Alan Faneca
Alan Faneca
Alan Joseph Fanecais a former professional American football player who was a guard in the National Football Leaguefor thirteen seasons. He played college football for Louisiana State University, and earned consensus All-America honors. He was drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in first round of the 1998 NFL Draft, and played professionally for the Steelers, New York Jets and Arizona Cardinals of the NFL. An eight-time All-Pro and nine-time Pro Bowl selection, Faneca won a Super Bowl ring with the Steelers...
ProfessionFootball Player
Date of Birth7 December 1976
choked definitely league means shot
He had me choked up a little bit, it means so much to him, to be in the league this long, - to give him a shot like this, it definitely means something.
exactly remember
I can't really remember exactly what I said. But everyone has told me what I said.
camp definitely players ready surprised training veteran
He surprised me. I know veteran players can pretty much kind of get through training camp and then be ready to go the first week. I didn't know that he'd be able to do that. He's definitely showed that he can.
finding leader offense opened rookie
You can't really become a leader if you're still finding things out, which every rookie is. We've opened the offense up and I think that's a big part of him getting more comfortable.
blocking bunch coming quit stop
They don't take a play off, they're high-motor guys. You can't stop blocking them, because they don't quit coming at you. It's just a talented, hard-working bunch of guys. You see the numbers, 50 sacks, that's pretty telling.
dealing definitely feels game helped hype last looks season
Last year, dealing with the championship game and the 15-1 season and all the hype and everything that went with it has definitely helped him deal with what's going on now. He feels and looks like a six- or seven-year guy.
great means miss send
I'm going to miss him. The Steelers are going to miss him. To send him off like this means the world to me. He's a great person.
aware corner hold longer might teams
Teams are aware of his speed. They might have to hold the corner longer than if Jerome was in there.
family home houston lost orleans stay wife
My wife has some family just on their way there who lost their home in New Orleans and are going to stay in Houston for a while.
catch coin detroit happened toss
They don't catch everything but it is a surprise. They reset the clock, it slipped and it happened to be for a lot of time. What are you going to do? It's like the coin toss in Detroit on Thanksgiving, what are you going to do?
football job left minutes
The job isn't done. It's 60 minutes of football left to play.
anybody deserves everybody identity locker maintained means room special team
What Jerome means to everybody in that locker room is something special and I think what he means to the organization is something special. If anybody in this organization, team or locker room deserves it, he does because of what he means to us and what he has maintained as the identity of this organization for so long.
chance entire gotta less prove relish somebody
When you get a chance to prove somebody wrong, much less the entire country, you gotta relish that.
others perform pull weight willing
You got to perform to be a leader. You have to. You can't really say much when you're not really doing it yourself. You got to pull your own weight and show what you're willing to do to get others to follow.