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
ball beat ben few past run teams
I think teams know we're going to try to run the ball on them, and they want to make Ben beat them. These past few weeks, Ben's been doing just that.
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I think this team has rallied around him and what he's meant to this organization for so long and knowing that this could be his last ride. The fact that it's in his hometown means a lot to the guys in here to make it happen for him because he's meant that much to us.
blocking counter goes personal personnel run teams
It goes to personnel and schemes. We run counter blocking a little more than some teams do. It's a personal preference.
anybody deserves everybody identity locker maintained means room special team
What Jerome means to everybody in that locker room is something special and I think what he means to the organization is something special. If anybody in this organization, team or locker room deserves it, he does because of what he means to us and what he has maintained as the identity of this organization for so long.
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This can get to anybody if you let it, because it seems to be endless and you get bombarded from all sides. But it goes with the territory, and if you are one of the two teams fortunate enough to make it to the Super Bowl, you had better be prepared to deal with a ton of distractions.
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.
backs create goes hit personal personnel teams trying
They're trying to create seams, create that little hole, and their backs are trying to read it and hit it. That's their scheme. It goes to personnel and schemes. We counter-block a little more than some teams do. It's a personal preference.
aware corner hold longer might teams
Teams are aware of his speed. They might have to hold the corner longer than if Jerome was in there.
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.
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.
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.
against staff works
I think our staff as a whole has a better feel for what works against a 3-4 better than most teams.
analyzing game hype people talk
I think in a game of that magnitude, there's going to be hype after it, and many people analyzing things. It's something to talk about. That's it. I don't think it's overshadowed what we've done.