Mike Rucker
Mike Rucker
Michael Dean Ruckeris a former American football defensive end who played eight seasons for the Carolina Panthers of the National Football League. He played college football for the University of Nebraska, and was drafted by the Panthers in the second round of the 1999 NFL Draft...
ProfessionFootball Player
Date of Birth28 February 1975
bowl foot guy happens miss problem seen shocking since super time
Since I've been here, I've never really seen him miss any time. He had that foot problem around the time of the Super Bowl (in 2003), but the guy is durable. It is kind of shocking to see him get nicked a little bit, but sometimes that happens in this game.
best kept mouths pads somebody talk tough week
It was tough this week not to talk with our mouth. It's tough to have them keep slamming you. But we kept our mouths shut. The best way to show somebody is to put the big-boy pads on, and that's what we did.
atone best expect last league looking next seldom team week weeks
Sometimes in this league you just get spanked, and you usually come back the next week looking to atone for it. Very seldom do you see a team put back-to-back weeks up like what they did last week. We expect their best this week.
counts fourth quarter
They started off hot. But what counts is the fourth quarter and how you finish. It's not how you start; it's how you finish.
gets hit people picked sack stock
A lot of people put stock in the sack column, but if you hit a quarterback and it gets picked off, that's a lot better than a sack. You can't put all your stock in that category.
defensive plays ways
As a defensive lineman you have to find yourself other ways to make plays and get yourself in the game,
clear close good knew move player
That's when I knew that Jenks was pretty close to his old self. He used a really good move to get by a really good player to get a sack. That's when it was clear that he's pretty much back.
known
That's what the Falcons are known for. They all do it.
anyone fast move special takes
Anyone can be big guy. But it takes someone pretty special to be able to move as fast he does at that weight.
framework hands people roll rules schemes
In the framework of their schemes and the way the rules are, it's legal. You just have to roll with the punches, there are a lot of things people don't like. You've just got to play it better, put your hands down (on the blocker) and try not to get cut.
framework roll rules schemes
In the framework of their schemes and the way the rules are, it's legal. I just kind of got caught. I'll roll with it.
good home hyped love onto playing possible road special
I don't know if it's possible to feel more comfortable on the road because we love playing before our fans. But there's something special about going onto another guy's turf and silencing their fans. We get hyped up playing before someone else's home crowd, and that's good if you can put it in the right direction.
ball depending everybody flow gap goes
Everybody has their own gap. In two-gap, you have 'A' or 'B' depending on which way the ball goes and you flow that way. Here you are responsible for that one gap. If you want to make a play, go through your 'B' gap and make the play.
across crowd developed guy home knock lined noise playing simple thinking whether
It's all about having the right mind-set when playing on the road. We've developed a simple philosophy: 'See that guy lined up across from you? Try to knock the snot out of him.' You're not thinking about the crowd noise or anything else. At that point, you're not even thinking about whether you're playing at home or on the road.