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Green Bay Packers vs. Detroit Lions - 09/09/01
Postgame Quotes - Green Bay
GM/HEAD COACH MIKE SHERMAN:
(on the win today) "We had one game today and were fortunate enough to come
away with a victory. I'm very excited at the fact that we can win at home
in front our out home crowd with the Legends of Lombardi on the sideline -
it was extra special, but this is our first step of many."
(on the defense) "I thought our defense did a great job. Sharper's
turnover at the end of the first half was, in my mind, a key to the game."
(on ahman Green) "He did some good things and there are some things that he
has to work on. He took his eye off the ball a couple of times and had a
couple of muffs on a pitch and on a toss. I think the statement he made is
that he can be a hell of a football player and he still has some things to
correct, as he'll tell you. But I think he has a chance to be very good, as
do our other players."
(on Brett Favre and weather conditions ) "He can throw the ball better on a
dryer day, but I though he had an exceptional football game - made very few
mistakes."
(on the officials) "I thought they officiated the game fairly well. I
don't have very many complaints. There were a couple of issues that I asked
them questions about. They were very accommodating. I thought they did a
nice job."
QUARTERBACK BRETT FAVRE:
(on how feels about this football team) "Everything about today was great,
but I don't want to get a head start making predictions or saying we're a
great football team and all that stuff. I think we beat a very good
football team today. We played extremely well, but in my opinion, nothing
more than that. We still have a ways to go. I mean, yeah it was a great
win, but let's not start putting this too high on the pedestal yet."
(on his block against alonzo Spellman) "I told alonzo after I cut him that
I thought he was (cornerback) Terry Fair - because I tried to take a smaller
guy and I ended up taking the biggest one on the field. I don't know, Ray
(Packers wide receivers coach Ray Sherman) was talking to me in my helmet
(via the coach-to-quarterback radio) saying that 'We'd like to have you for
the rest of the season.' I said, 'Don't worry, after I cut him, I don't
think I'll cut anybody else.' "
(on weather conditions and the ball) "I was amazed that the ball was not on
the ground twenty times more for both sides. I'm surprised we caught the
ball as well as we did."
(on Flanagan and Winters) "Frankie and Mike are good friends - they're
great friends. Frank, when his time comes to play again, he'll be ready.
That's the one thing about this team is we are a team. and no one is
complaining. Everyone is excited about each other. It shows when you have
a win like this today."
(on ahman Green) "as good as he is right now, he can be much better, which
is scary. He's young, he just has to adjust to this offense and how much
we're going to ask him to do. If he can do that, he can be very
dominating."
(on Bill Schroeder) "What, did he have 92 yards in the first quarter?
That's not bad. ahman had 122 in the first quarter or something like that.
That's not bad. I thought everyone who stepped on that field today played
well."
RUNNING BACK AHMAN GREEN:
(on his comfort level with the 'West Coast' offense) "With this being my
third year in the 'West Coast' offense, everything is really - I know it
like the back of my hand."
(on his expectations for today after seeing limited preseason action because
of a groin injury) "With a groin injury, that's the base of your body,
being a running back, you use that area a lot. Questions got answered real
early with both of the big runs."
(on the game) "We can't really make it a big deal because this is only a
first game. We don't want to harp on it. We've got 15 more games to go."
(on mistakes) "You're a professional. You are going to have mistakes, but
you just keep going. You forget them, go onto the next play so you can help
your team because if you rest and think about the old plays you messed up
on, you are going to continue hurting your team."
(on recently injured players playing for the first time together) "That
shows this team has a lot of character. We've got guys on this team,
including myself, who know what it takes to get to where we want to be. We
want to get to the playoffs and to the big game, so starting now we know
whatever it takes. Injuries may happen. If you can't go, you can't go, but
if you know you have a little something in you, you go out there and give it
all you've got until you can't go anymore."
FREE SAFETY DARREN SHARPER:
(on referees in the game) "We don't have any control as players on that
situation or that issue with the referees. We have to go out there and play
with whoever is making the calls."
(on taking the receivers out of the game) "We wanted to come out and really
reduce the amount of touchdown passes they got. We knew our rush defense
was going to play extremely well. We had to keep them out of the end zone
because the in the 'West Coast' offense that's what they thrive on. They're
going to try and throw the ball with short passes and have a controlled
offense, but then also take their shots like you saw. We did a good job of
keeping them out of the end zone."
(on his first interception) "That was good play because it kept points off
the board. Going into halftime that's the last play they had to think about
on offense so it was a good play to get that interception and give us a
boost as we went inside and then kind of have them on a down side as they
went into the locker room.
TIGHT END BUBBA FRANKS:
(how it feels to be on the receiving end of a Favre TD pass) "That was my
first one and hopefully it isn't the last one, but it feels pretty good."
(on having a good game after having his receiving skills criticized by some
members of the media) "It's no relief, I was relieved a long time ago. I
don't listen to the media, I don't read the newspaper so it's not a relief.
It feels good, but it's not a relief."
(on the TD catch) "I had to set it up on the line of scrimmage. I was
telling the tackle that me and him had the double team on the defensive end.
The defensive end tried to pinch inside and basically it was wide open. The
safety played over the top backside - I think they were playing the run."
WIDE RECEIVER BILL SCHROEDER:
(on the good start) "The way we came out real strong at the beginning of
the game really helped the entire game. The offense wanted to come out and
put some points on the board. We haven't scored in the first drive in the
first fifteen in a long time and we wanted to do that right away. The
defense wanted to shut them out of the end zone, and they did a real good
job of doing that as well."
(on today's performance being an example of how the offense can play when
healthy) "Given the elements we still made some mistakes out there, but
there are a lot of good things we did out there and I feel we can continue
to do those real good things throughout the year."
(on the performance of the offense today) "We got out there and moved the
ball real well in the first quarter. We made some mistakes, had some
turnovers. Those are the type of mistakes we need to fix and continue to
move the ball the way we did."
DEFENSIVE TACKLE JIM FLANIGAN:
(on his first game as a Packer) "It felt great, you really couldn't have
scripted it much better than that. It was great for our offense to get off
to a quick start and score some points. I thought we were able to contain
the run pretty well and get after the passer. It was a lot of fun and a
great way to start the season."
(on having a 21-point cushion early in the game) "Our offense was just
unbelievable. They just moved the ball well, got big plays and forced
Detroit to try and win it by throwing the ball and we were able to get good
pressure on them."
(on the first sack) "You always want to get that first one - get that
monkey off your back and get rolling. I was happy to be able to do that."
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