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...
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Catches everything that comes his way, has soft hands and great balance. He goes and gets the ball.
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I'm just glad that I'm healthy right now with my hand. I can play the piano again, so I'm alright.
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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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They wanted to gauge where I was with my pads on. I feel I did a pretty good job today.
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This season was filled with adversity for us. We can say that we earned our way to the Super Bowl.
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Everybody's worried about him. You can see the center, the quarterback always pointing at him -- 'Watch number 43! Watch number 43!' -- and looking where he's at. I think he draws most of the attention, so everyone else flies below the radar.
face physical stick team thinks
Every team we face thinks we are a measuring stick. They all know that's the measuring stick - to be as physical as we are.
focused thinking
As a team, We're not really thinking about the streak. We aren't focused right now on the big picture.
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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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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.
This is a storybook for him. That is all I can really say. This is a storybook for him.
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But it's just like any other game -- we're the outside linebackers. That's half our job. Sometimes we got to put pressure on the quarterback, sometimes we got to cover.
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Oh yeah. He dominates people -- and he works unbelievably hard. He's a cool and calm guy, but on game days, we're afraid he'll rip our arms off when he's running through the tunnel onto the field. He gets mean.
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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.