Blitz Quotes

It used to be you did TV or you did film. Now it`s like a media blitz.

I was brought up in the War. I was an adolescent in the Second World War. And I did witness in London a great deal of the Blitz.

It`s just an all-out blitz. We`re bringing everybody.

(Four of the 13 Patriots on the injury list didn`t make the trip to Pittsburgh and are definitely out of today`s game. Cornerbacks Randall Gay and Tyrone Poole , and safety James Sanders will sit with ankle injuries, while receiver Andre` Davis remained home because of an injured foot. Linebacker Tully Banta-Cain (knee) practiced this week, even participating on special teams, and could play for the first time. Reserve tackle Brandon Gorin (thigh) hasn`t played and didn`t travel to Carolina a week ago, but made the trip here . . . Miller, who banged up his shoulder last week attempting to make a tackle, said he should be OK today. Adam Vinatieri is the emergency punter. He was the kicker and punter at South Dakota State. Vinatieri has two punts to his credit in the NFL, both pooch kicks . . . Steelers safety Troy Polamalu is tied for the league lead in sacks with three. The Steelers blitz often, with players coming from a variety of positions. The Patriots often keep a running back in to pick up blitzes, but tight ends are asked to monitor the blitz and, of course, quarterback Tom Brady and his receivers are charged with exploiting blitzes when they see them. ``They`ve had a bunch of secondary sacks here in these first couple of games,) Belichick said. ``Even if you blitz a lot out of the secondary, it`s still only eight, 10 times a game. There`s just not that many opportunities. Polamalu has hit them all. ... Staley told the paper. ``I don`t know how much. I can`t make that decision, but I`ll go out and see where I`m at.

It will be like playing ones vs. ones in training camp. The only thing is if I get to blitz I finally get to hit him. He won`t be wearing that red jersey.

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He`s a great athlete. He`s very strong. He can cover. He can blitz. He`s got the total package. He really does. What he does is put a lot of pressure on offensive tackles. You have to account for him as well as our defensive line. It makes it tough on people.

Mostly they`re coming in the passing game, in blitz pickup and protections and check-downs, ... He`s got the running game pretty much covered. He`s in the right place all the time.

There`s no doubt about it, if I was Houston, that`s what I would do. I would blitz and blitz and blitz. I expect everything but the kitchen sink being thrown at us.

Far and away the toughest thing for me to get used to has been that you have to recognize the blitz and know what adjustment the receiver is going to make.

They do a lot of misdirection and fake the ball real well. It`s almost impossible to blitz or pick up on any particular keys. It`s a very potent offense. They`re probably averaging in the low 40s (scoring). They`re solid on the line, got great skill position players and got a lot of people involved in their offense.

You want to stop the run and you want to put them in third-and-long so you can blitz,

He`s similar to those guys in that he has good size and speed and can really run, yet he can blitz, too. I think he enjoys playing in our system, just like they did.