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
blocking counter goes personal personnel run teams
It goes to personnel and schemes. We run counter blocking a little more than some teams do. It's a personal preference.
choose everybody great hole pick run thinking vision
Everybody is just thinking that he's the big guy, he's The Bus, and he's going to run you down. He's got a great vision from the field, too. He can pick and choose where the hole is.
ben force league longer playing pressure run time
He's playing like he has been in the league a lot longer than two years. The Broncos were going to force it, the way they blitz, the way they come, and we weren't always going to be able to run it all the time like we do. The pressure was on Ben to make some big passes, and he did.
expect maybe open people run thinking trying
People don't really expect that from us. They know we're trying to get the run going. Maybe they're thinking that a little too much. We're able to open up a little bit.
clock couple decided fire last lead passed people pound run sat stop trying
It's always run-first. The last couple of games, people decided to stop the run so we passed the ball, got the lead and sat on the lead. You're not going to set the world on fire when you're up 17 points. Look at the situations: We were trying to kill the clock and trying to pound it out.
family home lost outside
I had friends and family who lost their homes. My home was OK. I live just outside the city.
banging came second
But we came out banging for the second half.
ends generally tight
In our offense, the tight ends are generally one of us,
crowd deal focus good job noise sure tough weeks
He did a really good job of making sure we were focused, making sure we had good weeks of practice, making it tough on us. You have to focus more on the road, where things don't come as easily, where you have the crowd noise to deal with.
rings
They got the rings and we went home.
formal realize
It's back at the hotel. I didn't realize this was a formal occasion.
everybody great locker love means miss team
I love that man. I'm going to miss him. The team is going to miss him. He's a great guy. He means the world to me ... and to everybody in the locker room.
buses everybody front hotel jump until wait
He's not going to jump in front of the line. He's going to wait until we all get off the buses to get in there to the hotel just like everybody else.
leading relaxed today year
He's everything you want in a quarterback. We wouldn't be where we are today without him leading our offense. I think he's just more relaxed this year and it comes through experience. It's not just X's and O's. He understands the basics.