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Video: 1992 Week 3 Highlights: Pittsburgh @ San Diego. Pittsburgh has a big 4th quarter, helping it to beat San Diego 23-6. Adrian Cooper and Dwight Stone catch touchdown passes (the irony here is that Cooper later ended up in jail for stealing money from clients as a stockbroker, and Stone became a police officer after his time in the NFL).
Lloyd and Little both had interceptions.
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First, can you tell me about the AAF – why you wanted to get involved in it?
First of all, the Alliance of American Football is all about creating opportunities for guys to begin, extend, or revitalize their careers. To become an executive for the league was an awesome opportunity for me. I was always a leader on my team and liked to help the younger guys. Now I want to help these guys make it to the NFL.
I jumped on board to be a part of the league. Collectively as a group, with the coaches we have in the league like Mike Singletary, Steve Spurrier and others, it gives us credibility. There are a lot of great football minds here, including Charlie Ebersol and Bill Polian.
Poor James Washington is getting hammered on Twitter this year. The expectations are very high for the first year wide receiver, but his output isn’t what everyone was hoping for. So, that got me thinking. What would’ve been tweeted about Chuck Noll his first few years. He would’ve been butchered. One win and thirteen losses in his first year would’ve definitely led to tens of thousands of tweets…daily. Even though the Steelers were lovable losers for the previous decades we still would have carved him up. Five wins in his next season may have lessened the beating, but we’ll never know. In Chuck’s third season he had six wins. Who keeps their jobs as a NFL head coach after only twelve wins in his first three seasons? Lynn Swann only had eleven catches in his first year. Stallworth only had sixteen catches his first year. What would the tweets have looked like in 1974? Oh. And to think what would have been tweeted about poor Terry Bradshaw. Oh my. You know he would’ve been on social media too. Think about these Hall of Famers and the what if’s if we had social media back in the day. Poor Bradshaw.
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Video Highlight; 1992 week 2 NYJ @ Pittsburgh
Barry Foster and Larry Griffin star in the Steelers 26-10 win:
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I was fortunate enough to play for the Pittsburgh Steelers from 1966-1969. I worked in the world after that for about thirty-four years (just added it up) from December of 1969 to June of 2003. I was a member of many teams after Pittsburgh: Sanford Rose & Associates, City of Akron Human Relations Commission, Kent State University and Penn State University (from which I retired in 2003) and many more service and leadership development organizations as a volunteer leader.
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First, tell me what you’ve been doing with yourself since your time in the NFL?
I’m the head football coach now for a Georgia high school – it’s my second year as head coach there. I was the defensive backs coach there before that and was a coach also at Limestone college for a year before that. I coached for a guy I played with in Detroit.
Any coaches or coaching influences help shape your coaching style today?
There were a few coaches. James Stallings at Alabama was a strict disciplinarian – a tough coach. And Tom Coughlin in Jacksonville was in the same vein. Run the ball and stop the run. Hard-nosed…
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First, can you let us know what you’ve been doing with yourself since your playing days?
Well, I really don’t have a plan yet. I guess I need to get one soon. I’m enjoying my family – spending time with them. I’ve delved into a few small business ventures, but mostly I’m just enjoying my life and family
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First, can you let readers know what you’re doing now – what foundations or work we should be paying attention to?
Well, I’m living in Atlanta with my beautiful wife and two great kids. That’s about it for me. My foundation is The Bus Stops Here . It’s for underprivileged, at-risk kids. I’ve been involved with that for over twenty years.
The whole idea is to impact change in the community where I grew up. I benefited from that when I was a kid and my goal now is to help other at-risk kids now in Detroit. I got help from Reggie McKenzie when I was a kid and it hanged my life. I wanted to do the same thing for others now that I can. Continue reading “Exclusive with former Steelers Running Back Jerome Bettis, 1996-2005”