Ryan Longwell
Ryan Longwell
Ryan Walker Longwellis a retired American football kicker. After playing college football for the California Golden Bears, he started his professional football career with the San Francisco 49ers, but never played a game for the franchise. He then played for the Green Bay Packers from 1997 to 2005. He played for the Minnesota Vikings from 2006 to 2011. He also played briefly for the Seattle Seahawks during the 2012 playoffs...
anybody causes deal decision everybody key lose player screw soon sort stupid tension
You just don't want anybody to screw it up, ... If you lose a key player to a stupid decision ... as soon as anybody that causes any sort of stir, then everybody has to deal with it. It just causes tension that you don't need.
felt fresh last second time year
I think last year with everything that happened, it was time for a fresh start. The second we got here this morning, it felt like the right place to be.
against bigger defense detroit everybody good last losing saying scale year
I would say on a scale this is bigger than Detroit last year up there. Because this is against what everybody is saying is a really good defense and a good team, and they are. Losing can be habitual, and you don't want it to ever get that way.
break figure league players replace team year
Yeah, things happen. It's one of those things where you just kind of figure out what you need that year and go with it. Sometimes you can replace players with better players, sometimes you break even and sometimes you don't. You look around with any team in the league and that's the way it goes.
extra few games pressure worry
I didn't want to put any extra pressure on him the first few games punting-wise where he would worry about holding, but we have had enough botches where it's necessary,
acquainted coach everybody expect good great head honored owner people quick special teams today
When I started to get acquainted with the people here today in this organization, they're incredible. From the head coach to the special teams coach to the owner to everybody involved, they're just great people that this organization has in there. We were honored that they wanted us to come and be a part of it and be a part of the transition. We expect good things pretty quick here.
certainly division dust gives hard left team
No one's left us in the dust in our division. There could be a 4-1, 5-0 team in the division who would be hard to catch. But we certainly have not been left in the dust, and it gives us a shot.
field game giving guys looks passion separate stopping sure
There are times we look like the Packers of old, motoring down the field and stopping them on defense. And then there are more times where it just looks like guys are going in separate directions. You've got to play the game with passion and fervor, and I'm not sure we're giving it all we've got.
changes losing people season
A lot of the changes will be needed. This season has been an interesting one. There's been a lot of losing and a lot of the people here aren't used to that at all.
bottom high line school whatever whether
The bottom line is, from when I got here to how it is now, there's not that dominant, emotional, you're-going-to-beat-the-heck-out-of-whoever's-on-the-field (feeling), whether it's Ashwaubenon High School or the world champs. For whatever reason, it's a different team, and it's not there.
bearing behind came clock far lose rush seconds shot snap spot trying
We had no shot of making that one. You have 1.26 seconds and (holder) B.J. (Sander) has a clock in his head, as do I, and the snap came back way behind him. He was trying to rush to get it around and when it's that far off, you kind of lose the bearing on where the spot is.
shot
We had no shot of making that one. It was just out of sequence.
best friend good miss
I miss him every day, without question, ... It's one thing to have a friend and a good teammate, but I would say he's probably my best friend, other than my wife.
bay best eventually green hard imagine next running team wait weird whether year
He's (Favre) the best quarterback I've ever seen. We'll wait and see, but it's pretty emotional. It's weird to think of the Green Bay Packers without him. Eventually it'll get that way, whether its next year or 10 years down the road, its going to be that way, but it's hard to imagine our team running out there without No. 4.