stillers4me
01-21-2011, 05:24 AM
Go back to Oct. 24, a warm, wet afternoon in South Florida. The Steelers beat the Miami Dolphins, 23-22, to go to 5-1. It should have been a joyous winning locker room, but it most certainly was not. The team won a big game but lost defensive end Aaron Smith, maybe for the season, maybe even for good, because of a torn left triceps muscle.
"I'm sick," linebacker James Farrior said.
Because Smith might be the most beloved and respected player on the Steelers. "If I could be like him and live my life like he lives his, I'd die a happy man," Pro Bowl defensive end Brett Keisel once said. But also because Smith had been a huge part of the defense for 11-plus seasons. "Anytime he's not in there, it kills us," nose tackle Casey Hampton said.
You might say.
In the 2007 season, the Steelers went 1-2 down the stretch and lost in the playoffs to the Jacksonville Jaguars after Smith's right biceps was torn. In '08, they won Super Bowl XLIII when he played in every game. In '09, they went 6-5 and missed the playoffs after his right rotator cuff was torn.
"We're going to find out if we can win without him," wide receiver Hines Ward said that day in Sun Life Stadium.............
Read more @ http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/11021/1119481-87.stm
"I'm sick," linebacker James Farrior said.
Because Smith might be the most beloved and respected player on the Steelers. "If I could be like him and live my life like he lives his, I'd die a happy man," Pro Bowl defensive end Brett Keisel once said. But also because Smith had been a huge part of the defense for 11-plus seasons. "Anytime he's not in there, it kills us," nose tackle Casey Hampton said.
You might say.
In the 2007 season, the Steelers went 1-2 down the stretch and lost in the playoffs to the Jacksonville Jaguars after Smith's right biceps was torn. In '08, they won Super Bowl XLIII when he played in every game. In '09, they went 6-5 and missed the playoffs after his right rotator cuff was torn.
"We're going to find out if we can win without him," wide receiver Hines Ward said that day in Sun Life Stadium.............
Read more @ http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/11021/1119481-87.stm