Dan Patrick caught up with Colt McCoy today on his radio show, and in case you missed it, I wanted to run down some of the stuff that Colt had to say. If you would like to listen to the entire segment, you can do that on DanPatrick.com
DP: “Are you the starting quarterback for the Cleveland Browns?”
CM: “Well, I finished the season as the starting quarterback, so I hope so.”
DP: “Do you have a business card that says, ‘Colt McCoy – Starting Quarterback’?”
CM: “No, I don’t. I just work hard every day, go to work, and know that I am the starting quarterback for the Cleveland Browns.”
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DP: “Have you been told that?”
CM: “(laughing) I’m on the hot seat already. It was unfortunate that I got hurt, but I think that was the intent to finish off the season….”
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DP: “Who has bigger arms… Peyton Hillis or Joe Thomas?”
CM: “Peyton’s muscles are pretty big, but probably the line. When Peyton takes his shoulder pads off his muscles shrink a little bit. I hope he’s listening.”
DP “I want you to go back to the Patriots game. Because I think that’s the one game that stood out the entire year that shocked people. How surprised were you that you guys beat New England that day?”
CM: “Honestly, we went in to every game expecting to win. I felt like as a team, as a group, we were really well prepared. Our coaches coached in New England. Coach Mangini and Coach Daboll. That game meant a lot to them and we just went out there and played pretty close to perfect. We executed our offense how we wanted to and our defense played really well. We got a lot of production out of special teams and we didn’t turn the ball over and we won pretty big. That was good for us.”
DP: “Did you sneak a peak at Brady during warmups?”
CM: “(laughing) I saw the long hair from a long ways away. Just to be on the field with Brady was awesome to me. I didn’t get to talk to him after the game, but he played well in the game, even in the loss. Hitting guys in the hands…”
CM: “Just this whole year, my rookie year, being able to play against guys that I’ve looked up to, that I’ve watched, that I’ve talked to while I was in college. In the same division as me, you’ve got Ben Roethlisberger, you’ve got Carson Palmer, you’ve got Joe Flacco. Those three guys have won so many games in the NFL already. I’ve looked up to them and now I gotta go beat them. That’s what we’ve gotta do now.”
DP: ”Now, you faced the Steelers twice. If you’re going to pull Aaron Rodgers aside, and say, “Here’s something to keep in mind…” what would you say?”
CM: “First off you’ve got to trust your line that they’re going to block the front seven of the Steelers. Sometimes that can be hard.”
CM: “You’ve got to find Polamalu. He was the defensive player of the year. He’s all over. He jumps routes. He does crazy things like jumping over the pile, or jumping over the line of scrimmage on the snap.”
DP: ”Does it help looking and spotting his hair?”
CM: “(laughing) You can find him by the hair. Sometimes he crouches down, trying to hide, but you can always see the hair.”
DP: ”Are you more concerned by Polamalu than Harrison?”
CM: ”Yes… For me, our gameplan was to trust the offensive line and then it was my job to find Polamalu.”
