Norv Turner
Norv Turner
Norval Eugene Turneris an American football coach who is the offensive coordinator for the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League. Turner has also served as offensive coordinator for the San Diego Chargers, Miami Dolphins, San Francisco 49ers, Cleveland Browns and the Dallas Cowboys, where he won two Super Bowls. He has served as head coach of the Washington Redskins, Oakland Raiders, and San Diego Chargers. He is the older brother of Ron Turner, the former head coach at the...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth17 May 1952
atmosphere city create england environment face kansas type
The environment we had to face in New England, we've got to create that type of atmosphere here for Kansas City when they come in.
conversation direction good headed
It was a good conversation. Ultimately, we weren't headed in the direction (Davis) wanted to be headed, and he wanted to make a switch.
help
I think Derrick's really going to help us - on all downs,
certainly city control early football game happened kansas league looked lost morning number plays winning won year
I said it early in the year when we were 0-3, we're a lot better football team. This morning I looked at our first Kansas City game. We're two plays away from winning that game. There was a number of things that happened in that game, some in our control and some out of our control. That was certainly a game we could have won. Kansas City won the game, they're 4-3. We lost the game, we're 3-4. That's where this league is a little bit.
belong coming felt home plane
I belong here, ... When I got off the plane the other night, I felt like I was coming home. I feel like I'm home now.
best issue loses move sit team terms
Any team that loses one of (its) best players, it's going to have an effect, ... but, certainly, I'm not going to sit in here and say that that was the issue in terms of why we didn't move the football. We had opportunities.
along defense detail further last playing point
Continuity, repetition, the detail of playing the defense, we're much further along than we were at any point last year.
backed guys lay line seen situations teams
This is an awfully big game. We've all seen teams that when they get in situations our team's been in, they won't lay it on the line physically. These guys have not backed off.
couple excited helped morning plan plays plot ran tried
This morning he went out and ran and was excited about the way he felt. We tried to plot a plan on how we'd use him. That's what we did. ... He made a couple of big plays that helped us.
football guy injury smart terms
He's a very, very smart football player, ... When you have a guy who has that kind of versatility, it's unbelievable in terms of having injury situations.
extremely great help obviously pleased randy team tried work
I just think that we've been extremely pleased with Randy as a person and a player. He has a great work ethic. He obviously has great ability. He's come in here and tried to help this team in every way that he can.
certainly defense
certainly was not by design. Sometimes it's what the defense is doing. ... We want to get him the ball.
extent jerry
I think Jerry will be able to play. I don't know to what extent he will be able to play.
became consistent year
I think he'll be more consistent down to down, and he became more consistent as the year went on.