In Pittsburgh there is a very prestigious award called the ‘Dapper Dan’ award. The more technical term for the award is the ‘Dapper Dan Dr. Freddie Fu Sports Leadership Award’, and Steelers General Manager Kevin Colbert was a recipient of the award this year.
During his acceptance speech, he acknowledged two main people for their specific part in this award. The first person he talked about was injured linebacker Ryan Shazier. He spoke of going to see Shazier in the hospital after suffering his back injury vs. the Bengals on Monday Night Football, and how never once has Shazier asked, “Why me?