Ozzie Newsome
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Ozzie Newsome
Ozzie Newsome Jr.is a former American football tight end for the Cleveland Browns, an inductee into the Pro Football Hall of Fame, and the current general manager of the Baltimore Ravens...
gives great integrity locker military played role taylor
He could play the same role Chester Taylor played for us. His experience, his toughness, his military background, all of it gives him an integrity that will be great in our locker room.
stick stretch system trusts worked wrong
Right or wrong on this call, the system in place has worked and he trusts it, ... You can't stretch too much and still stick with your system.
available chance family happy job played time
If you would have told me that there was going to be only one job available by the time Marvin could interview, then I would have said there's a chance Marvin would be back here and be happy about it, ... To Marvin's credit, his family played a big part in his decision. They really didn't want to go.
contribute draft holes hopefully mighty opportunity player provide rounds select talent unique
The draft is going to have to provide us with a lot of young talent that's going to have to come in and contribute right away -- hopefully in a mighty way, ... When you've got as many holes as we have, I think any player that we select in any of the rounds will have a unique opportunity to come in and play.
backup consummate role special teams
He is a consummate professional. He will enthusiastically play any role he is given. That could be as a starter, as a backup or as an outstanding special teams player.
browns cleveland moving unheard
Moving the Cleveland Browns was just unheard of,
hold
Yes, it did. But I was not able to get a hold of Joel.
direction fourth high riding winning
When you're riding high on a three-game winning streak, if you don't play well that fourth game, you can get your butt beat. And then things can go in the other direction for a while.
bit bowl cheating felt half knew last ourselves position putting shot super time winning
We felt like we were cheating time a little bit right there. We knew we were putting ourselves in this position in 2002, but we had to take our shot at winning back-to-back. We could have done half of this cap-cutting last year, and it wouldn't have been this painful, but I don't think we would have had a real shot to get to the Super Bowl this season.
agent consider contract decided franchise spoken talking today transition
The Ravens have decided not to franchise or transition Jamal Lewis. At the same time, we will still consider the possibility of talking with Jamal about a long-term contract with us. I've spoken with Jamal and his agent (Mitch Frankel) today to let them know.