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
defended physical run
I thought we did a lot of things in a physical manner. We defended the run well.
against game games played reason straight won
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.
both couple eliminate pass past penalties playing sides trying
I think there were penalties on both sides of the ball, and that's part of the deal. That's part of the deal, if you're playing pass coverage. There are jams, bangs. We're trying to eliminate them. I think we've done better over the past couple of weeks. We've just got to keep working at it.
good
I think Doug did some good things. I think there's some things he could do better.
help
I think Derrick's really going to help us - on all downs,
believe game games looking
I think everyone is looking for that spectacular game and I believe he is going to have games like that.
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.
continued guys
Our guys continued to fight. But as we all know, it's a four-quarter game.
advantage couple ended taking
We ended up not taking advantage of a couple of situations.
ball found game good work
We're always going to work to get the ball to Randy... , ... (The Eagles) had a good plan. They rolled (coverage), they doubled, they had a good mix. We found some creases as the game went on.
beat early inside
We got beat inside early in the game. We got beat between with their tackles inside.
awful best bring chance excited few games good guys last playing playoffs team trying win
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.
chance consistency downs gave good playing plays
playing with consistency probably. He made plays that gave us a chance to get first downs and, obviously, a big play on the first drive. So he did good things.
kansas matched
Physically, we matched up with Kansas City, ... We competed hard. But there are things we've got to do better. And things we are going to do better.