowball. We've got to correct some things now.
Sometimes you evacuate and it seems like you don't need to, you end up just catching a storm or whatever,
I think it's unfair to even speculate on any decision because I haven't made one. Honestly, I haven't given any thought to that.
Our relationship is really good. It's positive. There's no strains in it. And I foresee it being the same way as we go on. Coach (Martz) has done a good job of letting us know our roles so it's fairly simple and there's no complications.
This is a business and you've got to understand that. I always speak in business terms in this game and I learned that when I was young.
When you lose your starting quarterback, your chances aren't good. For Marc to go down on that play, it's like a double whammy right there. But things happen in this game.
I'd not only be cheating myself, but I'd be cheating my teammates if I continued to make the money that I was making and wasn't producing or putting out to the level of payment that I was receiving. That's just me.
The disconnect between [offensive coordinator] Todd Haley and [quarterback] Ben Roethlisberger is so blatant you can just see it.
You have to understand that although it's a game and it's my career and it's my life and it provides a living for me and my family, it's a business to the people who own it.
What do you do? What are you supposed to do?