honyock
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I was listening to NFL Radio on Sirius this morning, and Dale Hellestrae was hosting with Jim Miller. They had an interesting interchange about being on opposite sidelines in Super Bowl 30 (Miller was a backup QB for the Steelers), and Hellestrae threw out a tidbit about the game that I'd never heard before.
For those of you two young to remember, the Steelers had serious momentum after a successful onside kick to start the second half, then Neil O'Donnell threw two interceptions to Larry Brown, who was standing there with no Steelers receiver around him on both of them. Brown was named the MVP and got an insane contract from the Raiders in free agency in the offseason.
After the game, O'Donnell took the blame for the picks. Hellestrae asked Miller if O'Donnell was covering for his receivers by taking the blame after the game. Miller said yes, the same receiver (I think it was Andre Hastings) made the wrong read on both plays and O'Donnell threw it to where the receiver was supposed to be.
So Helly said that, not to rub it in even more, several Cowboys defensive players later told him that Brown had blown the coverage on BOTH plays. He ended up in the right place by mistake. Won the game, MVP, got his contract, for being in the right place for the wrong reason. Pretty funny. I'd never heard that.
It was cool hearing them talk about the game. Helly admitted that there was plenty of anxiousness and sideways glances on the Cowboys sideline after the onside kick. The Steelers had them reeling a little bit up until the picks.
For those of you two young to remember, the Steelers had serious momentum after a successful onside kick to start the second half, then Neil O'Donnell threw two interceptions to Larry Brown, who was standing there with no Steelers receiver around him on both of them. Brown was named the MVP and got an insane contract from the Raiders in free agency in the offseason.
After the game, O'Donnell took the blame for the picks. Hellestrae asked Miller if O'Donnell was covering for his receivers by taking the blame after the game. Miller said yes, the same receiver (I think it was Andre Hastings) made the wrong read on both plays and O'Donnell threw it to where the receiver was supposed to be.
So Helly said that, not to rub it in even more, several Cowboys defensive players later told him that Brown had blown the coverage on BOTH plays. He ended up in the right place by mistake. Won the game, MVP, got his contract, for being in the right place for the wrong reason. Pretty funny. I'd never heard that.
It was cool hearing them talk about the game. Helly admitted that there was plenty of anxiousness and sideways glances on the Cowboys sideline after the onside kick. The Steelers had them reeling a little bit up until the picks.
