Because We Won't Get To See Him Play For Awhile...

however his interception against Philadelphia last year was equally amazing in my opinion. Others than come to mind would be possibly his biggest interception which was the one off of Flacco in the championship game last year and one years ago against the Bengals where he somehow found his way through everyone and ran over Palmer right into the endzone. Oh how I love Troy…as Ben said, here’s to a speedy speedy recovery

WOW i dont understand why people are not commenting on the recent pick more. IMO this was an amazing play – going backwards, one handed, left handed, pushed in the back, pressure from the reciever, gets up to make yardage on the play etc.
One of the most amazing plays I remember.
GET WELL SOON TROY !!!

He was off the ground, and diving, and it took several replays to determine it didn’t hit the ground. People still argue to this day that it wasn’t possible and didn’t happen. He has a magic play in almost every game though, and was on fire against Tennesee. Incredible player of much value.

People (Bettis) say our secondary is now simply average, but I disagree; TC has some sick plays of instinct in his back pocket as well. Troy just overshadows everyone who plays that position in the whole NFL, so of course it’s not going to be the same without him, but average? I really don’t think so.

love the blog, love troy, love the steelers – but a lot of people (on here and numerous media outlets) have made mention that Troy’s catch was so great because it was left handed. Granted this catch was great no matter what….but how do we know Troy is not actually left handed?

Great player. Will go down as one of the all time Steeler greats. But a better person. To me that is what makes Troy so special.

Quick story. My wife and I went up to Pittsburgh for a game a couple years ago. While standing outside a restaurant waiting for a cab, the owner tells us this story about Troy. He and his wife were having dinner. It was obvious people knew he was there and the word spread quickly. As expected, most wanted to approach Troy and ask for autographs and just talk to the man. However, people chose to respect his privacy and leave he and his wife alone to share their time together. Apparently, Troy was so appreciative of that, when they finished, he got up in the middle of the restaurant and thanked everyone for repecting his privacy, and to show his thanks he paid for everyones dinner and stayed for over an hour signing stuff, talking to people, and just being Troy!

Great player. Better person.

Both interceptions noted in the poll were absolutely amazing, but to add that they were left handed? I am sure that Troy has played catch once or twice with a baseball glove on his hand… and hmm guess which hand that is on if he is right handed…

In any case, I think the absence of troy could really hurt the Steelers, he is, if not the best player in the league, certainly up there at the top.

His interception and return in the AFCCG last year is my No.1. I can still hear the crowd go from nervous to thunderous ROAR when Troy plucked that baby out of the night air. The return was magical!

The place was going nuts over Troy’s performance. The comment was made (several minutes before Collingsworth on the broadcast) that we could make our votes for All Pro right now.

Brett Keisel said over the summer that Lawrence Timmons had a rocket in his butt. I guess Troy has a warp engine.

Had to channel Tomlin though and go with VS Titans. Last year was last year, I’m concerned with this year.