Joey Porter
Joey Porter
Joseph Eugene Porteris a former American football linebacker who played thirteen seasons in the National Football League, and is the current outside linebackers coach for the Pittsburgh Steelers. After playing college football at Colorado State, he was drafted by the Steelers in the third round of the 1999 NFL Draft. A four-time Pro Bowl selection, Porter earned a Super Bowl ring with the Steelers in Super Bowl XL against the Seattle Seahawks. He played for the Miami Dolphins from 2007...
asking
They are killing me. They're asking me about everything but football.
giving kept offense plugging score stick team
The offense kept plugging away and giving us opportunities. Then we let them score another touchdown. At the end of the game, we did what we had to do, but you don't want to let a team like that stick around. You have to put a team like that away early.
matter
That's the goal. Anything else we do doesn't matter if we don't make the playoffs.
broadcast face front good great perfect sure table waiting walk
What a perfect way to walk away. I'm sure the broadcast table is waiting for him. He has a perfect smile. He's good in front of the camera. He's great with words. I think he has a face for TV.
barely four good somebody
You aren't too good if you're a first-rounder and you barely play four years. And he got on because somebody got hurt.
kept
This one will always be remembered. It's never been done before what we did. We kept being told we couldn't do this, and that's what we needed.
against plenty shut success yards
We shut Rudi down plenty of times. We shut him down more times than he had success against us. He only had 100 yards against us one time.
people send sideline tap
We're going to try to tap out as many people as we can, I'm going to put it like that. We're going to try to send as many people to the sideline as we can.
people send somebody
We're going to try to send as many people as we can to the sidelines. If we can 'tap out' somebody that's what we're going to do.
bowl fault mad mental super thinking
You don't want to come to the Super Bowl and think about losing. I can't be mad about that. Definitely, the mental thought that you have to take to the Super Bowl is that you can't be thinking about anything else but winning, so I don't fault them for that.
hide
There's no way he can hide from me. We have to meet. We have to meet. Over and over and over.
hold looking punches ready
Now I know how they really feel, and now I can tell you know how I really feel, I don't have to hold any punches any more. If they're looking for a fight, I've been ready for a fight.
That's how you look at it. I didn't take it that way.
blood craving sleeping tasted thirsty
I was sleeping all week, but I just tasted blood right there. You're craving it when you haven't tasted it in a while. Now I'm thirsty for more.