We had two. Mitchell and Anthony Smith.
Both lugheads.
Anthony Smith I was thinking of,Ryan Clark was another
Dec. 2007: Anthony Smith, Steelers
With the Patriots navigating through an undefeated regular season, a familiar foe stood in their path in December. The Steelers, under first year head coach Mike Tomlin, were an impressive 9-3. Anthony Smith, a second year Pittsburgh defensive back, spoke up.
“Yeah, we will win,” Smith asserted. While his remark was couched in a qualifier about his fellow defenders “doing what we’re supposed,” it was a firm pregame guarantee of victory.
Result: Patriots 34, Steelers 10. Smith was victimized by the Patriots on a trick play which resulted in a 56-yard touchdown to Jabar Gaffney, as New England easily overcame the Steelers.
“We’ve played against a lot better safeties than him, I’ll tell you,” said Belichick in the postgame. Brady finished with 399 yards passing and four touchdowns.
May, 2013: Ryan Clark, Steelers
Prior to the 2013 season, yet another Steeler decided to brazenly slight Brady and the Patriots. Ryan Clark, a Steelers safety who had helped the team beat the Patriots in the 2011 season, labelled new signing Danny Amendola “fragile” in an ESPN interview. He added this about Brady:
When Tom Brady gets pressure and when you’re man-to-man and bumping those guys and making it hard for him to throw, he sees ghosts. Even when guys aren’t around him, even when he’s not about to be sacked, when his clock goes off in his head that the ball should be out, we’ll see him duck, we’ll see him flinch. When you get Tom Brady doing that, the whole New England Patriots mystique goes away.
Result: The Steelers began 0-4 in 2013, but didn’t meet the Patriots until November. In the first contest since Clark’s comments, Brady didn’t appear too rattled, throwing for 432 yards and four touchdowns. “Fragile” Danny Amendola caught four passes for 122 yards and a touchdown. The Patriots led for nearly the entire game, winning 55-31.
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