It’s not often that you see a member of the Pittsburgh Steelers All-Time Team heaping praise on a bitter conference rival. Especially when you consider that that rival – the New England Patriots – could potentially tie the Steelers atop the NFL’s Mt. Olympus with a sixth Lombardi Trophy come Sunday evening.
But that’s exactly what happened when Pittsburgh’s first son, Hines Ward, sat down with Barstool Sports for an interview ahead of Super Bowl 53. Asked for his thoughts on the current states of both franchises, Ward didn’t hold back or mince words in his assessments.