Zach Thomas
Zach Thomas
Zachary Michael Thomasis a former American college and professional football player who was a middle linebacker in the National Football Leaguefor thirteen seasons. He played college football for Texas Tech University, and was recognized as a unanimous All-American. He was drafted by the Miami Dolphins in the fifth round of the 1996 NFL Draft, and played for the Dolphins his first twelve seasons in the NFL. He was selected to the Pro Bowl seven times and recorded 1,100 tackles...
ProfessionFootball Player
Date of Birth1 September 1973
CityPampa, TX
No back in the league gives me as much trouble, ... I'm short, and I can get leverage on the backs, but not Henry. I can't get under him. And he runs so hard. I hate trying to tackle him.
I've got two days of film work to do in one,
They did a little fast-tempo offense and were moving guys in and out. You have to be able to get the calls right even when they do that. A couple times we missed communication and that starts with me. We all have to be on the same page.
The man has a plan. He knows exactly what he's doing. He has total confidence in his ability to make the right moves.
We practiced horribly this week. We had it coming. We had some of our worst practices of the year this week and we got outplayed today because of it.
For a guy who's 21 years old, that's impressive to come in here and pick up a scheme like this. That just shows that he is only going to get better.
I'm going to be a jerk, but I don't care. I didn't say anything all week. We let guys slide and got too comfortable. We've got to work harder and answer on game days.
This was about the offense winning for us. I'm not sure, for all the time I've been here, I can say the offense had won a game when the defense didn't play well.
When he came in, I thought he was going to be a wild man. But really, he's not.
He's a little different guy than what he is on camera. He's entertaining. He's a good guy.