Michael Strahan
Michael Strahan
Michael Anthony Strahanis a retired American football defensive end who spent his entire 15-year career with the New York Giants of the National Football League. Strahan set a record for the most sacks in a season in 2001, and won a Super Bowl in his final season in 2007. After retiring from the NFL, Strahan became a media personality. He is currently a football analyst on Fox NFL Sunday, and has also served as co-host on the syndicated morning talk...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionFootball Player
Date of Birth21 November 1971
CityHouston, TX
CountryUnited States of America
If I'd known where I was, I would have just fallen down.
I think everyone's been disciplined. Everyone's been in the gaps they're supposed to get in and guys are making gang tackles, not waiting for guys to make the play, and everybody's running to the ball.
I plan to. But it's preseason. If I'm not right, I won't play. If I'm right, I'll play.
At some point, we have to make plays. We can't just leave it up to the offense to win it for us at the end.
That's probably one of our biggest spikes on our team, that whole combination of the three guys inside, one who is an aggressive linebacker who can run like the wind and two tackles who are athletic and strong. That's why people can't run on us - the middle has been pretty stout.
I didn't know where I was. If I would have realized where I was when I caught it, I would have just fallen. That was the smart thing to do.
So I feel fresher. I appreciate getting the chance to go out there again. I want to make the most of that every time.
That guy across from me is not trying to be my friend once we're out there and I'm not trying to be his either. We're not playing just to go out there and put on a show and let these guys win the game.
It's a lot for a second-year player, but I can't think of anybody else in the league right now that's a second-year player who can handle it. I think coming from where he's come from with his background and his family, that's prepared him for this.
It's scary. I've never seen anyone who's so quick, and fast, and powerful, and is such a smart football player. In my opinion, and I know he's gotten a lot of accolades, but he's probably the best all-around football player in the league.
Is it possible to respect someone and hate their guts? ... It is? Then, we've accepted it.
Last year we were a team, but I think maybe we were a little unsure, ... We had a new quarterback, a new coach, we had a lot of different things we needed to have answered. This year, I just don't have that feeling. Even though Eli is young, I don't have the same feeling as a team that we're unsure about ourselves.
Good riddance. Bring on the future. We're ready.
As a unit, from where we were in the past, holding your breath every time they kicked to us or we kicked to them, to now we have a unit that can swing momentum, it's phenomenal.