Rod Graves
Rod Graves
Rod Gravesis the former senior vice president of football administration for the New York Jets of the National Football League. He is best known for his time as general manager of the Arizona Cardinals. He had previously spent time with the Cardinals as Vice President of Football Operations, after being promoted to that position from Assistant to the President following the 2002 season...
greater heavier hope involved risk spotlight worse
The risk is probably no greater or no worse than it is for a lot of other players, but the spotlight is always heavier on the quarterbacks. It's just the risk that we're involved with. You hope you're making the right choice.
position taking
It does not preclude us from taking a look at the quarterback position in the draft.
approach contract creative required standpoint
This contract required a creative approach from our standpoint as well as the agent's standpoint.
anybody last three watched
Anybody that's watched this organization over the last two or three years would have to say we're doing things in a different way,
fruits helping next offer players seeds terms winning younger
He planted the seeds for that, and I think that we'll see the fruits of that a lot more next season. By having players like him that have been in winning situations, they have a lot to offer in terms of helping your younger players grow.
game improve running start
We need to improve our running game and we have to start up front.
confronted game prepare special thinking
To not prepare for (injuries) is like going into a game not thinking about special teams. You know that at some point, you are going to be confronted with it, so youd better be ready.
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We went in there last summer to Cliff Lake and had a really good time -- good swimming, good fishing, warm water, beautiful scenery and a nice peak to summit where you can see the whole country. We'll hike five or six miles the first day, go over Devil's Peak and spend the next night in the Sky Lakes Basin, then hike five or six miles out. If you haven't seen Sky Lakes, this is a good one to see.
deny fact gone hard past positive several strides
When you look at so many positive things that have gone on here the past several years, to me, it's hard to deny the fact this organization is making strides in a positive way.
arrow certainly chance consider eventually league lose offensive pieces talented
We consider him as one of the pieces of the nucleus that we'd like to keep together. He is very talented and the arrow is still up on him. I feel he has a chance to be one of the better offensive linemen in the league eventually and we certainly didn't want to lose him.
certainly desire interest surprised
We certainly desire to keep Reggie. We're not surprised there would be interest in him.
aggressive cap certainly expressed free guys identified interest march poised standpoint until
We certainly haven't expressed any interest and won't until March 3. But we feel we are poised from a cap standpoint to be aggressive in free agency, and we have identified guys we will go after.
cost few less likely move recommend situations
There are probably only a few situations that would entice us to move up. I'm less likely to recommend that just because of the cost involved.
effort spring strong
We make a real strong effort to get as much done, as much as we need to during the spring and in Indianapolis.