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
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.
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.
experience field good help mixture people
I feel like we've got a good mixture of guys. We don't try to overpower each other, but have enough experience on field to let people know what's up and help people get better.
carry line weight
But at the end of the day, we're going to carry more weight because we're the line and we're the foundation.
defensive plays ways
As a defensive lineman you have to find yourself other ways to make plays and get yourself in the game,
gets good growing hard people point start
It's so hard for Pep because once you start to do big things, the expectations keep growing and growing and growing. It gets to the point where the expectations are unreal. He had a good year, but people always want more.
command single
He's going to command the double-team, ... and if you single him up, he's going to make you pay.
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.
mobile plays version younger
He's kind of like a younger version of Brett Favre. You don't see him as a mobile quarterback. He made some plays today.
stuck
You can't get stuck on one category, on just sacks,
mark
That day was tough. Because it was like the punctuation mark to that season.
anybody energy field focus humble inward mouth shut talk team type
It was frustrating to keep your mouth shut all week. What we did was focus that energy inward and let it out on the field today. That's all that matters. Anybody can talk.... We don't do that. We feel like we're a humble type of team and organization. And we talk with our pads.
known
That's what the Falcons are known for. They all do it.
basically close found francisco last losing playing point rode san streak took turnaround winning
There was a point where we were losing a lot of close games. We were right there, but we were losing a lot. The turnaround was the San Francisco game. We were basically playing for last place at the time, and we just found a way to win. It just kind of took off from there, and we just had a winning streak and rode the wave.