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
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