Archives for August 2004

‘”It’s a great thing to have in your community. It’s great for community pride. It’s just a tremendous family activity to go over to camp just to have the chance to see NFL and pro athletes is something most communities and most people don’t have a chance to see. So, it’s great for us for that, but it also puts us on the map,” said Carpenter.’

‘You are trying to evaluate players down here. You’re also trying to evaluate your team and see who is dependable, accountable and who the physically and mentally tough players are. When it gets hard and they face a little adversity you want to see who can out last it. You also want to find out some things about each phase of the team. You want to see defensively if we are going to be complacent or get better, trying to create more turnovers more than ever. Offensively you want to see if we are going to be a smart offense and a ball control offense. On special teams you want to see if we are going to be consistent. All of those things are going to be evaluated, it’s not just what’s on film. We are going to hit a little bit more than I think they’ve hit in the past. Right or wrong I think that is the best way to get a feel for all of those evaluations, which is to start a little more physical and you can then cut back.’

‘I’m fired up to get going. Anytime you have a tough year you want to put that behind you as quick as you can. For the most part I feel like I’ve done that, I’m not really too concerned about last year at all. I’m going forward from here and I’m going to be optimistic about the year. That’s what’s got me fired up, it’s not necessarily last year, but just the fact that I feel we have a chance to be very good this year.’

‘On what his demands were to his agent: I’ve known him since I was in about 10th grade of high school, so we have a really good relationship. When he says something’s going to happen, I believe him.’

‘”Luckily I didn’t have to have surgery,” Moulds said. “It was tough to let it (the groin) heal on its own. It’s one of the injuries you just need to have rest for it to recover. But it healed nicely and I’m happy with the results.”‘