PITTSBURGH — The party raged inside the visitor’s locker room at Heinz Field late Sunday afternoon. At the center of it—the locker room, the party, the defense that ranks among the NFL’s top units and the best Jacksonville Jaguars season in more than 20 years—was linebacker Telvin Smith.
Smith took a lap around the locker room, yelling “Let’s go!” and “Pop them guns, man!” and “We knew!” He screamed, “What!?!?” more times than Dave Chappelle playing Lil Jon. He flexed and smiled and danced and skipped as if performing a one-man theatrical production, like this was the best afternoon of his young life and he wanted it to last forever and he didn’t particularly care if there were more important games upcoming.