NFL world reacts to Steelers players arr

NFL world reacts to Steelers players arr

The Steelers found a unique way to honor the late, great Franco Harris on Christmas Eve just days after his death at 72.The entire Pittsburgh team wore Harris' jersey ahead of their Saturday night game against the Raiders.The Steelers released a video that showed many of their stars including Christian Folin Jersey Mike Tomlin, T.J. Watt and Kenny Pickett arriving at Acrisure Stadium. All of them were clad in the iconic No. 32 jersey.Paying homage to Franco. Pittsburgh Steelers (@steelers) TSN ARCHIVES:The Steelers were praised universally for their decision to honor Harris in such a fashion. Many NFL fans and media personalities voiced their support of the move on Twitter.Man, this is cool. Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) Pittsburgh Steelers (@steelers) All players are arriving to tonights game in a Franco Harris Vancouver Canucks Custom Jersey jersey. Really cool gesture by the team. Field Yates (@FieldYates) Honoring the Legend. Mike Tomlin (@CoachTomlin) players are arriving in Franco Harris jerseys to the game , awesome. Dov Kleiman (@NFL_DovKleiman) What an awesome tribute by the Steelers to honor Franco Harris Jenna Harner (@JennaHarner11) Honoring Bob Pompeani (@KDPomp) Alex Goligoski Youth Jersey This is awesome. Paying tribute to Franco Harris. via Matthew Berry (@MatthewBerryTMR) The Steelers are set to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the "Immaculate Reception" during Saturday's game. The play Aleksander Barkov Women Jersey which saw Harris catch a deflected pa s and take it to the end-zone for a game-winning touchdown is regarded as one of the greatest plays in NFL history and the best of his career.The Steelers are also set to retire Harris' jersey at Saturday night's game. That will make him just the third Brett Connolly Youth Jersey player in team history to have his jersey retired, joining defensive lineman Ernie Stautner (No. 75) and Hall of Famer"Mean" Joe Greene (No. 70).Harris was originally expected to attend the game before his unexpected death. He may not be in attendance, but the Steelers are doing everything they can to make sure that his presence is felt on Saturday night.

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