“We want to make teams put seven in the box and back those safeties up. It's coming.”
Warrick Dunn
“You know, a lot of times if you can't throw the deep ball, teams put more guys in the box than you can block. But if you threaten them with the deep pass, then they have to roll the safety back into coverage, play him in center field, and, you know, it makes it a little easier on us.”
Tyler Reed
“It's a big difference. A lot of times teams don't know whether he's in the box or out of the box. A lot of times quarterbacks make their checks off of whether the safety's in the box or not. If you don't know where he's at, or how to count him, it's going to confuse the offense.”
James Farrior
“They blitzed a lot less and played their safeties in the box a lot more than we expected. We really struggled, and thank God our defense came through for us.”
Casey Rabach
“The difference was special teams. It's a matter of staying out of the box.”
Jacques Martin
“They are a scrappy team. You have to box out against them.”
Dan Rucker
“We didn't box out. We didn't go after it. We were the less aggressive team.”
Dave Leitao