Mack Strong
Mack Strong
Mack Carlington Strongis a former American football player who was a fullback for the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football Leaguefor fourteen seasons. After playing college football for the University of Georgia, he was signed by the Seahawks as an undrafted free agent in 1993. Strong was selected the Pro Bowl twice in his career, in 2005 and 2006. He currently is a football sportscaster for Root Sports Northwest...
ProfessionFootball Player
Date of Birth11 September 1971
CityFort Benning, GA
hear
We are going to play for the NFC Championship; that is not something you hear everyday.
life
Just things that I've never experienced in my life.
focused knew mike past penalties plays starts
We knew what we had to get done. We knew the things that had plagued us in the past were turnovers, penalties and not making the plays when we had the opportunity. We were a lot more focused today. That starts with Mike and Matt.
biggest clue game magnitude maybe might perennial road super
We have no real clue of the magnitude of this win. Maybe years down the road when the Seahawks are perennial contenders for the Super Bowl, it might not be such a big deal, but right now, this is the biggest game ever in this organization's history.
accomplish bit deer shocked sort time
We're all sort of like deer in the headlights, a little bit shocked and in awe, but at the same time we know we have to accomplish a mission.
guys hopefully standard
Those guys will be Seahawks forever. I know that they've been an inspiration to us, just the standard that they set years ago, and hopefully they can feel a part of this.
alone chance gave near nobody ran straight super underdog worry year
You know, we've been an underdog all year long. And that's fine. I don't worry about the odds-makers and all that stuff. Nobody even gave us a chance near the end of the season, after we ran off 11 straight games, that we would even play for the NFC Championship, let alone the Super Bowl.
along block far game goes great guy guys knock player trying walt watching weird
We get to see it Mondays. It is weird watching a guy block another player -- a great player -- and knock him backwards. You see as the game goes along that the guys are trying to get as far away from Walt as they can.
work
We are not there yet. We still have a lot of work to do.
guys rely
What we've got is a lot of weapons. We don't have to rely on one guy. We've got 11 guys we rely on.
alive breath buzzing city crowd deep front groove home playing relax start
We were all excited. This is the playoffs. We're at home in front of our crowd and the whole city is alive and buzzing with enthusiasm. We all had to take a deep breath and just relax and get into our groove and start playing the game.
call came coach home later time weird
It was very surreal. I came home one day and she said, 'You're moving.' I said, 'No, we're not moving.' Then about a day later I call a call from a coach and he said, 'Pack your bags.' That was a weird time in our history.
anyone game line means saturday suggest win
How could anyone even suggest that? This game still means a lot to us. It's not like we're going to line up Saturday and feel like it has no meaning. We want to win this game. We need to win this game.
attention close detailed paying talks type
He's very much a hands-on type of coach. He's very detailed and talks a lot about paying close attention to detail every day in practice.