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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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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I healed up well. They say some people heal faster than expected sometimes. I spoke with the doctor in Philadelphia who did the surgery and he said, 'Do what you can.' He basically released me to go and practice and do what I can out on the field, as long as I'm pain-free. And it's been pain-free this whole week, and the latter part of last week. So, I'm just trying to heal up and get better every day, day in and day out.
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The last time we played them, they came down and beat us and went to the Super Bowl and became champs. I think that's going to be on a lot of people's minds.
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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.
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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.
knocked seven
We've knocked down seven of the eight. We just have one more to go.
That's what it was. That's all I can really say. It is storybook for him.
ball step
You just try to step up and do something, ... And get the ball out when I could.
losing track winning
Winning and losing is the only thing that matters. I really don't even keep track of what is going on other than that.
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We came up with some big plays in the red zone,
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We were sitting, looking at an outside shot to be in the Super Bowl. This is an unbelievable feeling to be here right now.
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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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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.