“Nugent's a little different -- he's a draft pick and I was a free agent. I felt like I had to go out and perform every single day and prove myself. You feel like you're always 20 minutes away from being fired.”
Adam Vinatieri
“I knew they were gonna bring somebody in, whether it be a draft pick or a free agent. But in my mind I was the only guy here, ... Every day I competed against myself. I didn't compete against the guy next to me.”
Drew Brees
“We consider draft picks to be really big assets. We just felt like our teams would be better prepared and have more information on players if they were able to see them on a little higher-level competition. Picking guys out of high school was a very difficult thing.”
Tim Frank
“[Another batch of solid free agents and a second good draft bolster his argument.] You just have to keep pluckin' away, ... get some guys that come in and make a difference.”
Dennis Green
“It happened very, very quickly. We felt it was appropriate. We came into the draft drafting for the best player. It had nothing to do with needs or positions, that's the philosophy this year and we felt by getting Marvell we were getting the best player, the most attractive player.”
Alexi Lalas
“In some ways, I'm kind of waiting to see what we do free agent-wise and in the draft and those things. And they're probably kind of waiting on me, too. So it's a little bit of a waiting game. Right now, I'm just trying to get away from it as much as I can and clear my mind -- as hard as that may be.”
Brett Favre
“When he comes back, it's going to be like picking up a free agent at midseason. We'll try to get him oriented to the system. Obviously he'll help provide something we didn't have the day before. Other than that, we might be going till December without him. I don't think about it. I never have a discussion about it until I'm talking to [members of the media]. Other than that, nobody else discusses it. My wife doesn't ask me about it.”
Al Groh
