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stillers4me
07-30-2012, 05:29 AM
Ziggy Hood and Cam Heyward are first-round draft picks but, as they are fast learning, numbers mean nothing at this Steelers training camp.

Especially the number 1.

Maybe the message came from coach Mike Tomlin — a likely source — or defensive coordinator Dick LeBeau, but it is being repeated so often at St. Vincent College that it might as well be printed on a bumper sticker.
Statistics are for losers.

A supposedly too-old Steelers defense was No. 1 overall and No. 1 against the pass last season yet, as defensive line coach John Mitchell said, “Stats can say anything. You can cut stats up anyway you want to. We didn’t have a good season last year. Our deal is not to have great stats, it’s to win the Super Bowl.” ...............

Read more @ http://triblive.com/sports/steelers/2288295-85/hood-heyward-amu-steelers-season-defense-round-defensive-didn-players

Butch
07-30-2012, 05:36 AM
IMHO one of the best quotes from The Emperor Chaz "Stats are for losers"

GBMelBlount
07-30-2012, 05:54 AM
Heyward can play either the left side or the right, where Brett Keisel starts. When the Steelers go with the 25-year-old Hood, the 26-year-old Steve McLendon and the 23-year-old Heyward together, it becomes one of their youngest defensive lines ever.

It's nice having youth in the trenches on both sides of the line.

If Ta'amu develops at NT as hoped we could have a formidable defensive line for many years.

I also wonder if this could be a breakout year for Hood...