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
everybody great locker love means miss team
I love that man. I'm going to miss him. The team is going to miss him. He's a great guy. He means the world to me ... and to everybody in the locker room.
coming
They have so many of them coming at you, it can get confusing.
ends generally tight
In our offense, the tight ends are generally one of us,
cracking guy jokes keeping locker looking practice room
He's that rock, that guy in the locker room you are always looking for. He's that guy that is cracking jokes and keeping practice lively.
leading relaxed today year
He's everything you want in a quarterback. We wouldn't be where we are today without him leading our offense. I think he's just more relaxed this year and it comes through experience. It's not just X's and O's. He understands the basics.
game
He's everything you want in a quarterback. He just has that game feel.
playing
I didn't feel that way. But I never thought they were playing soft.
camp definitely players ready surprised training veteran
He surprised me. I know veteran players can pretty much kind of get through training camp and then be ready to go the first week. I didn't know that he'd be able to do that. He's definitely showed that he can.
corner driving expect front pass rookie threw zone
He threw a touchdown pass to Hines (Ward) in the front corner of the end zone through the driving rain. That was a play that you just wouldn't expect a rookie quarterback to be able to make.
bad
I don't think they were in the bad part.
buses everybody front hotel jump until wait
He's not going to jump in front of the line. He's going to wait until we all get off the buses to get in there to the hotel just like everybody else.
great means miss send
I'm going to miss him. The Steelers are going to miss him. To send him off like this means the world to me. He's a great person.
football job left minutes
The job isn't done. It's 60 minutes of football left to play.
finding leader offense opened rookie
You can't really become a leader if you're still finding things out, which every rookie is. We've opened the offense up and I think that's a big part of him getting more comfortable.