Clark Haggans
Clark Haggans
Clark Cromwell Haggansis a former American football linebacker. He was drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the fifth round of the 2000 NFL Draft. He played college football at Colorado State. Haggans played in the NFL from 2000 through 2012, for the Pittsburgh Steelers, Arizona Cardinals, and San Francisco 49ers...
ball came edge emotional everybody front game home job passed ran resolve settled
Everybody came up with the resolve -- no more of this. We come out here in front of our home crowd, it's the first game of the season, and they just ran the ball and passed the ball down our throats. They executed way better than us. Once we got that emotional edge off, just being over-amped for the game, we settled down. We did our job and did what he had to do.
chasing competition joey seems
It seems like I've been chasing Joey all of my career. We have a little competition with it. I'm not done yet.
bend break plays
It was bend but don't break tonight. We made the plays when we had to and that's why we won.
gauge good job pads
They wanted to gauge where I was with my pads on. I feel I did a pretty good job today.
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It leaves you speechless. Everybody's face says it all. You can see the sweat with tears of joy coming out. It's the best feeling in all the world.
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Whenever they would seem to be getting any momentum, we stepped up and would silence the crowd and silence them. We just played hard and made plays when we had to.
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Aaron Smith does so much stuff that he doesn't get credit for. He's one of the toughest football players I've known in my life. He never misses practice. He takes his hard hat to work every day, never complains, just does his job. You don't hear him whining. He just lines up and plays the next snap.
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That's how he is. When he's out on the field, he becomes a madman. I figure that's when he knows it's time to turn it loose -- let out my hair, comb it out, let it be under my helmet, let me fly around like a maniac and get sacks and interceptions and whatever they call me to do.
focused thinking
As a team, We're not really thinking about the streak. We aren't focused right now on the big picture.
This is a storybook for him. That is all I can really say. This is a storybook for him.
building cement coach football last mentioned played week
Coach Cowher mentioned last week that we're still building our identity. I think we've put the cement down and we've got some two-by-fours up, but we've still got a long way to go. We've only played two football games, there's still a lot of football to be played.
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Joey Porter means a lot to our defense. He's a guy that fires everybody up. His presence out there adds fuel to our flames. Just him being out there elevates the whole level of our defense. That's something that's going to continue on. We expect it from him, and he expects it from himself.
three
He's got three rings. There's nothing else you can say.
correct passes third week
He just made some passes and they got some yardage, ... They executed better. But it's the third week of the season. We'll correct our mistakes.