"Nobody, not even the head coach, would do anything to the football unilaterally, such as adjust the ..." — John Madden

We need the quarterbacks. It's a passing league and a quarterback-driven league. We need the Peyton Mannings in football uniforms out there playing - the Tom Bradys, the Drew Breeses, the Philip Riverses - we need those guys instead of them standing on the sideline.

Football isn't nuclear physics, but it's not so simple that you can make it simple. It takes some explaining to get it across.

Any time you get a new running back, whether it's a rookie or hasn't played a lot, that's the first thing you test, is their pass protection. That's big.

I never professed to be perfect. I do something wrong or something stupid, I laugh at myself.