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
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It heats up a week before, then two days before. Then it gets ridiculous during the last couple of minutes. Sometimes the phone rings at the last minute with some crazy ideas, but I don't like operating that way.
root trying
I'm trying to get me a 'Terrible Towel' before the night's out to root for the Steelers.
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I hope he buys a Rolls-Royce and lets me drive it.
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If you want to fix the schools, pay the teachers better, recruit the best and the brightest back into the classroom, give them the authority to run the classes, educate them so that we're doing something besides becoming just an FCAT test center.
bag control gets guy home leaves rest study sure takes tapes total week
He's in total control. He's the guy that you see when he leaves every week he's got a bag of tapes with him. The rest of us get DVDs, Jake gets a bag of tapes that he takes home to study to make sure that he can put all of us in the right position.
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I hung out with him (Tuesday) night. We hung out at the beach (Tuesday), and he was showing me around. This is his turf. He's well-loved around here, and it's well-deserved.
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I loved playing with (Zimmerman). The guy had a separated shoulder in a game and didn't give up a sack. It's amazing. He's an amazing player, and one that young guys in the league can learn from from a know-how and toughness standpoint.
bringing hearing people tired
I'm tired of hearing that (expletive). The people that keep bringing that up, tell them to find something else to write about.
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He's in the classification of Bundy or Wuornos. He will forever have a certain infamous notoriety.
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I don't think that's something the governor makes decisions about. I'm going to let local government decide whether a dog gets to go in. I hope they do.
cares football locker outside people receiving wants win
You think Plummer cares about how people are receiving him outside the locker room? Look at his face. Look at his hair. He don't care. He just wants to win a football game.
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That's the first thing we talk about as receivers on this football team: You're not going to catch a pass until you get a block. That's something we stress each and every day. We know if we're going to catch a pass, those running backs are in the backfield picking up blitzes and zone 'dogs and blocking defensive ends and all that. For us, it's a team thing. We don't play receiver; we play football, whatever that means. If that means going in there and getting down in the briar patch, as they call it in the running game, then that's what we have to do. If we so happen to catch a pass, so be it.
bills folks money pay send worst
It's not the worst thing in the world to send back money to folks, I've never had a gripe about it. The worst thing to do is to send back money to folks when you didn't pay the bills you had and that's what I'm against.
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I've got to get the Terrible Towels out to root for the Steelers so we can play at home. Nothing against the Colts, but I just want to play at home.