Let’s do your Sunday NFL pregame show quotage, the first of a set of quotes from the league’s TV partners that I’ll be posting every week.
As usual, NFL Network’s quotage from NFL GameDay Morning with Rich Eisen, Steve Mariucci, Michael Irvin, Warren Sapp, Kurt Warner and Marshall Faulk plus several others is quite extensive.
How extensive, you ask? Try 1,388 words which is actually quite low for NFL Network. ]
News and Sound Bites From Week 1 Edition of NFL GAMEDAY MORNING
“It’s set up for this team to have success playing the way Tim Tebow plays, not Mark Sanchez.” – Kurt Warner on the New York Jets offense
“It’ll work. They have the right locker room of veteran guys to make it work.” – LaDainian Tomlinson on the Jets locker room
“Peyton Manning right now, he wants to make sure that you don’t doubt him ever again.” – Michael Irvin on Broncos quarterback Peyton ManningNFL GameDay Morning, the most comprehensive pregame show on Sunday morning, kicked off its fifth season on the air at 9:00 AM ET, taking viewers straight up to kickoff. Host Rich Eisen joined analysts Steve Mariucci, Marshall Faulk, Kurt Warner, Warren Sapp and Michael Irvin to bring fans the latest news, injury reports, pregame analysis and game previews.
Quotes from NFL GameDay Morning:
“I’ve been in situations before where it seems like the offense is designed for the backup…I don’t know how this is going to play out, but for me it’s set up for this team to have success playing the way Tim Tebow plays, not Mark Sanchez. It’s not a knock on who’s the better quarterback; it’s just how the system is set up.” – Kurt Warner on the New York Jets offense
“The message they sent was that they told everybody what we have fits what we do now. Before you had a guy like DeMarcus Ware being able to get to the quarterback and nobody was taking advantage of it in the secondary. Now you see with Morris Claiborne and [Brandon] Carr, they’re taking advantage of it.” – Michael Irvin on the message the Dallas Cowboys sent in their 24-17 victory over the New York Giants
“It’ll work. They have the right locker room of veteran guys to make it work. They’ve handled a number of distractions over the years. This locker room will be able to handle that dynamic duo of [Tim] Tebow and [Mark] Sanchez.” – LaDainian Tomlinson on the New York Jets locker room with quarterbacks Mark Sanchez and Tim Tebow
“The real question is can [offensive coordinator] Brian Daboll figure out a way to use all of these weapons to their advantage to make it easy on Matt Cassel? If they do, Matt Cassel is going to be the best quarterback in that division.” – Kurt Warner on quarterback Matt Cassel and the Kansas City Chiefs offense
“It’s not about running the ball for them; it’s about protecting Peyton Manning. Those two guys not only know how to get the guy, but they know who to get in the passing game.That’s most important for Peyton Manning when he’s telling people where to go and putting them in position to be successful.” – Marshall Faulk on Denver Broncos running backs Willis McGahee and Knowshon Moreno
“I subscribe to Jacquizz Rodgers being the starter, coming in playing most of the time and then Michael Turner comes in as the change of pace guy. When you think about this offense, when you put Roddy White, Julio Jones, Harry Douglas and Tony Gonzalez out on the field, you need a back that can hit home runs when you hand the football off or you dump it down to him. Michael Turner is not that guy.” – Marshall Faulk on the Atlanta Falcons running backs
“Tom Brady has sat back there in that pocket and he’s learned to play the game a certain way; they play the small ball, he gives his guys time to get open, he’s used to standing in the pocket. Without that, with a lot of moving parts up front, that to me is the biggest question. When you have moving parts up front, I’m not ready to say that you’re the best football team in the National Football League.” – Kurt Warner on the New England Patriots
“We search ourselves more in losses than we do in victories because we want to make sure that the losses never happen again. Peyton Manning right now, he wants to make sure that you don’t doubt him ever again. So he has searched every aspect of this game today.” – Michael Irvin on Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning
“As I talked to Drew [Brees] during the offseason, that relationship [with Sean Payton] is the thing that he misses the most. Their relationship which made his play on the field and Sean Payton calling plays so special will be missed without Sean. This offense cannot be the same.” – Marshall Faulk on the New Orleans Saints’ offense without head coach Sean Payton
