Alan Faneca
Alan Faneca
Alan Joseph Fanecais a former professional American football player who was a guard in the National Football Leaguefor thirteen seasons. He played college football for Louisiana State University, and earned consensus All-America honors. He was drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in first round of the 1998 NFL Draft, and played professionally for the Steelers, New York Jets and Arizona Cardinals of the NFL. An eight-time All-Pro and nine-time Pro Bowl selection, Faneca won a Super Bowl ring with the Steelers...
ProfessionFootball Player
Date of Birth7 December 1976
defense eat field possession win
We're our defense's ally, ... We have to get out there and eat up the clock. We have to win the possession game, keep them off the field and keep our defense fresh.
block
You have to block in this system, it's required.
change difficult scheme week
It's not what they do, it's how much they do. They're so used to doing different things, they can change their scheme up from week to week and make it difficult on you.
choose everybody great hole pick run thinking vision
Everybody is just thinking that he's the big guy, he's The Bus, and he's going to run you down. He's got a great vision from the field, too. He can pick and choose where the hole is.
beat counted happened last lost matters year
It's a loss. We are 2-1. What happened last year doesn't matter. We beat them once and lost to them once. We lost to them when it counted and that's all that matters about last year.
clock couple decided fire last lead passed people pound run sat stop trying
It's always run-first. The last couple of games, people decided to stop the run so we passed the ball, got the lead and sat on the lead. You're not going to set the world on fire when you're up 17 points. Look at the situations: We were trying to kill the clock and trying to pound it out.
behind everybody formal joey realize team
It's back at the hotel. I didn't realize this was a formal occasion. Pretty much everybody on the team has one. I think Joey (Porter) was the mastermind behind it.
formal realize
It's back at the hotel. I didn't realize this was a formal occasion.
I told him to give me one more chance.
brings fire happen highway people sports
Would you want someone doing that in your life? If they don't like how the highway is repaired, are they going to harass them? You go to that bound, that's not right. You're not going to want it to happen to you, but sometimes people don't think that way. Sports brings out the fire in you.
concern guys inside locker plug room
We've always been able to plug guys in and still be successful. There's not as much concern inside this locker room as there is on the outside.
guys
When you've got 50-plus guys doing it one way, those guys will adapt. It may not be who they were, but it's who they became.
rings
They got the rings and we went home.
blocking bunch coming quit stop
They don't take a play off, they're high-motor guys. You can't stop blocking them, because they don't quit coming at you. It's just a talented, hard-working bunch of guys. You see the numbers, 50 sacks, that's pretty telling.