Warrick Dunn
Warrick Dunn
Warrick De'Mon Dunnis a former American football running back who played in the National Football Leaguefor twelve seasons. He was drafted by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 12th overall in the 1997 NFL Draft, after playing college football at Florida State. Dunn was named AP NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year in 1997 and earned three Pro Bowl selections in his career. After his playing career, Dunn took a minority stake in the Falcons' ownership group led by Arthur Blank...
ProfessionFootball Player
Date of Birth5 January 1975
CityBaton Rouge, LA
Overall, we were balanced offensively. We made some plays in the passing game to continue drives, and I think that was important. But overall we had a lot of things we need to work on and improve on.
Some of that was Mike, but it was also guys making catches. You've got to catch the ball to make the quarterback look good.
The players love him, ... He's young, energetic. He gets in your face. He's a guy who can challenge you, but do it in the right way. Guys respect that. You have to take chances to play well and to win games. He thinks like us. So when you see that, you kind of respect that and you want to go out and play for him.
You look back on the numbers and you can say it means a lot, but I just go out and play. The more carries you get, it helps. ... You have to be patient.
I get overshadowed a lot, and that's frustrating for me that I do get overshadowed because of what I do off the field,
We just have to be, not just a little bit, but a lot better in the passing game than we've done in the past. It's going to get to the point where we're going to have to be a lot better.
If someone knows me and they have a friend that's there, I've gotten a phone call.
I can look in their eyes and see it. That's the best feeling I can have. ... I know I didn't effect their lives just today, but it carries on for years and years to come.
This year, he's been sitting in the pocket a little bit more and making some nice passes. But he has to also get consistent with his passes and he knows that, but he's always going to get criticized for something.
You feel like you're underappreciated and undervalued all the time. Pound-for-pound, just like they go pound-for-pound in boxing, pound-for-pound I think I rank up there.
We've been like the pioneers for the younger, smaller guys that come into the league now. What we've done over the years is shown that we can play and sustain at a high level. To have both of us here at the Pro Bowl, that says a lot about guys who aren't 230, 240. It says that all you need to do is go out and play hard and be determined.
We've got a good system in place. Guys know their roles, and we've got a capable backup. If Mike isn't 100 percent, then Matt will step right in.
My grandmother didn't want to come to Atlanta; she wanted to stay home, ... I said, 'If anything happens, call me.' Everything has been OK so far. I have family in New Orleans. I hadn't talked to them. Some of the people I know went to Mississippi. Some went to Texas.
We want to make teams put seven in the box and back those safeties up. It's coming.