“It’s not as difficult as everyone makes it out to be. All you have to do is catch and run.” — Eagles WR Greg Lewis, on punt returning, in Metro last week
“Greg’s done a nice job for us. He’s solid catching the ball.” — Eagles special teams coach Rory Segrest last week
“I let our team down, and I can take it.” — Lewis, to Comcast SportsNet after a 16-13 loss to the Packers in the season opener
“Greg had never really done this before. And all I had to see, really, was the jets preseason game when greg fielded a punt at his own three-yard line. I mean, that told me everything I needed to know about his instincts to do that. I said… before the game, that’s the kind of thing that’s going to lose you a game in the regular season. Points are too precious, field position is too precious, possessions are too precious to put somebody out there in a special teams position that’s never done it before and that’s capable of making a game changing mistake.” — Ray Didinger, on Post Game Live after the game
“Right now, we’ve got some good options there. It’s just going to be a matter of who we feel the best with going into the game.” — Segrest last week
‘Right now, we’re just trying to get [J.R. Reed] as many reps as we can during the course of practice. Being that he hasn’t done them yet, it’s just one of those deals where we’d like get him a few more reps prior to the game just to kind of see where each of them are at.” — Segrest again
“I couldn’t believe he went for it.” — Packers cornerback Jarret Bush, on J.R. Reed’s fumbled fair catch attempt with just over a minute left in the game
“This might seem like a ridiculous question, but did they both understand you don’t have to field a punt?” — Daily News beat writer Les Bowen to Eagles coach Andy Reid postgame
“The Eagles special teams: The Phillies bullpen of football.” — Text message postgame from JGT
“Andy Reid is going to drive the entire city to alcohol and drug abuse, not just his sons.” — Text message from another friend
