Comments from Fisher, Washington, Haye

<p><em>Posted by ESPN.com's Paul Kuharsky</em></p> <p>Some comments from the Titans press conference introducing receiver Nate Washington and defensive tackle Jovan Haye.</p> <p><strong>Jeff Fisher:</strong></p> <blockquote> <p>On the speed Washington brings</p> <p>Well, the more speed you have at all positions the better off you are. He clearly can run. He runs very well. He ran by a lot of good defensive players this past year. And so the speed is a bonus. But he's a football player, and that's what you need at the position. He makes catches and can get open. He's going to be productive. He can run. He understands, can get open, blocks. He does everything that you want a good receiver to do.</p> <p>On what the dynamic of the defensive tackle position will be this year:</p> <p>We're good at the defensive tackle position. We're good. We're going to rotate. There will not be any drop off. Just as Jovan said, you don't replace Albert. We had interest in him [Haye] last year when we had Albert, and if we would have re-signed Albert, we still would have had interest in him, just to fill that spot. It's a very, very important position to us.</p> </blockquote> <p><strong>Washington:</strong></p> <blockquote> <p>On playing behind Hines Ward and Santonio Holmes in Pittsburgh:</p> <p>I think the main thing I learned is patience. In Pittsburgh, their offense is pretty much carbon copy of the offense here. You have opportunities, and when you have opportunities, you have to seize them. Playing behind those two guys, you understand and know that they're going to get the majority of the offense, but at the same time, you're going to have your opportunity. So, in saying that, I think for the most part I learned patience. I learned how to be patient in my route running, be patient enough to let them get into their routes enough to, if I am open, give the opportunity for the quarterback to look at those two and then find me. I kind of understood that. It made me humble, and it made me understand the type of things that can go on when you play team ball. We played together up there, and so hopefully I can bring that here, make these guys understand that as long as we play together, we'll be unstoppable.</p> <p>On what he identified with the Titans that made this an appealing option:</p> <p>Like I said, Tennessee is pretty much ... Their organization here is pretty much a carbon copy of Pittsburgh. They run pretty much the same offense, and it'll be the same opportunity that I would have even if I stayed in Pittsburgh - Justin Gage on the other side, and they have a great running game here with their offensive line being the way that they are, and they have a great quarterback, and then the stand-up defense that they have. So I really wasn't losing coming here. I was pretty much leaving Pittsburgh and coming to Pittsburgh. But this is Tennessee, and I'm happy to be in blue, and I'm happy to be having a new beginning.</p> </blockquote> <p><strong>Haye:</strong></p> <blockquote> <p>On his part in replacing the departed Albert Haynesworth:</p> <p>Albert [Haynesworth] was a great player. He did many great things here in Tennessee. I'm not coming in this position to try to replace him and fill his shoes. I'm just going to be me. Whatever I have to offer, is what I'm going to give. I don't see it as replacing Albert. I don't think you could ever replace Albert. He is a big, massive guy. He is a great football player.</p> </blockquote>

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The shame. Oh the shame. :baghead: