Chris Hope
Chris Hope
Christopher Pierre Hopeis a former American football safety in the National Football League. He played college football for Florida State University. He was drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the third round of the 2002 NFL Draft, and has also played for the Tennessee Titans and Atlanta Falcons. He helped the Steelers win Super Bowl XL against the Seattle Seahawks...
game time
We had to win, so we went out and did it. But it has to be about one game at a time from here on in.
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There's no specific play that lost the game. Any time you lose and you lose in the dramatic way like we lost, and we had an opportunity to win, you're frustrated about just losing, period. It's hard enough to win a game in the NFL every Sunday, but the games you feel like you should definitely win, it just leaves a bad taste in your mouth.
five four games last mattered playing starters swing time tough won year
It's tough when you don't play and then it's time to get back in the swing of things. We won 15 games last year and the starters didn't play much at end. That was tough to get back into the flow. We've had four or five games this year that mattered down the stretch, which is why we're playing well.
biggest early easily lose mind opportunity stands time undefeated
Any time you lose when you have the opportunity to win, it's frustrating. Any time you lose, period, it's frustrating. But it's still early in the season. The biggest thing that stands out in my mind is that I think we could easily be undefeated right now.
conference determine far king trying
Our rivalries are the conference games. But as far as trying to determine who's king of the hill, the Patriots are the king.
careful cause chad focusing full goal johnson might problems team
Our goal is to keep him from making big plays, but you also have to be careful with focusing everything on him. Because the thing is, they have a team full of stars. (Running back) Rudi Johnson might get going while you're focusing on Chad, then you go after Rudi, and Chad comes back and strikes. He can cause a lot of problems for you.
ability either great limited middle pittsburgh
Pittsburgh was a great place. I was limited to just play in the middle of the field, but I have the ability to play either safety.
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I would love to be back. It's not about me all the time. But, then again, you do have to worry about yourself because this is a business in which you get few opportunities. The window of opportunity isn't open very long for you to cash in. You've got to be smart about it.
attention best challenge crowd guys love
We love the challenge of it. It's when we play our best football. Guys are more focused. We can go in there and take the crowd out of it. We like that pressure. It allows us more attention to detail.
athletics people typical
Troy is different. He is not what people think of as your typical professional athlete.
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We'll see some screens and throws to the running backs. I'm sure Travis Henry and Chris Brown can catch very well.
last
When we went up to Indianapolis the last time, the whole thing was, the Steelers are going to out-physical the Colts.
cost couple missed played stop
I don't think we played real well as a defense. We missed a lot of tackles and played over-aggressive. We missed a couple of assignments here and there. We didn't do it consistently enough where it cost us, but we also didn't consistently stop them, either.
built
He's built like Terrell Owens, but probably a whole lot faster.