Frank Caliendo
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
No, they know to give me the ball.
I didn't have to ask for it.
Okay, I didn't know if there'd be like a goal line thing.
What you had to understand was Bill Cowher, he wanted to run the football and play great defense.
And he wasn't about throwing the football all over the place.
So I didn't have to really worry about getting the football.
I knew I was going to get it.
If I was upright and I was still breathing, I was getting the ball.
So I didn't have to worry about, hey, man, I need the ball more.
Now, later in my career, when they started throwing a little bit more, I started kind of looking around like, hey, guys, what are we doing?
And I'll never forget it.
I was pissed one time.
There was a third and one.
and we were playing, I think, Jacksonville or somebody.
They didn't give me the ball, and then they fumbled.
The quarterback fumbled the ball, and I was so mad because he should have gave me the ball.