To understand why Dick LeBeau’s excitement for this weekend’s 2005 Steelers reunion is “off the charts,” you have to go back to the waning minutes of Super Bowl XL.
The Steelers led 21-10 and the Seahawks were on their own 20-yard line after a Pittsburgh punt. The Steelers were firmly in control. Yet their venerable defensive coordinator was tighter than a piano string.
Not without reason.
LeBeau had been in the NFL for more than 40 years as a player and coach and had yet to win a Super Bowl ring. Three times he had lost in the big game as a coach.