42 Quotes by Steve McNair

We have to find ourselves. We have to find what we are doing wrong. I think overall it's just penalties -- penalties here and there. We controlled the ball today like we were supposed to but, we don't have anything to show for it. If you don't have anything to show for it there is no use to hold onto the ball for 15-20 minutes with no points. That's what we have to work on, we have to finish. If we don't finish there are going to be long days ahead.

Right now, he's just trying to put me in good situations where I can make plays with my arms and my legs. We have a lot of young guys on offense, so he's trying to keep things simple for them. But mostly, he's doing a good job of keeping me moving around in the pocket and not just sitting there like a sitting duck.

For right now, it's a start, and I think it's a great start,

I talked to some people, and they feel really strong about it, about the positives. The good Lord takes something away, it's all about rebuilding and starting fresh. That's the positive thing being taken out of it,

I see a more determined Calico this year. I think he took a lot of heat last year for not being consistent. ... From the two mini-camps I've seen him, he is out there working a lot harder, he is concentrating a lot harder and he is running great routes.

I said there are things to come. I told him, 'Don't rush it, just take your time and heal, because as long as you go out there and aggravate it, it's going to continue to get worse.' But he's got a good spirit and, hopefully, he won't be out that long.

I wish Norm Chow well and hope he'll pick all the nuances of the NFL up, but he's going to see defenses he's never seen before and his players in the NFL won't be the most talented players on the field. That will be a problem.

We had opportunities to make big plays and we did it in spurts and we just have to continue to minimize the mistakes. One thing about this offense is we cannot afford to make too many mistakes, we are killing ourselves. Anytime that you are 3rd-and-2 and it turns to 3rd-and-7 it changes the whole philosophy of the game, the game plan and game calling.

When they are playing the cover-two and all of a sudden it's 3rd-and-2 and they play cover-two and they lock you man-to-man with the outside receivers, it forces you to throw the ball inside and forces you to take small yards at a time. We had opportunities to get the ball to the receivers. I think I missed a couple with Brandon Jones. We are doing what the defense is forcing us to do.