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
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I thought we played a competitive game against a championship team. There's a reason why they have won 20 straight games in this stadium.
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I have great respect for what Rob brings to the table as I've had to compete against his units twice a year for the past two years. His linebackers always played at a high level and consistently produced big plays.
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We're past that. We got good work in Texas, we'll get work against (New Orleans) Thursday night, and we're starting to zero in on our opener.
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There were three times where we gained enough yards for a first down ... and had penalties that knocked us back. If you do that, particularly in the environment we were in, against a real good football team that pressures most quarterbacks they play against, then you're playing into their hands. It didn't help us in terms of protecting (Collins). We need to stay out of those situations.
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Anytime in a season you start 0-3, you know you're fighting an uphill battle. We had chances at winning, and against good teams.
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Part of when you go out and say we're going to run the ball or we're going to accomplish these things, who you are doing it against has some effect on how well you do it, ... Philadelphia made some good plays.
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I think he's going to bring us a lot as a runner. But I thought at times he was too eager to bounce it outside and make a good play. Against this team, they force you take what's there.
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I thought we did a lot of things in a physical manner. We defended the run well.
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I think Doug did some good things. I think there's some things he could do better.
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I think Derrick's really going to help us - on all downs,
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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.
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Our guys continued to fight. But as we all know, it's a four-quarter game.
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We got beat inside early in the game. We got beat between with their tackles inside.
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Over the last few games we've been playing an awful lot of young players. For them, it's a chance to play and get better. In this situation, we're playing a good team that's going to the playoffs and trying to win their division. Hopefully, that should get our guys excited and bring out the best in them.