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ARTICLE
HEAD COACH TONY DUNGY JANUARY
15, 2006 TONY DUNGY
(on general comments)
“Well from a
fan's standpoint we didn't play quite as well as we wanted to. I think you have to give
TONY
DUNGY(on having first
week bye) “I said
before that we practiced well. I
attribute TONY
DUNGY(on going for field
goal instead of touchdown in 1st half) “Once we got
to the seven, no, we really wanted to get the points there and we did. It got us back in the game. We knew we
were going to get the ball at the start of the second half. The first thing you have to do is try to
get back in the game. They played
well, got the jump on us early, were able to play their style of ball, made a
couple of key fourth downs in the fourth quarter, but our guys fought to get the
ball back from Jerome Bettis on the one yard line with a minute to go. And that just shows that we were still
playing in the end.” TONY
DUNGY(onPittsburgh's
defense) “They blitzed
and that's their style. They passed
and we didn't get them all picked up.
We made some throws against the blitz in the fourth quarter. But not enough. They made the
plays.” TONY
DUNGY(on Mike
Vanderjagt's missed field goal attempt)
“He hasn't
missed very many big kicks since I've been here. I know he's very disappointed but I told
the team we've got to rally around him.
That wasn't the play that lost the game for us. We had many opportunities to get points
and score. And we're thinking of
winning the game there at the end.
We didn't get it tied up.
But that's just kind of the way the game went. We were just a little bit off all
day.” TONY DUNGY
(on going for touchdown,
not first down at the end of the game)
“We took one
shot at the end zone and had the play we thought we could score. A lot of times Reggie
( TONY
DUNGY(on if Nick Harper
situation's affected on the team)
“That's a
tough deal. And we're going to
support Nick through this and try to come to some conclusion on this. But I don't think so. This team has been through a lot. We know how to focus. And I thought we were focused
today.” TONY
DUNGY(on
“They came up
with some different things. We
didn't pick them up quite as well as we needed to. And I give a lot of credit for coming in
here, playing well enough to win.
They did a couple of things a little bit different. But they played hard and made things
happen."
TONY
DUNGY(on having same
outcome as last year) “Well, you've
got to fight that feeling off.
Every year is a new year.
And you've got to come in and you start from scratch. And the disappointing thing is you know
hard it is to get to this point.
How hard you had to work.
But you've go to come in with that mindset that we've got to work a
little bit harder next year." TONY DUNGY
(on Jerome Bettis'
fumble) “You really
have a good feeling when they overturn it.
I saw the ball come loose late and that's the rule we've been looking at
all year, when you go to the ground you've got to possess it all the way through
the catch. So I thought we had a
chance to get it. We take it down
and score. We get the penalty and
still get the two point play. So
when it's three, you think this just maybe something that's going to work out
for us. We get a stop and just
can't get it moving. They've got
the ball at the one yard line. We
told our guys, let's go out there and fight all the way through. The ball comes loose and I've seen that
ball go all the way before. So
you're kind of thinking maybe we can win it right here. But I felt good right there. We had the ball at mid field and felt
like we were going to get down in position to
score." QB-PEYTON
MANNING (on the
disappointment of the loss) “After the
game you kind of reflect back over the whole game and
QB-PEYTON
MANNING (on the Steelers’
blitzes giving the Colts more trouble) “Let’s just
say we had some problems in protection.
I’ll give QB-PEYTON
MANNING (on if they did
anything differently than the first meeting) “Well,
QB-PEYTON
MANNING (on the first
four series being frustrating because of the lack of
offense) “We just couldn’t get much going there.
QB-PEYTON
MANNING (on if the layoff
effected them at all) “No, the
disappointing thing is that we played really well this year in a number of games
in September, October and November, but in the past two games we’ve played teams
have come in here and outplayed us.
It’s disappointing because you would like to be playing your best
football in December and January.” QB-PEYTON
MANNING (on if this loss
is tough after the great season) No question,
we’re disappointed. It’s
football. All I’m going to do, and
I get tired of saying it, is keep working.
I think we put ourselves in a good position with the bye, but we just
weren’t able to take that next step and I’m disappointed. It is hard to swallow. Give
QB-PEYTON
MANNING (on the last
drive) “We were
trying to win the game there. We
threw the takeoff route to Reggie
[ QB-PEYTON
MANNING (on how personal
this loss is for him) “Every game
that I play I take it personal when we play well and when we lose. I’m disappointed and I can’t give you
anymore of an explanation than that.
It will be more disappointing tonight and tomorrow, and it certainly
takes time to move on from a game like this.” QB-PEYTON
MANNING (on possibly not
having back some key players next season) “That’s
always the case in the NFL. That’s
why we’re never trying to build toward next year or talk about next year. It feels kind of like college when you
lose your seniors. We possibly are
going to lose some guys and I really like our team this year. We had good guys and guys you want to
win for.” QB-PEYTON
MANNING (on if he’s
worried that the window on this team may be
closing) “I’ve always
played with a sense of urgency ever since my rookie year and I’ve never accepted
losing. I never like to say that’s
ok we’ll get them next year because it’s not ok.” QB-PEYTON
MANNING (on what went
through his mind while the ball was in the air) “It’s
tough. It’s a tough feeling to see
that. We put so much in to trying
to get our position and it was such a long season. We spent so much time studying and
preparing. One play is not the
reason the Colts didn’t win this game, but it kind of lets you know that it is
over.” RB-EDGERRIN JAMES (on the loss in relation to outstanding
season) Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Indianapolis Colts Post-Game
Quotes “I don’t know
what happened. I came ready to play and was hoping for another
result.” …”Everything
was laid out for us. We just didn’t get it done. We folded. You’re going to have
regrets when you see the opportunities (we had).” “It does take
away it (the regular season). That’s what this team was built for. This year
there were no excuses. The bye had nothing to do with it. We just didn’t get it
done.” RB-EDGERRIN JAMES (on what the Steelers did differently on
defense in comparison the regular season) Pittsburgh Steelers vs.
