Ozzie Newsome
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...
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.
dominated people personnel standpoint
We dominated people from a personnel standpoint back then,
board everybody
Our board has been set pretty much, and everybody is in accord,
contract dealing excited expect hanging rebounds season tough turmoil
We are so excited to have Jamal back. If you look at his history, he always rebounds in a big way from adversity. He had a tough 2005 that started with surgery, his incarceration, and then dealing with all of the turmoil during the season with the contract hanging over his head. We expect big things from him.
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.
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.
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.
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.
four guy philosophy
I look more -- and this is part of my philosophy -- at what a guy will be doing in years three, four and five.
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.
three
You have to look at it in three different phases,
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We did a legitimate cap-friendly deal with a low cap number in the first year ($1.5 million), ... We got the guy we wanted and it's a five-year deal. It's the same kind of option deals that we have with Ray Lewis , Michael McCrary and Jermaine Lewis . ... We just have had to structure some deals that way for cap reasons.
coach head team
Expectations are there for this team to do well. They are there from the owner, myself, the head coach and his staff, and the players. Now, can we live up to the expectations?
browns cleveland moving unheard
Moving the Cleveland Browns was just unheard of,