89 Quotes by Lovie Smith

We brought in good players, why should we be bad? We never understood that. We had the mindset that we were supposed to be good right away.

We're pleased with how Kyle Orton stepped in and gave the offense a boost.

We're pleased with how Kyle Orton stepped in and gave the offence a boost.

We know who Cedric is, and you don't draft a guy there unless you have plans for him down the line. But you have to go on what is happening right now. You have a running back who has rushed for 100 yards two games in a row. You can't kick him out of the house.

We have a stretch run that we're coming up on and we need all of our guns, really, for that. And Cedric is a big part of what we're trying to do running the football. Other guys will have to pick up the slack until he gets back.

When you say the defense has carried us, that's what they're supposed to do. That's the strength of our team.

We've seen improvement each day. And it shown, he's given us a taste of it each game that he's played lately the last two football games,

We've seen him (Hutchinson) all through training camp, so we really want to get a look at the other guys.

We're confident. It's been awhile since we've been 3-3 and where the next game means quite a bit. We're just trying to get respect. The NFC North has talked quite a bit about the records. But I see it getting better and I think we're leading the charge.