Quotes by Herman Edwards

“Gosh, I havent seen that many fumbles by a Jets quarterback since Joe Namath tried to kiss Suzy Kolber on an ESPN Sunday night game a couple years ago, ... The Chiefs played defense about as well as Suzy did — Joe didnt get to first base, and neither did we. But weve got Chad on a strenuous hand-strengthening regimen: hes squeezing Charmin toilet paper 500 times a day.”

“[In his mini state-of-the-Jets address on a conference call with reporters, Edwards revealed some of the last-minute musings of a coach on the cusp of opening day.] I dont know if theyre concerns ... but I havent seen it live, ... I have no history of that. Its not a concern; thats what it is.”

“Youve got to try to have a lot of faith in God and lean on that.”

“The guy is a heck of a football player,”

“He can run. He can catch the ball. He can do a lot of things that you anticipate a good back should be able to do. The thing he brings to the table, too, is hes an outstanding special-teams player.”

“We have some talent, but we still have to go do it. We havent done anything yet.”

“You look at what you accomplished last year and you always try to set a higher standard for your team, as well as for your organization, ... Weve been fortunate enough here to do some things that we wanted to get done. Its not all we want to get done yet, but I think were heading on the right path.”

“Well, first of all, youve got to get there. Thats very, very difficult.”

“Hell be in the flow of the game, we hope we dont get into a game thats 70, 80 plays. If he can get 20-something plays in, that would be great. We want to rotate those guys because its going to be hot out there.”

“I mean, hes a little bit bigger, obviously, than Santana, so hes a little bit more physical. He had real good chemistry with the quarterback the year that he was our MVP, and I just think that thats something that him and the quarterback have always had. They have just had that feel.”