Howie Roseman

True grit in a football player is defined by how they overcome adversity

Adversity. You know, you wanna see how people are handling adversity, overcoming adversity. And that could be in different areas of life. You know, that could be off the field. That could be on the field. But we know how hard it is to play in the NFL.

A general manager needs to experience life as a scout to understand their frustrations

Coach Reid used to say... you gotta go on the road. And for two years I was out on the road and doing 30 schools. And it was so smart by him because it was like, you need to feel what your scouts are feeling. You know, you need to feel the frustrations of missing flights and going to schools that give you a lot of information that give you little information.

You can't fix every team need in a single draft without hurting the overall quality

Every team's gonna have a weakness. And if you think you're gonna come at a draft and get every need fixed, you probably had a shitty draft. It's so hard to find good players. You accumulate good players, hopefully at important positions and everything else works out.

A quarterback with long hair should cut it if they want to win a Super Bowl

So if we get a quarterback with long hair, 15 years from now, Jalen's career's done, and he comes in, I can tell him to cut his hair. Cut. Cut. And then we're good.