26 Quotes by Marvin Lewis

We are not off to a good start. We just won one football game. We have a chance to write the script on what a good start is. We play Minnesota next week, and now that is our focus.

We didn't tackle, ... We didn't block. We didn't cover and we didn't punt. . . . I think the eye-opening thing and the lesson learned was that we were going against a very good football team. . . . If we want to go where we want to go, we have to go out and play against football teams like the Philadelphia Eagles and respond to those challenges.

We're going to use this, ... It's a lesson learned. It's on tape. It doesn't count for anything, but it's there. We didn't play well enough anywhere. I'm not discouraged.

There's no flow when you drop passes, ... T.J. has dropped a ball every game. Chad dropped a ball.

I've not seen (many) teams that ever have one guy cover one guy anyway, so it really doesn't matter. As much as he moves around and we move around and he's left and right, it doesn't matter. It's not even relevant. So thus, I guess there really is no list. See? How about that? I solved it. I solved it, so you don't have to ask any more questions about it. ... There is no list because it's not relevant, just a figment of the imagination.

No question, there's something for momentum week to week. Not many teams have gone to the Super Bowl without that.

They've added guys who have played at a very high level.

It wasn't his best effort. He will play better. He was hobbling a little bit, but that's part of football. He's one of our guys who we expect to play better. He's one of our leaders and best players. So we're counting on Levi, just like we're counting on (right tackle) Willie (Anderson).

Taylor made a lot of yards on missed tackles.