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...
came plays red
We came up with some big plays in the red zone,
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.
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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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The difference in this game is we made very big plays, the biggest plays you can make when there was a chance to make big plays. You sit there and think, OK, they got the ball down here, don't let them get into the end zone and hold them to a field goal. Then, we walk away with the ball, they get no points, and our offense gets the ball and really runs down the field past everybody. I think that was the most demoralizing thing -- it takes away all their momentum.
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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.
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 were sitting, looking at an outside shot to be in the Super Bowl. This is an unbelievable feeling to be here right now.
gets goes great hands soft
Catches everything that comes his way, has soft hands and great balance. He goes and gets the ball.
game half outside pressure
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.