Tim Ruskell
Tim Ruskell
Tim Ruskellis a former team president and director of player personnel for the Seattle Seahawks and the Chicago Bears, and current scout for the Tennessee Titans...
game great joy quite ready threw watch win year
(The Panthers) weren't ready for some of that stuff, which threw them off. And that's how you win big games. Mike's called it great all year long; he's quite a game manager, and he's been a joy to watch this season.
great high moral people system talk talks team tony value work
What you see with Tony is what you get. He doesn't just talk it and not do it. He talks it and does it. He's a great man. High moral character. High value system and he instills that in his team and the people that work with him.
guys question
Those guys are exceptional, there's no question about it.
looking
We still have to look. We were looking even before Jeb went down.
became defense group leader period proud short unified
We're so proud of what he's done. He really unified this group and became the quarterback of this group and the leader of this defense in a short period of time. My hat's off to him.
harm ken slow
We're going to take it slow and see how Ken goes. There's still more testing. We would never want to do anything that would harm him as we go forward.
adds along brings certainly character defensive discipline great locker numbers proud room team throughout work
We're just so proud of what he's accomplished. Not his numbers -- I mean, the sacks are great and everything -- but the character that he brings to our locker room, the discipline and the preparation and the work ethic. And that permeates throughout the locker room -- certainly along the defensive line -- and it adds to what this team has done.
across bought deserve drive enjoy job leaning line people playing rest road step team
The people who step across the line and get the job done deserve the credit. They enjoy playing with each other, they have each other's back, and they've really bought into the team concept. You drive down a road and see a road crew, two of them are working and the rest are leaning on their shovels? I lean on a shovel.
assess definitive game maybe
We're still in the checking-it-out stage. We want to get through a scrimmage, maybe a game or two and then assess it. ... It's too early. You can't make any definitive judgments.
deep draft particular
Fortunately, this draft in particular is deep in those.
far great impression lost playing teams
We lost the game, so I don't have a great impression of the game. The teams were playing hard. As far as historically where it ranks, I don't know.
injuries lost row starting various
We lost our two starting receivers to injuries at various times. If we didn't have Joe, we would have had a skid. We wouldn't have had our 11 in a row and we wouldn't be here.
player selfless takes win
He is a selfless player who understands what it takes to win in this league.
complete late misses pumps sets standard
He is a complete professional in every sense of the word. He never misses a meeting. He's never late to a meeting. He's completely unselfish. He pumps up his teammates. He sets a standard for everyone else to follow.