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...
guys middle
Certainly, there was a lot to do. We were right in the middle of the free-agent deals. We had 16 guys looking. ...But we all rolled up our sleeves.
defensive gets guy looking type
He's a guy who gets off the ball. They're looking more for a 3-4 type of defensive lineman.
difference
I don't see any difference in him. He's back to where he was. He's the same guy.
corner guys list nice numbers pure terms
That is a nice corner list that they have. The safeties are more than I am used to in terms of the pure numbers of guys that we think can play.
along cap casualties deals draft focus needs past teams terms understanding
The big blowout deals are probably a thing of the past for this period. You still have the understanding that there may be some teams and some cap casualties that come along the way, but you really focus now on the draft in terms of what needs you have left.
core maybe
That is what we are going to do. Maybe we won't get them all but we want to keep our core together.
everybody fake good hard longer page together
Not being together for a long time, that's not good for a defense. The longer you are together as a group, the better you are going to be. We can't fake that. That's just going to take time. How long, I don't know. But I know this, they are working hard at getting everybody on the same page and not making mistakes. That's how you get that started.
detective interviews visit visits work
Not every visit is going to be film room, practice. Some of the visits are going to be interviews and getting the detective work done.
catching defense focus good guy pass protecting receiver stop
I want the guy to be everything, ... I want him to do the little things. Catching the football. Pass protecting for the quarterback. Being a good receiver out of the backfield because then the defense can't focus on, 'We've got to stop him running.'
As we go through the season, I think that's what he's going to try to do.
family harder life situation
You can't have a harder situation in your life than what his family went through,
bringing build character communication guys improve ingredient key lines morale moving open team
The key ingredient is bringing guys in who have character, to build team chemistry, so that everyone is moving in the same direction, ... The other thing I thought was important was to open up the lines of communication and improve the morale in the building.
atlanta emotion emotional game players win
This is my job. I've got some friends on the Atlanta team, and they will always be friends when that's appropriate. So really, the emotion part comes with the players and coaches. You have to be emotional to win the game and they know it.
achieving avenue best goal steve ultimately
The important thing to take from this is we very much want to keep Steve a Seahawk and our goal is to ultimately re-sign him. This is the best avenue for achieving that.