Hines Ward: 'I definitely don't want to be Brett Favre'

By Nate Davis, USA TODAY

Steelers WR Hines Ward isn't ready for a full-time dancing career just yet.

But he is looking forward to a 14th NFL season -- and maybe a few more -- after Year 13 produced 59 catches for 755 yards and two postseason TDs, including one in Pittsburgh's Super Bowl XLV loss to the Packers.

"Deion Sanders told me, he said, 'Play 'til the wheels fall off, because once it's gone, it's gone.' You don't want to miss a day wondering, you know, if I still could have played," Ward said on NFL Network's NFL Total Access on Wednesday.

However don't expect No. 86 to mull his future year to year.

"I definitely don't want to be Brett Favre," chuckled Ward.

"I'm gonna play as long as the Pittsburgh Steelers want me to play. I don't want to play for any other team. And, you know, If God's willing -- if I stay healthy, I stay in shape -- I'll play a couple more years."
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We don't want Hines to be Farve either.

siss wrote:

We don't want Hines to be Farve either.

I'm confident that Hines will know when it's time to walk away. And if he doesn't, the Steelers have a proven track record of making that decision for players.

I have to say though ... I don't want to think about the day when Hines isn't on the team.

I love that he is willing to say that. Farve is such an over rated drama queen that was on such a great Greenbay team that they one a title inspight of him. That guy tossed my Giants the win in OT of the NFC championship game because after who knows how many NFL seasons he still thought he could stick it in there no matter what. He never learned a damn thing from his career aparently.

jjmjmay wrote:

I love that he is willing to say that. Farve is such an over rated drama queen that was on such a great Greenbay team that they one a title inspight of him. That guy tossed my Giants the win in OT of the NFC championship game because after who knows how many NFL seasons he still thought he could stick it in there no matter what. He never learned a damn thing from his career aparently.

I used to like Favre until he started all the drama queen crap. I felt he was always a bit overrated, but he was a likable guy. But toward the end of his career (hopefully), I didn't like the way he held teams hostage with his indecisiveness. He kept putting himself above whatever team he was playing for.