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The Steelers didn't leave Denver entirely empty-handed after that life-sucking loss Sunday night. As they slumped out of the locker room, luggage and long faces in tow, each paused at a table to grab a boxed dinner to take aboard the team charter. All 50-plus boxes were bought by injured defensive end Aaron Smith.
First-class gesture by a first-rate human.
The franchise has been blessed this way for years, really. The best players often have been some of the best people, best leaders, best models.
James Farrior.
Hines Ward.
But it's time to say goodbye.
Thanks for everything, congratulations on exemplary careers, but goodbye.
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