Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Week 1: Buccaneers Quotes of the Week
The top 10 quotes from the Buccaneers heading into Week 1.
"I think they proved in preseason that we have good depth on the D-line because we kept a good pass rush. Other than one of the four games, we had consistent pass rush and I think we do have really good depth." - Head Coach Dirk Koetter on the Bucs' pass rush
!["That's one of the biggest honors [that] you can get in this league. It's truly your peers, it's the guys that you come here, you work with every day, the guys you admire, the guys that look up to you, so it's truly an honor." - WR Russell Shepard on being named a team captain](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album_2x/t_lazy/f_auto/buccaneers/mbbozfvh5vcjdfjxubyx.jpg)
"That's one of the biggest honors [that] you can get in this league. It's truly your peers, it's the guys that you come here, you work with every day, the guys you admire, the guys that look up to you, so it's truly an honor." - WR Russell Shepard on being named a team captain
"It's going to be a challenge and we've got to come with our 'A' game because last year and the past couple of years he's kind of had some big numbers against us, but I think we're up for the challenge." - CB Alterraun Verner on facing Atlanta WR Julio Jones
"I know they've got it out for us so we have to be ready. We have to match their intensity and we have to come ready to play." - QB Jameis Winston on playing the Falcons again after beating them twice in 2015
"Half the battle is believing that you belong, that you have a certain swagger, a confidence about you that, 'I'm good enough.' And he is good enough, he's proven that." - Offensive Coordinator Todd Monken on the improvement of WR Adam Humphries
"I love his first step, he's got great leverage and he's a heavy-handed player. And what I mean by that is he's got a good short punch and that helps get him separation off of the blocker." - Defensive Coordinator Mike Smith on rookie DE Noah Spence
"When you have young guys that are getting a lot of playing time and a lot of experience, another year under their belt is big. So we know we can see the maturity and the development of some of these young players that are very vital to us." - WR Vincent Jackson on why he has confidence in the offense
"Robert Ayers is angry, really angry. I'm excited to see in-season angry because it's ramped up this week, I'll tell you that. I thought he was angry before, but now he's angry." - DT Gerald McCoy on playing next to DE Robert Ayers
"If you can stay with the same lineup for a series of real NFL games, I think that will help a lot. We feel great about the guys that we have. We want to keep them all out there playing together and if we do that, I would expect that we'll get good results." - Head Coach Dirk Koetter on the offensive line coming together
"I learned a lot from his offense then, the coaching staff then. I'm excited to work with them now, kind of reunite with them. It's cool." - WR Cecil Shorts on previously playing for Dirk Koetter in Jacksonville
