18 Quotes by Fran Foley

I would give full credit to ownership, because they provided us with the resources necessary to accomplish what we did. They were committed to a successful free-agency period.

His real thing is edge rusher. He's a 4-3 defensive end. He'll be an edge guy for us.

I think we've been working every day on a number of different issues, different fronts.

I think that was the main point we addressed when we came together. I'm talking more myself with Brad, than with Scott. One of the first orders of business we had was to conduct extensive meetings on what exactly it was the coaches wanted for each position. If they had a size, weight or speed requirement for a player, what is it that it would be for every position. And then we communicated that early in February to the scouts so they could do a better job of preparing for this draft.

Part of the plan from the beginning was to take pressure off the draft. The plan is coming together.

I wasn't trying to pull a fast one. To be perfectly honest, I didn't know how (the bio) read.

We are working to correct those, once and for all. I take full responsibility for any embarrassment that I may have caused. I'm continuing to put my full energy into this draft, and I consider this matter closed.

We have flexibility. The philosophy of a personnel staff would be to take the best player available, regardless of position. If you have that, you will generally draft, in the long run, better.

This year, he will lead, because a lot of these coaches and myself, there's no way we could know all (the rookies). There's no way. There's only so much we can do.