Porter Wins Weekly Hard
Hat Award (Game #9, vs Atl.)
Stiller
OLB Joey Porter is the winner of our weekly Hard Hat Award, given
to the Stiller player who best embodies the iron-tough, hard-as-steel attitude
of the steel workers inside the blast furnace of a still mill.
Porter
turned in another highlight reel game in which was all over the gridiron --
stopping ballcarriers, defending passes, and harassing and dropping QB Mike
Vick.� It got to the point where it
almost seemed as though 2 Porter's were out there, because it seemed
inconceivable that just one defender could be all over the vast gridiron and
making play after play after play.�
Porter tied with Scott for a team high 6 solos and 2 assists, along with
1 sack, 1 forced fumble, 1 fumbel recovery, �and 2 passes defensed, but his impact and value went far
beyond raw numbers. �Porter harried and
hurried Vick several times, using his adroit speed and quickness to chase down
the ever-dangerous Vick. Porter set the tone for the game -- the way a real LB
and real defensive leader is supposed to -- by blasting a sprinting Vick and
jarring the ball loose, and then having the presence to recover the ball and
advance it.� Vick was a bit timid after that
tooth rattling shot.� In what
was his "other" best play of the game, Porter relentlessly blasted
through the blocks of both a guard (K. Forney) and RB W. Dunn in the 3Q,
resulting in an int. grounding by Vick.�
This kind of relentless, ferocious, hell-bent play by Porter is
precisely what the Hard Hat Award is based upon, and unquestionably Joey Porter
is THE LEADER on this Stillers defense.�
Kudos
to Joey for winning the weekly Hard Hat Award.� Wear the Hard Hat proudly, Joey !!
Game # 8, @ Clev: Amos
Zereoue
Game # 7, @ Balt: Chukky Okobi
Game # 6, vs. Indy: Mike Logan��
Game # 5, @ Cinci: Rodney Bailey��
Game # 4, @ N.O.� Alan Faneca
Game # 3, vs. Clev:� Tommy Maddox��
Game # 2, vs. Oak:� Joey Porter�
Game # 1, @ NE:� No winner, due to total
lack of Hard Hat-qualifying play.