Rod Smith
Rod Smith
Roderick Duane Smithis a former American football wide receiver who played thirteen seasons for the Denver Broncos of the National Football League. He played college football at Missouri Southern State. He was originally signed by the Broncos as an undrafted free agent and played his entire career with the team. He is ranked 22nd in NFL history in career receptions and 26th in receiving yards...
ProfessionFootball Player
Date of Birth15 May 1970
CityTexarkana, AR
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I didn't watch one snap of the Super Bowl. It was nothing against the teams that were in it. I was still in depression.
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We had a good season, but it's still a failure to me. That's in my eyes, that's nobody else's opinion, that's my opinion because I know what it's like to hold the trophy at the end. But anything less than that is a failure to me. . . . When we needed it the most, we didn't get it. Their team was better.
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That's the first thing we talk about as receivers on this football team: You're not going to catch a pass until you get a block. That's something we stress each and every day. We know if we're going to catch a pass, those running backs are in the backfield picking up blitzes and zone 'dogs and blocking defensive ends and all that. For us, it's a team thing. We don't play receiver; we play football, whatever that means. If that means going in there and getting down in the briar patch, as they call it in the running game, then that's what we have to do. If we so happen to catch a pass, so be it.
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We were horrible. We didn't get any field position. We always started inside the 20(-yard-line); the other team always started outside the 30.
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This is one of the best teams we've brought in here in the last six or seven years and we still found a way to come out on the low end.
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Special teams was huge; we talked about it all week. I talked about (it). Keith Burns talked about, and those guys came up with some huge plays on special teams, when you can get that kind of field position against that kind of football team, you've got to capitalize.
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Some of those guys are going to have to grow up quick because in this business they are not going to wait on you. We still have to move forward whether you are here or not. You just hope they have a speedy recovery and they are out there showing their teammates what they can do, and when guys are not dressed out, it's hard to see.
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It helps us physically and mentally because we play well at home. And you want other teams to come to your place with that doubt that 'They play well at home.' It doesn't mean everything. I've been in the playoffs where we've lost at home against Jacksonville (in the 1996 season) and I didn't get off the couch for three months.
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That's a huge accomplishment for them to be able to do that. I envy what they've done. It's not a matter of being jealous. I envy it. I'm not afraid of it. At the same time, it's a great opportunity to hopefully be the team that can say we stopped the run they've had.
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We saw Robert's number, and it said 'sail only,' then we saw it was a 541 number,
finish season
The season's not over. We've got to finish the season off right.
near nowhere season
The season is nowhere near over. We just can't go undefeated. That's the only thing.
since wanting
I've been wanting to do this since I was 10 years old,
felt phone terrible
Before I got on the phone with him, I felt terrible because I'd let him down.