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
certain guys point shape tired tough twice
Two-a-days do get you in shape in a certain way. But then there's that cutoff point where guys are getting too nicked up or too tired to go twice a day. So it's tough to say.
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.
might points spot
You can't spot them those points at the beginning. If you don't do that, it might be a different outcome.
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.
talk
We don't talk with our mouths! We talk with our pads!
mark
That day was tough. Because it was like the punctuation mark to that season.
feeling messing training
We'll still be messing with him in the training room. We need to keep (him) feeling connected.
bowl defensive dust ends good playoffs sets settle super
We'll see when all of the playoffs settle down and the Super Bowl is done. You have some good sets of defensive ends out there and to get where we want to go we'll have to see them. We'll see after the dust clears.
beating everybody found funny problem talk
There for a while we had a problem beating them here. It's funny how everybody has found another thing to talk about.
command single
He's going to command the double-team, ... and if you single him up, he's going to make you pay.
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.
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.
version younger
He's kind of like a younger version of Brett Favre.
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.