Nobody is laughing at Steelers' Wallace now
By Dejan Kovacevic, PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
"Don't you know, I'm a 2000 man, and my kids, they just don't understand me at all."
Those lyrics for the classic "2000 Man," originally conceived by the Rolling Stones, famously covered by Kiss, might as well be pinned above Mike Wallace's stall in the Steelers' locker room.
He set his goal to be a 2,000-yard wide receiver this season.
And nobody seemed to grasp that the man was serious.
"Ha!" Wallace said after his seven catches spurred the 23-20 victory Sunday night over the Indianapolis Colts. "Doesn't seem like a joke anymore, does it?"
Not in the slightest, as one look atop the NFL's receiving charts illustrates: Wallace's 377 yards ranks No. 2 in the league to the 458 of New England's Wes Welker, only Wallace has achieved that in half as many catches (21) as Welker (42). Wallace's 18 yards per catch ranks No. 1. The 21 catches are tied for third. The 18 first-down catches rank No. 2. The five catches of 20-plus yards rank No. 5.
And that 2,000 thing?
He is on pace for a sweetly symmetrical 2,011 yards in the 2011 season.
"You know, this is just the start, man," Wallace said. "We're only three games into the season. Long way to go."
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