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
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.
block capable cut game guard hole maybe misses number plays running tight time week yesterday
We had a number of plays yesterday and the week before in the running game where we're one play, one block away. One time it's maybe the tight end on the back side, one time it's the guard pulling, one time the back doesn't make the cut he's capable of making or he just misses the hole by a little bit.
balance balls circumstance good mix number throw
We want to have balance and be able to mix it. We did throw some balls to Randy. Some of it was the circumstance of being in a number of first-and-20 or second-and-20 situations. We've got good receivers. We want to use all of them.
based coverage decisions helping number special
We made a number of decisions based on helping our special teams, (mainly) our coverage teams, ... We have two outstanding kickers and we need to get the most out of what they give us. We will be much better.
late number terms year
And, number two, he's a year late in terms of, we've got a lot better team.
defended physical run
I thought we did a lot of things in a physical manner. We defended the run well.
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,
continued guys
Our guys continued to fight. But as we all know, it's a four-quarter game.
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.
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.
backs best catch football hands receiving
I think he's one of the best receiving backs I've been around. His hands -- he can really catch the football.
became consistent year
I think he'll be more consistent down to down, and he became more consistent as the year went on.