206 Quotes by Dick Vermeil

They hit (Green) too many times, and that's a credit to the guys on the other side of the field wearing that lightning bolt on their helmet.

I think we'll be better at stopping stuff like that. We'll have better recognition on the part of our defensive line. Our other packages include some things that bring people off the corners and sometimes make you leery of running quarterback (bootlegs).

They just get him in a one-on-one situation and he wins that battle.

I think we do ... as good as the best job in the National Football League of making sure players are aware of their vulnerability, their profile. There's no place to hide in Kansas City. Our fans know our players. (We tell players) to use common sense and to be aware of the problem areas. Stay out of the bad areas. Be alert for certain things.

Their running game can be tough to stop. So far they haven't been humming like it normally is, and you just have to keep them in that mode. They're very patient and persistent and keep doing it.

I think we will be battling all the way through the final minutes of the 16th game of the year to determine where we play.

I think we can play better than that. I think we can play harder than that. I don't know if Champ Bailey said that to evaluate.

I'm disappointed in myself. The coaches lost, too. When you come out and lose like that, the coaches got beat, and the players got beat. It's not just the players. Maybe we have to do a better job when we get up here.

I think that is a small price to pay for the right guy. To me, there have been a ton of first-round flops. . . . You get the right coach, he will change your organization.