Cowher says Deshaun Watson won’t be back to ‘normal’ this year

Football

“Deshaun Watson coming off the ACL injury, let’s temper our enthusiasm for him.  He’s not back to normal.  It’s not gonna be totally normal all year long.  Injuries sometimes take longer than a year.”

Bill Cowher, former NFL coach, now CBS analyst

“You have to keep the pressure on, because if you keep hitting him he gets scared.”

Danielle Hunter, Minnesota Vikings defensive end, on 49ers QB Jimmy Garoppolo 

“Steve Sarkisian was bad as offensive coordinator.  But Matt Ryan was even worse.  This is a Philly kid, he went to high school in Philadelphia, and all-time against the Philadelplhia Eagles he is 1 and 4.  He has to get this corrected, he has to play better.”

Rich Gannon, NFL Monday Quarteback

“The Lions haven’t had a running game since Barry Sanders walked away.  It’s going to continue this year, and I think it’s really, really going to be a problem for Matthew Stafford.”

Peter King, on Pro Football Talk

“We were calling out their plays as he (Matt Stafford) was getting up to the line.  We knew his signals, we knew everything.  . . . It seemed we were in his head as a defense.  Everybody studied.”

Darron Lee, New York Jets linebacker

“If things don’t go right on the field, you’re going to hear about it.  You’re going to feel his eyeballs piercing through you.  You can feel him coming after you.”

Jermon Bushrod, formerly a guard for the New Orleans Saints, on coach Sean Payton 

Tennis

 “Serena (Williams) in the past has been a diva on the court, has been bullying of chairpeople.  But in this particular case she was not.  This was his (Carlos Ramos’) ego and his arrogance.  I don’t know about suspensions, but he’s done in America.  He won’t do a big one in America again. . . . I don’t believe there ever again will be a man chair umpire for the women’s final of the US Open.”

Tony Kornheiser, ESPN’s Pardon the Information, referring to US Open umpire Carlos Ramos