Former Detroit Lions NFL linebacker Chris Spielman doesn’t just have the memories of playing against the Pittsburgh Steelers. He’s got the scars to prove it. In a recent episode joining the With The First Pick podcast with hosts Ryan Wilson and father Rick Spielman, Chris remembers injuring himself in the 1995 opener against the Steelers.
“Dermontti Dawson, who is the best center I ever played against. I was able to slip Dermontti because he was so quick. So I’d set him up and kinda come underneath. Dermontti could recover so quick. Right as I went to [tackle] Jerome and get him down, Dermontti Dawson hit me in the back…I admire that because he’s doing whatever he has to do to get the job done.