Quotes by Fran Foley

“Everyones going to stay on through the draft. I havent had a chance to speak to all of them. I will speak to the scouts, but its a little premature to talk about that. Theyre already in the process of getting ready for free agency, and Im just going to jump in and add some things here and there and move forward.”

“At this point, you dont rule anything out. Theres good players out there. If there are good players and we have an interest in them, well try and get them in here.”

“Im not saying hes Priest Holmes. But Im sure he had some of that in the back of his mind, too. That was a selling point.”

“Theres a number of good first-day linebackers in this draft. A lot of them.”

“His real thing is edge rusher. Hes a 4-3 defensive end. Hell be an edge guy for us.”

“Theres an abundance of linebackers in this draft. There are a number of good first-day linebackers.”

“Part of the plan from the beginning was to take pressure off the draft. The plan is coming together.”

“We have flexibility. The philosophy of a personnel staff would be to take the best player available, regardless of position. If you have that, you will generally draft, in the long run, better.”

“I know theres a lot of speculation, but we have good linebackers. If you look at our team, youll see that we have good players at a lot of positions. So luckily for us, weve put ourselves in a position where we dont have to do anything.”

“I would give full credit to ownership, because they provided us with the resources necessary to accomplish what we did. They were committed to a successful free-agency period.”

“There were no trade discussion talks on Monday. I can tell you that. Those discussions never took place.”

“I wasnt trying to pull a fast one. To be perfectly honest, I didnt know how (the bio) read.”

“We do not have to reach on anybody. We could go up a couple or we could go down a couple. But I dont see us ever doing anything to jeopardize the long-term success of the club. We wont do that.”

“To be honest with you, weve talked about really not needing to do anything. We could basically just sit there, take our picks, and well be happy.”

“This year, he will lead, because a lot of these coaches and myself, theres no way we could know all (the rookies). Theres no way. Theres only so much we can do.”

“We are working to correct those, once and for all. I take full responsibility for any embarrassment that I may have caused. Im continuing to put my full energy into this draft, and I consider this matter closed.”

“I think weve been working every day on a number of different issues, different fronts.”

“I think that was the main point we addressed when we came together. Im talking more myself with Brad, than with Scott. One of the first orders of business we had was to conduct extensive meetings on what exactly it was the coaches wanted for each position. If they had a size, weight or speed requirement for a player, what is it that it would be for every position. And then we communicated that early in February to the scouts so they could do a better job of preparing for this draft.”