Kevin Gilbride: Bills and Cardinals have NFL’s ‘worst offensive lines’
Football
“You look at the Buffalo Bills and Arizona Cardinals, and you may have the two worst offensive lines in the league. And you’re asking those rookies (Josh Allen, Josh Rosen) to go out and play? Everybody points to Dak Prescott, but there’s a reason Dak Prescott played as well as he did his rookie year. His offensive line had a hell of a lot to do with it.”
Kevin Gilbride, former NFL coach, speaking on NBCSN’s Pro Football Talk
“It’s hard to say the NFLPA or the league itself is going to be there. At the end of the day they tried to kick me out of the damn league. If I had a mental issue, they don’t give a damn. You are using drugs, get out of the league.”
Randy Gregory, Dallas Cowboys defensive end, on the consequence of using marijuana to ease his bipolar depression
“I think in Louisiana it’s a sin to eat healthy.”
Joe Burrow, LSU quarterback who was born in Ohio, teased by teammates for eating grilled chicken and salad
Baseball
“When you have a majority of Cubs fans in the stands, I don’t know if that’s a rivalry. . . . Cubs fans travel well.”
Cole Hamels, Chicago Cubs player, after a game in Milwaukee’s Miller Field
“Apart from possibly the 2008 season, I think this may be the most impressive season in Rays history. Kevin Cash really should -– and probably will — get consideration for Manager of the Year.”
Jim Hickey, Chicago Cubs pitching coach who had the same job with Tampa Bay last season
“The ball is juiced. We’re seeing more home runs than I remember seeing in my long life. The closers now are so lousy. They’re the ones throwing the walk-off homers. They can throw the ball at 95 but it goes past them at 108.”
Woody Paige, on ESPN’s Around the Horn
“Fenway Park is cramped, dirty and awful. It’s the worst-kept secret in baseball. Bad sight lines. Fenway Park? Forget it.”
Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times columnist
Tennis
“Bernard Giudicelli lives in another time.”
Alize Cornet, French player, on the 60-year-old French Federation president who banned the black catsuit worn by Serena Williams at Roland-Garros
“I have never really understood how Rafa, Novak and myself, we can play at such a level all the time, being consistent.”
Roger Federer, all-time Grand Slam leader, on Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic and himself dominating tennis
“(Rafael) Nadal and (Roger) Federer are still up because the young people are very bad. Some will like the bull Nadal and others will like the elegance of Federer. It’s like Sampras or Agassi but on another (higher) level. Sampras was more relaxed and Agassi more maniacal.”
Marat Safin, former No. 1-ranked tennis pro
Basketball
“I think my time has passed. I’m phsycally very young and mentally very young. I just think there are a lot of young reporters out there who won’t let it go. The moment I’m hired, ‘Why didn’t school X look at this?’ . . . I paid the ultimate price for failure with people.”
Rick Pitino, former coach for Louisville (and others), feeling that at 66 he’s been scandalized beyond redemption
