Rod Smith
Rod Smith
Roderick Duane Smithis a former American football wide receiver who played thirteen seasons for the Denver Broncos of the National Football League. He played college football at Missouri Southern State. He was originally signed by the Broncos as an undrafted free agent and played his entire career with the team. He is ranked 22nd in NFL history in career receptions and 26th in receiving yards...
ProfessionFootball Player
Date of Birth15 May 1970
CityTexarkana, AR
advantage limited played
They played better. Opportunities are limited in this business. When you get them, you have to take advantage of them. We didn't take advantage.
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This is one of the best teams we've brought in here in the last six or seven years and we still found a way to come out on the low end.
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Special teams was huge; we talked about it all week. I talked about (it). Keith Burns talked about, and those guys came up with some huge plays on special teams, when you can get that kind of field position against that kind of football team, you've got to capitalize.
chasing
As long as they're chasing us, we're in front. The thing is, we've just got to go back to work.
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That's just me. I'm kind of nerdy like that because it benefits me it makes my job easier. At the same time it helps me keep my job I don't have to feel threatened by other guys. Now I do it to where I study coordinators I study those guys because they have certain tendencies and patterns of what they want to do.
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That's Mike (Shanahan's) deal. I was still in depression mode until I came over here from the regular season, so a lot of those things like that don't really effect me right now, so I don't worry about it.
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We knew this was going to be our night. We knew it all week. This was one of those special weeks. We heard all week about how there was no way New England could lose. We had a great week and knew this was going to be the night.
national tragedies
Those are tragedies that have to be addressed on a national level.
guys
I just see the young guys come in every year, they want what you have, to go where you've gone. You know it isn't forever, but you want to keep going.
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I remember (Clerk of the Court) Buddy Irby opened the courthouse at night for us. It was round-the-clock. In my life I've never put as much focus on something as I did on the prosecution of Danny Rolling.
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Injuries are part of the game. We always put 11 out there. And that is going to be our 11 for that play or that day. That's all we can work with. We can't work with who's down or whatever, we just have to hold it together until the guys come back. The season is long. We're just seven games in, and we've got a long way to go.
feels hold less trophy
I know what it feels like to hold the Lombardi Trophy at the end of the season, so anything less than that feels like a failure.
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I'm p---ed off, trust me. But what can I do about it now? All I can do is go to work tomorrow (and) look at the tape hard.
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It helps us physically and mentally because we play well at home. And you want other teams to come to your place with that doubt that 'They play well at home.' It doesn't mean everything. I've been in the playoffs where we've lost at home against Jacksonville (in the 1996 season) and I didn't get off the couch for three months.