Indianapolis Colts Post-Game Quotes “I don’t know
what they did differently. I don’t have anything to say. It’s just the way it
came out.” C-JEFF
SATURDAY (on today’s
game) “We didn’t
play well enough to win. It’s
disappointing because I think we have a better team than we showed today. We just didn’t play well enough to
win. Give them credit, they played
well. We just didn’t get it
done. Up front we didn’t do a very
good job to begin the game. You
can’t spot a team like OT-TARIK
GLENN (on today’s loss)
“No
explanation [for the slow start], we just didn’t execute. It’s real simple in our offense: you
either lock ‘em up and run the ball or lock ‘em up and pass the ball and the
receivers catch the ball and the running backs run the ball and none of those
things seemed to click.” WR-BRANDON
STOKLEY (on today’s game)
“You gotta
give the credit to them. They came
out and just played better than us, and that’s the bottom line. I don’t think rust had anything to do
with it.” WR-BRANDON
STOKLEY (on the pain of
losing) “It hurts
bad, really bad. You can see it on
everybody’s face; everybody is really disappointed. But we just didn’t play well enough to
win.” WR-BRANDON
STOKLEY (on
“I think they
brought a little more pressure this game, and they did a good job with it. I think towards the end of the game, we
started getting some plays down the field, but when it was all said and done,
they just made a little but more plays than we
did.” WR-BRANDON
STOKLEY (on the
disappointment of losing)
“Our goal was
to win the Super Bowl, not to go 13-0.
We didn’t win the Super Bowl, so it’s a disappointing
season.” WR-BRANDON
STOKLEY (on changes for
next year) “That’s why
it hurts. It’s going to be a lot
different next year, it always is.
Every year is a big turn around. And a great group of guys in this locker
room and some of them aren’t gonna be here next year and that’s just the
NFL.” LB-GARY BRACKETT (on today’s game)
“ LB-GARY BRACKETT (on whether or not
he was surprised by “Nah, not at
all. Like I said, they watch film
too. So obviously that’s one of
those things where the probably saw that they could get a couple plays on it and
they did. All-in-all, we didn’t do
enough things to win today.” LB-GARY BRACKETT (on Bettis’s fumble)
“I mean,
we’re a team that’s gonna fight for sixty minutes. Until the final whistle, we’ll be out
there fighting, and even when all seemed like it was over, we got a fumble on
the goal line; picked it up; had a chance to run it in; got tackled; gave our
offense the ball back and we just didn’t finish. Like I said, we just have to be
motivated into next season and hungry.” LB-GARY BRACKETT (on the pain of
losing) “You know
what, they’re all painful. Maybe
[more]so, because we had home field advantage this time
around.” FS-BOB
SANDERS (on)
“We started
off slow. They didn’t do anything
that we didn’t expect them to do.
The ran a lot of plays that they ran the last time we played them. We didn’t get started. In the second quarter we played pretty
well. In the second half we shut
‘em down a little bit. Our plan
coming in was to do what we do.” DT-COREY
SIMON (on his
disappointment) “You go out
and have a 14-2 season; the last thought you have is going out in the playoffs
this early.” DT-COREY
SIMON (on
“They came
out and they played well. They came
out and did something very uncharacteristic for the Pittsburgh Steelers – they
came out and threw the ball.” DT-COREY
SIMON (on his
disappointment) “It’s a hard
loss. It’s hard to lose anytime you
get to the playoffs. A loss is a
loss – anytime you lose, it hurts.” DT-COREY
SIMON (on the long layoff
between games) “It had
nothing to do with rust. Today,
they had the breaks, they played well – they played well enough to
win.” DB-NICK
HARPER (on what he was
thinking when he saw the ball on the field before the fumble recovery in the
Fourth Quarter) Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Indianapolis Colts Post-Game
Quotes “I saw it and
was trying to get it as soon as possible and get to where there were no
defenders, find a clearing, and score.” DB-MIKE
DOSS (on loss in relation
to regular season) “I don’t
think this takes anything away from the regular season. We played well. We
played hard. We just didn’t get it done today.” WR-TROY WALTERS (on bye week)
“That’s an
excuse. We practiced well. This is an AFC divisional game. If you can’t get up
for this, you can’t get up for anything.” WR-TROY WALTERS (on loss)
“They played
well. We didn’t. It hurts anytime you start as well as we did and finish with
the No. 1 seed (and lose). We expected to go to the Super Bowl and win
it.” TE-BRANDON STOKLEY (on play calling
on the last drive) “We tried for
the endzone a couple times. We just didn’t make
it.” K- MIKE
VANDERJAGT(on missing the
game-tying field goal) “I made
everything all day – in practice and pre-game. I made everything all week. I
wasn’t worried about the kick at all. I’m somewhat in shock that I am standing
here after a missed field goal....” “…I’m not
sure what happened. You know as bad as we played, we still had a chance to tie
in the end and that’s what I’m here for ..” “When you
kick 250 field goals for an organization, you are going to have some good ones
and bad kicks. This was a bad one.” …”I am still
the field goal kicker. I am still here to make 3 points and we were down by 3
with 20 seconds left.”
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