Rich McKay
Rich McKay
Rich McKayis the president, CEO, and former general manager of the Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League. He was the general manager of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers when they won Super Bowl XXXVII...
additional again creating game good playing puts regular season seed sell value week
It addresses the bye issue, but then again it puts the No. 8 seed playing the No. 1 seed in Week 1 of the playoffs. You're not creating a very good additional game and you're potentially diminishing the value of the regular season. And that's the No. 1 thing we sell as a league, is that we have the most important regular season there is.
bottom cap change developed good happened job line players reason salary system
The bottom line in this system is you've got to do a good job in the draft, because those players are the inexpensive players that can be developed and you can retain. I think it's an oversimplification to say that the salary cap is the reason for all the change that has happened in the league.
accuse assume borrowing defense good helps offense stealing
It helps the defense in a sense - I don't want to accuse the offense of stealing signals, let's just assume they're borrowing the signals. We think it would be good to give the defense that ability.
basis decisions easier fit four good job mind popular sign three tougher veteran
It's made the (GM) job tougher and more unpopular. Because the easier way to go is to sign the popular veteran that's really a good fit in your marketplace, but not a good fit in your salary-cap management. In my mind you make at least three or four of those decisions on a yearly basis now. You used to have one of those, at most, every two or three years.
drew win
I think Drew would look back at that and tell you it was a mistake. I know Errict probably would. And that doesn't say it was a win for the Buccaneers. It wasn't.
bowl calls driven hard mike needs super time works
I think Mike works hard and has a lot of responsibilities. They went to the Super Bowl this year, and I think he needs a little time off. I didn't think it was driven by the calls on Super Bowl Sunday, I really didn't.
deals last until
This was one of those deals that went down until the last minute.
looked opinion previous
When I got here, I looked at him and said that my previous opinion of him was not fair,
asked issue meeting standpoint
We did what we were asked to do at the meeting in March, which was to go back and re-examine the whole issue from a competitive standpoint with all the statistical analysis,
along faster move replay save time trying
We're just trying to save a little time in trying to move replay along at a little faster pace.
allowed creep necessary
We've allowed those things to creep back. They are not necessary and should not be allowed.
instant open penalties proposal remember replay sought
I don't remember a proposal on instant replay that sought to open up all penalties for review.
certainly driving palmer
I don't know that the Palmer play was the driving force, but it was certainly a force.
green holiday inn remember sitting wherever
Because I remember Saturdays sitting in my dad's room, and we'd be at the one-story Holiday Inn in Green Bay, or wherever we were, saying, 'It's going to be ugly.'