Nick Ferguson
Nick Ferguson
Nick Fergusonis a former American football safety in the National Football League and prominent Scientologist. He was originally signed by the Cincinnati Bengals as an undrafted free agent in 1996. He played college football at Georgia Tech...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionFootball Player
Date of Birth27 November 1974
CityMiami, FL
CountryUnited States of America
chill football gives hear monday night sunday tradition tune
Is it still going to be Monday Night Football or is it like Sunday night football on ESPN? ... There was a lot of tradition with that Monday night crew. I'll have to tune in to see if it still gives me that same chill when I hear that intro.
chances league luck pure running
Sometimes it's just pure luck because what are the chances of a running back in this league fumbling like that? Very, very slim.
forward looking
To me, it's not a thing of even imagining. It's something that's going to happen. I'm already looking forward to that matchup because it's going to happen.
exactly great position work
Everything is in place. It is exactly where we wanted to be in our hands. We have to do something with it. No sense being in this position and not making something great come out of it. Our work is not done. It's just starting.
There's probably going to be a little trash-taking, but nothing too serious,
against challenge doubting elite far great people success team waiting
A lot of people are probably doubting the success of our team so far and waiting for us to falter, and this is a great challenge for us, ... You want to play against the elite and see how you compare.
ball bounce champ game happens particular
That's how the game goes. Sometimes it bounces your way and you make a play that play. We didn't have the ball bounce our way and we had that this year. It just so happens in this particular game we didn't get a lot of that. I thought Champ was going to make another spectacular play like he has all year, but he didn't make the play.
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As far as rating him among the elite quarterbacks, he's climbing his way up there. In order to be considered that, you have to win a Super Bowl. That's why when they talk about Peyton Manning, they are always like, 'Great quarterback, but . . . ' But I think he has a great opportunity to do that.
excellent game surprised
They didn't really do anything that surprised us. I think we had an excellent game plan, and we just didn't execute.
change coach excuses field playing talked training
We have to play in it; they have to play in it, too. Even in training camp, that's one of the things Coach Shanahan talked about. He said, 'Well, the condition's going to change from place to place.' You can't say, 'Well, it was raining. The field was muddy. It was too cold. It was hot.' You can't use those excuses because they're playing in the same situations.
I just know it hurts. I got up and it didn't feel right.
healed quickly surprised
I'm surprised that it healed up as quickly as it did, ... but in this industry, you've got to be out there and you've got to play.
aware crowd defense dominating fact fans job quarters rooting second seem taken
How can you not be aware of the fact that your fans who were rooting for you in the first and second quarters when you were dominating on defense now seem like the air's just been deflated and taken out of them? Your job is to try to do your job and actually try to get that crowd back into it.
years defense able
It's always great when a defense is able to create turnovers and score. That's something we missed last year. We'd get some turnovers, but we never scored points.