Mike Shanahan
Mike Shanahan
Michael Edward Shanahanis a former American football coach who has been the head coach of the Los Angeles Raiders, Denver Broncos, and Washington Redskins of the National Football League. He led the Broncos to back-to-back Super Bowl victories in 1998 and 1999...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth24 August 1952
CityOak Park, IL
cast feels good high hoping played playing supporting system third year
I think most quarterbacks in their third year have a good feel for the terminology, a good feel for the supporting cast and you are hoping that in the third year, your quarterback is playing at a very high level. He feels a lot more comfortable with our system and a lot more comfortable with the supporting cast and he has played well.
contribute fourth guy knows pick third throw tough
When you have your second, third or fourth back that knows the system, you can throw him in there every day. That is why it's tough to pick a guy up during the season, because you actually want that guy to contribute to the team.
everybody four game second special starters
When you have four starters out of the game as we do, you have to have everybody else playing. If you did play your second unit, who would play special teams?
defense eleven expect four good great guys hard job level played playing quarters thumb
When you do that, it makes it hard for your defense to play four quarters at the level that we expect them to play. We did not do a very good job on offense. I can not put my thumb on it, because there was some great effort, guys played hard, but you have to have eleven guys out there playing together. One guy here (and) one guy there just doesn't get it done.
good half points
We had some opportunities in the first half offensively and couldn't get any points in that end zone. When you do that on the road, usually good things don't happen.
deal difficult elements knew
We knew it was going to be difficult to come in here and deal with the elements in their backyard,
four hours instead meeting watch
We'll just get up a little earlier, watch the (video) from the game, have our meeting and go from there. We'll just have about four hours instead of 24. But it's got to be done.
handled himself liked played senior throughout upside
We liked the way he handled himself at the Senior Bowl, and the way he played throughout the season. There's a big upside with his speed.
chance deal practice
The deal with Clarett, that was a non-issue, ... because he never got the chance to practice very much.
anderson game mike playing pleased serious
You know what Mike Anderson is. It doesn't take a regular-season game to tell you that Mike has been playing pretty good. . . . I'm pleased with the way he's come back and rebounded after a serious injury. I like the way he handles himself.
throughout training
We've been evaluating throughout training camp, two-a-days, the off-season program, all the way through. We'll be fine.
came fourth good job quarter quarters run
We've done a good job through the season, but that fourth quarter wasn't one of our better quarters when it came to run defense.
advantage guys opportunity players second understand
What you try to do is get guys to understand their role. They may not like being second team, but when they do get an opportunity to play, they take advantage of that opportunity. . . . We've got a lot of players like that.
chance evaluate
We'll get a chance to evaluate him (today).