“Winners always want the ball when the game’s on the line.”
That’s my favorite line from Jimmy McGinty in The Replacements, still one of the best football movies ever made even despite its over-the-top corniness.
Winners want the ball.
Benny Snell wants the ball.
That’s how he framed his football mentality in his first interview since being drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers.
“That’s just Benny Snell football,” he told reporters following his first practice. “That’s downhill, running the ball downhill, running the clock out. My team depending on me in that team of need.