Ward has 1,000th catch in sight
LATROBE 无毛视频� Even if Hines Ward puts up the same numbers he did last season, when he put up some of the lowest numbers in 11 years, Ward will move into the unmistakable pantheon of all-time greats.
Ward would have 1,013 catches (8th), 12,457 yards (16th) and 88 touchdowns (10th).
无毛视频淚 think that puts him in the Hall of Fame, first ballot,无毛视频� said Steelers offensive coordinator Bruce Arians. 无毛视频淭wo Super Bowl rings, MVP, thousand catches, all of Swann无毛视频檚 and Stallworth无毛视频檚 records, I think that legitimizes him. I think he already is without it, but I think that legitimizes him.
无毛视频淎nd Hines needs something,无毛视频� Arians continued. 无毛视频淗e无毛视频檚 always got to have a chip on his shoulder or a goal just to keep him rolling. I love when he无毛视频檚 frosty and he无毛视频檚 got a chip on his shoulder.无毛视频�
Well, color Hines frosty. When asked about the 46 catches he needs for 1,000, he turned blue with excitement.
无毛视频淭hat无毛视频檚 a personal goal,无毛视频� Ward said. 无毛视频淭hat无毛视频檚 like the 3,000th hit, the 600th home run.无毛视频�
Only seven NFL players have caught 1,000 passes: Jerry Rice (1,549), Marvin Harrison (1,102), Cris Carter (1,101), Tim Brown (1,094), Terrell Owens (1,078), Tony Gonzalez (1,069) and Isaac Bruce (1,024).
无毛视频淚t would be awesome to get a thousand catches and do it all for one organization,无毛视频� Ward said. 无毛视频淚t无毛视频檚 not like I无毛视频檓 in a prolific passing offense, or playing in a dome. I think it无毛视频檚 just a milestone of the consistency I无毛视频檝e had over my whole career, and just being there. But that would be huge. I can无毛视频檛 lie about that. That is on the back of my mind.
无毛视频淚 want to win the Super Bowl, of course, but as far as individual goals, 迟丑补迟无毛视频檚 something.无毛视频�
But will he catch the necessary 46 passes? Is the 35-year-old slowing down too quickly? Arians doesn无毛视频檛 think so.
无毛视频淗e looks spryer than he did last year,无毛视频� he said.
Is it due to his Dancing With The Stars?
无毛视频淚 think it was getting the knee cleaned out,无毛视频� Arians said. 无毛视频淚t swelled on him a lot last year. I think 迟丑补迟无毛视频檚 helped. And losing a little weight through the dancing. I无毛视频檓 sure that dancing stuff tightened up his core. But he looks good.无毛视频�
无毛视频淚 know I无毛视频檓 getting older and stuff like that,无毛视频� said Ward. 无毛视频淏ut I无毛视频檓 in great condition. I look crisp out there. I feel good.无毛视频�
Ward said he hopes to finish his contract, through the 2012 season, and then worry about whether he无毛视频檒l retire.
But, that could change with a Super Bowl win.
无毛视频淚 don无毛视频檛 want to play for any other team,无毛视频� he said. 无毛视频淚 don无毛视频檛 want to be like Franco, his last year going to Seattle. I don无毛视频檛 want to do that. 无毛视频� I do want to win another Super Bowl. People were asking (at the last one), 无毛视频業s this going to be your last one?无毛视频� It might have been. To win three Super Bowls, 迟丑补迟无毛视频檚 crazy.无毛视频�
More than eight Steelers have done that, but only seven players have ever caught 1,000 passes, and none came from a run-oriented team such as the Steelers. Ward would be the first.
Now 迟丑补迟无毛视频檚 crazy.