Front Office View with Michael Lombardi
On why there are five rookie quarterbacks starting in Week 1 for the first time in NFL history:
“It started in high school. High school football now plays passing games; they are passing leagues, there are 7-on-7 [camps]. When you throw the football in high school, the clock doesn’t stop so you get more time playing football. There used to be no quarterbacks playing from college to the pros; now that’s changed. Right now in the NFL there are eight quarterbacks from the state of Texas that start in the NFL; Texas used to be an option state, now it’s a passing state. This all starts with high school, builds into college and now we see it in the pros. There was a time when there were less than five quarterbacks over a 15 year span that started as rookie quarterbacks in the NFL. Not anymore. High school football is dictating a huge change in what we’re doing now.”On the Steelers defense if linebacker James Harrison is unavailable:
“The Steelers do a great job of having depth. This might not be a Wally Pipp situation where Lou Gehrig takes over, but Chris Carter, their fifth round pick at outside linebacker last year, has played extremely well in the preseason. He’s a force inside, he can come off the edge. He’ll give Ryan Clady some trouble. And then they have Adrian Robinson, a college free agent out of Temple who was the star of the summer for the Steelers. They have a couple of young rushers as the Steelers typically always do that can fill those shoes. They’ll miss James Harrison if he doesn’t play but they have players that can handle the job.”Super Bowl Picks
Rich Eisen – San Francisco 49ers vs. New England Patriots
Steve Mariucci – New England Patriots vs. Green Bay Packers
Marshall Faulk – Baltimore Ravens vs. Green Bay Packers
Kurt Warner – Green Bay Packers vs. Houston Texans
Warren Sapp – San Francisco 49ers vs. Houston Texans
Michael Irvin – Green Bay Packers vs. New England PatriotsTeams in bold represent Super Bowl winner
On NFL.com the following video clips from NFL GameDay Morning are available for viewing:
Kurt Warner’s concussion panel – NFL Network analyst and former player Kurt Warner is joined by youth coaches and parents to examine the issue of concussions and player safety in football:
http://www.nfl.com/videos/nfl-network-gameday/0ap2000000059206/Kurt-Warner-Concussion-PanelThe Tebow Phenomenon – Former cult heroes like rap artist Vanilla Ice, 1984 Olympic Gold Medalist Mary Lou Retton, American Idol sensation William Hung and the pilot of US Airways flight 1549 Chesley Sullenberger give their insights about the fleeting nature of stardom:
http://www.nfl.com/videos/new-york-jets/0ap2000000059618/The-Tebow-PhenomenonIs Tim Tebow the best fit for the New York Jets? – NFL GameDay Morning discuss whether or not quarterback Tim Tebow is the best choice to start for the New York Jets:
http://www.nfl.com/videos/nfl-network-gameday/0ap2000000059638/Is-Tebow-best-fit-for-New-York-JetsEarly candidates for Comeback Player of the Year – The NFL GameDay Morning crew gives their picks for the Comeback Player of the Year:
http://www.nfl.com/videos/nfl-network-gameday/0ap2000000059637/Early-candidates-for-Comeback-Player-of-the-YearHow potent can the Chicago Bears’ offense be? – Kurt Warner, Marshall Faulk and Michael Irvin discuss how powerful a revamped Bears offense can be this season:
http://www.nfl.com/videos/nfl-network-gameday/0ap1000000059826/How-potent-can-the-Chicago-Bears-offense-beA sophomore slump? – The expectations for Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton are set extremely high after an incredible rookie season. Can he be better in 2012?:
http://www.nfl.com/videos/nfl-network-gameday/0ap1000000059837/A-sophomore-slump“Players Only” – NFL GameDay Morning’s roster of former players give insight into how a player deals with fans and coaches doubting them:
http://www.nfl.com/videos/nfl-network-gameday/0ap1000000059850/Players-onlyFailure to fly – After high expectations, the Philadelphia Eagles had a disappointing 2011 season. The NFL GameDay Morning crew debates whether the Eagles have run out of excuses going into the season opener:
http://www.nfl.com/videos/nfl-network-gameday/0ap1000000059842/Failure-to-flyBold Predictions – The NFL GameDay Morning crew goes out on some limbs to make some bold predictions about Week 1:
http://www.nfl.com/videos/nfl-network-gameday/0ap2000000059640/Bold-predictions
That is it. Fox NFL Sunday’s quotage is next.
