Ward Wins Weekly Hard
Hat Award (Game #10, @ Tenn.)
Stiller
WR Hines Ward 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.
Ward
turned in a supremely gritty effort in the loss to the Titans.� He led the team with 11 receptions, but
numbers don't come close to telling the story for this Hard Hatter.� Ward caught numerous balls in traffic and
took enormous punishment, yet kept coming back for more.� On the Stillers' 3rd drive, on a crucial 3rd
& 8, Ward caught a short curl, and then turned and faced 2 defenders with a
third one closing in.� Undaunted, Ward
headed upfield, and churned, plowed, and twisted his way for 1st down yardage. Late
in the game, when many a player might have mailed it in, Ward hauled in a deep
seamer and was immediately blistered in the back of the neck by SS Tank
Williams.� Ward somehow kept his feet
and his wits, and nearly got the ball into the EZ.� He was clearly injured, yet had the presence of mind to limp off
the field in order to save a timeout, as it was inside the 2:00 mark.� After a spike play, Ward came back on and not
only snared the next pass for a TD, but also the follow-on 2-point conversion
pass.� This kind of gutty,
never-say-die effort by Ward is precisely what the Hard Hat Award is all
about.�
Kudos
to "Hines 57" for winning the weekly Hard Hat Award.� Wear the Hard Hat proudly, Hines !!
Game # 9, vs. Atl:� Joey Porter
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.