"Hey, kid ... catch."
For a half-century, those three words have come to define Joe Greene.
Remember?
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And even in that setting, they've forever seemed ... well, wordy. He isn't exactly the verbose type.
So, when Mean Joe sat with reporters one Sunday morning a couple months ago at Acrisure Stadium, he'd been asked about the coming 50th anniversary of the Immaculate Reception and the architect of the NFL's forever-iconic play, as well as that architect's part in those Super Steelers' forever-unmatched string of success, just imagine that this was the man's response:
"Before Franco, we hadn't done very much.