13 Quotes by Dan Koppen

Tom puts as much effort, if not more, in his preparation than anybody on this team. I'm not worried about him.

We bring in smart guys here and guys that know how to play the game. When they get in those situations, they're able to execute it out on the field.

(Carolina) wanted it more. They out-toughed us, they beat us. We all know if we play like this every week, we're not going to win another game. It's going to be a very long season. We got away with a lot of stuff last week and it came back to bite us in the (butt).

He's a big guy but also very athletic. He's quick off the ball and can really cause a lot of problems for us.

I think they played a very good game and totally brought it to us. On the other hand, we didn't help ourselves with dumb penalties and mistakes. . . . People were making a lot of mental lapses. And when you start first and 15, which we probably did three or four times, it's hard to make that ground up against a good defense like Carolina.

I'm speechless. How this team played today, against the odds, using everyone on the team. It was great.

We pride ourselves on being in condition and being very much able to go for 60 minutes and keep wearing on them and wearing on them.

There are little mental things, an error here and there. It's a process. We're still coming together as a unit and it's going to be that way until the 16th game.

That's just part of the game. Matt understands that and everyone in this locker room understands that.