On his first day of training camp, Mean Joe Greene was heckled by a child.
It was afternoon, and after working through drills with the offensive lineman, Greene began to run gassers.
“I’d gotten to about the third run, and I was huffing and puffing a little bit,” Greene said Saturday while speaking at the Steelers Fantasy Camp. “And this little kid sits down right on the line there [and yells], ‘Go Joe Greene, No. 1 draft choice. You’re sure looking slow, Joe Greene, No. 1 draft choice.’”
The crowd of more than 200 burst into laughter, and, for good reason.