The number could be forbidding in many ways, even if Jerome Bettis wasn't trying to fix the Pennsylvania lottery: 666. His rushing total last season was the devil's work all right. Only one other time in his 10 NFL seasons had Bettis had fewer yards rushing. That came in 1995, the year his new St. Louis coach took a training camp holdout personally and buried the Bus, which ultimately prompted the Rams to give him away to the Steelers in a trade the following April.
Bettis had something to prove then -- to Rams Coach Rich Brooks, to his new employers, to the rest of the NFL -- that he was not washed up at age 23.
Bettis, 31, has even more to prove as he to open his 11th NFL season Friday when he and the rest of the Steelers report to St. Vincent College for the start of training camp. MORE....
Bettis had something to prove then -- to Rams Coach Rich Brooks, to his new employers, to the rest of the NFL -- that he was not washed up at age 23.
Bettis, 31, has even more to prove as he to open his 11th NFL season Friday when he and the rest of the Steelers report to St. Vincent College for the start of training camp. MORE....
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