It’s Alumni Weekend in Pittsburgh. Plenty of ex-Pittsburgh Steelers are in town to watch the 2023 unit take on the Green Bay Packers later today. That includes Hall of Famers like Alan Faneca, who spoke during the team’s Alumni Dinner Saturday night. There, he shared one of his favorite stories of his storied Steelers’ career. It wasn’t a bone-crushing block. It wasn’t opening the lane for RB Willie Parker in Super Bowl XL. It wasn’t hoisting that Lombardi Trophy. It was the moments before the 2002 AFC Championship Game, one win away from the Super Bowl.
“It’s ’01, we’re finally in the playoffs,” Faneca told the group.