On WR Larry Fitzgerald telling him he has one less son this week:
“No. It’s exciting because they have always played but if I was coaching I was usually coaching one of their youth teams or something like that. It’s going to be a little bit different but he knows the rules, once you put on a different color jersey the game is the game so we will see what happens.”
On if he is surprised at how quickly his son Cody has been able to succeed after being a seventh round draft pick:
“No. He’s gone through that at every level. He was too small in high school. He was too small in college. Things like that. When he got a chance, he made the most of it and basically that is what happened this time around.”
On if his son Cody has bit of his stubbornness and meanness in him:
“I don’t know. He enjoys playing game. He has fun playing it. And like I tell people all the time, it’s going to be a little bit different. I hope he plays well but not well enough to beat us.”
On if it was weird looking at his son Cody on tape as he scouted the Buccaneers:
“It’s a little different. You catch yourself when you are breaking down film, you always take a glance over. But I usually watch his games. That is what’s nice about it. I can’t get to it live so now I am going to get to see it live. Hopefully it won’t hurt us any. All of the other weeks I come in on Monday morning and the tapes are already here from all around the league, so I can throw it on and see how he did.”
On how much he will allow himself to look while his son Cody is on the field:
“Not a bunch. You have stuff to do. If I am back there having to make some corrections or anything with the offensive line, obviously that comes first. Usually you’re kind of seeing how the game is going on, on all phases.”
On what he has seen from his son Cody on film:
“Obviously there are certain things that we can take advantage of him and there are other things where you want to stay away from him. He is a good little player. I am proud of him. I am going to enjoy watching the game. And like I said, I hope he plays well but not well enough to beat us.”
On if his son Cody has always been an overachiever:
“He has always been an overachiever. I think that’s one of those words that – they always say give 120 percent, if you are giving 100 that is all you got. He makes the most of the chances that he’s had and the opportunity arose and he stepped in. Obviously you probably want somebody with a lot more experience, but how do you get experience? You got to put somebody in and play and they elected to go with him and he’s doing alright.”
On if it is fair to say that he has a unique scouting report on his son Cody:
“No, I wouldn’t say unique. We scouted him just like everybody else. You just know who’s inside that helmet that’s all.”
On when the last time was that he was able to see his son Cody play live:
“The last time I saw him play live, Chad (Grimm) and I flew back when they opened the season last year. Virginia Tech played Alabama in the opener, so we flew back to Atlanta and caught that game. That was before our season started. So that was the last time that I saw him play live.”
On if he is talking to his son Cody this week:
“No. He called and asked a few questions on quarterback situation and things like that. I gave him some off the wall remarks and obviously he wasn’t getting any information.”
On if he saw his son Cody play a lot in high school:
“That was the tough thing in high school because I was up in Pittsburgh so we would finish up early on Friday and I would jump in the truck and drive four hours down to Virginia and watch him play and then drive back and get back at two or three in the morning. But those are things that if you are close enough you can’t miss them because there is only a certain amount of time that you have to be able to do that.”
On what it meant to him that the Buccaneers allowed his son Cody to come to his Hall of Fame ceremony:
“I think that was great. I was a little iffy on that because that was a scrimmage day for them. I didn’t want to pull him out of there. I wanted him to make the most of his chances down there and when I called Raheem (Morris) and asked if he could come, coach was great about it. He said no problem. He said he would fly him there himself if he had to and I told him that wasn’t necessary I’d get him there, just get him time off. It worked out well. It was good to have him there.”
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October 29, 2010
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