Ike Taylor
Ike Taylor
Ivan "Ike" Tayloris a retired American football cornerback in the National Football league. He was drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the fourth round of the 2003 NFL Draft, and spent his entire 12-year career in Pittsburgh. He played college football at Louisiana-Lafayette...
ProfessionFootball Player
Date of Birth5 May 1980
CityGretna, LA
coaches confidence honor
It's an honor that the coaches have that kind of confidence in me.
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We felt like we came out flat in the first half. The offense felt like they had opportunities to make plays in the second half, and that's what they did.
brought city describe home
We brought one home for the city of Pittsburgh. I can't even describe it right now.
game lost next
Yeah, but that's after the game, the game's over with and we have to get on to next week. It's over, it happened, we lost and we have to get better from it.
points
They put up a lot of points and they put up a lot of yards, ... We know they're going to be on the attack.
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At Christmas time, he got all the guys these therapeutic shoes to walk around the team complex in. That's what kind of special guy Troy is.
ask coach great job trying
They didn't explain, ... Everybody's trying to compete, everybody's trying to keep it competitive. That's all you can ask for, an opportunity. Coach is doing a great job of rotating us in and out with the first team.
I see it all the time. Hey, it happened. What can I say? It was a big play.
tv watched
I watched TV for two days, and then after that I just couldn't watch any more.
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He's a scrambling quarterback who can make plays with his feet and his arm. We have to try to contain him. He's playing with a lot of confidence right now. He's got a great running game to go with him. He's very mobile and can move out of the pocket. This will be another tough task for us.
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Our corners have to be able to come up in run support or we're not going to get on the field, ... I feel like I did all right. There's a whole lot of room for improvement. I'm just taking it game by game. But I think I did all right.
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But he can back the talk up, ... He always backs it up. You can talk all you want, but at the same time, he lives up to it. He goes and gets the ball. He's always hungry for it. He comes out and plays hard. He wants to win.
coming fans heard talking
I heard them. I was talking to them. Man, those Steelers fans are everywhere. I don't know where they're coming from, but they're everywhere.
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I haven't heard much from him -- really, really quiet guy, ... We respect that, though. He does his thing, he takes care of business. He makes his noise on the field.