Quotes by Chris Cooley

“Its just tough, especially since its the first week,”

“I would be [angry] right now. Personally, if I played and got ready all offseason and in one game [was benched], it would be hard for me to say, Okay. But hes handling it fine.”

“Marks always good for something like that, ... Hes serious, but were out there having fun, too. Well be 10 plays into a drive, and hell say, All right guys, Im just going to fumble this one, because Im tired and well get off the field. Or Ill just throw a pick and well try to score in less plays next time.”

“A lot of big plays happened when things broke down, ... The linemen picked up their blocks and guys got open.”

“It was an opportunity for other receivers to step up, ... They did.”

“Marks always good for something like that,”

“We walked off the field in Dallas and it was the greatest game ever,”

“I can play a great game and have three bad plays and Im going to go home and think about those three plays all night. Out of 70 plays, Im going to think about three plays. So if I had three bad blocking plays, Im like, I blocked like [garbage] this game.”

“[And after coming on strong late last season, expectations have risen: The Redskins have made Cooley an integral part of the offense although the results havent yet come.] Im happy with where I am as a player. I feel confident, ... Im disappointed in my production personally.”

“Its just a matter of what gets called, thats as far as it goes, ... Whatever gets called is what were going to run, and we havent called a lot of intermediate stuff like that. Thats how its been so far.”