After the game when people are discussing what player was the most valuable player in the Jaguars Steelers game most people would pick the obvious and go with Maurice Jones-Drew. Don't get me wrong Jones-Drew had a great game but the real MVP was his former high school teammate. Derek Landri coming into the game was a 4th round pick out of Notre Dame and had 11 tackles in his first season and played with Jones-Drew at De La Salle in California. But when John Henderson went down in the games first series Landri came in and decided to shine. Landri brought lots of energy to the Jags front 7. He only had 1 tackle which was a sack but his impact was much bigger than that. Late in the 2nd quarter Landri read a screen and picked off a Ben Roethlisberger pass to stop a Pittsburgh scoring drive. But most importantly Landri recovered a Roethlisberger fumble with 29 seconds to seel the victory for the Jaguars. This could be the best game of Landri's career or the start of something big but either way it will be a game that he will never forget.
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