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Steelers ready for second straight physical brawl

PITTSBURGH — The Steelers expect a physical brawl with their rival Baltimore Ravens on Sunday, a week after encountering a physical brawl with their other rival last Sunday.Might that be a bit much?“When you have everything on the line, nothing else matters,” said right tackle Marcus ...

Steelers rookie DBs key defensive turnaround

PITTSBURGH — In Artie Burns’ first NFL start, he intercepted a pass.He tried to intercept two, but as he put it “I got a little greedy” and he made a mistake.Ninety-five yards later, Mike Wallace had the Baltimore Ravens ahead 7-0 on their way to a 21-14 win.“It wasn’t him,” ...

Highlights from Tomlin’s conference

Here are the highlights of Mike TomlinĢƵ press conference Tuesday, with my takeaway in italics:n “DeAngelo (Williams) wasn’t played in the (last) game because he had some swelling in the knee. Maybe it was the accumulation of the weekĢƵ work. Maybe it was the result of the plane flight. ...

Beating Ravens easier to say than do

PITTSBURGH — The task is easy to identify, tough to accomplish.The Steelers need to beat the Baltimore Ravens on Sunday.If they manage that, they’re in the playoffs and can spend that last week of the season preparing to put the finishing touches on an 0-16 season for the Cleveland Browns. ...

Nothing quiet about Burfict

CINCINNATI — Vontaze Burfict and James Harrison led their respective defenses with nine tackles. But while Harrison did his the quiet way, there was nothing quiet about Burfict.The man who ended the 2015 seasons of Antonio Brown and Le’Veon Bell, and could’ve ended Ben RoethlisbergerĢƵ ...

Steelers rally past Bengals, 24-20

CINCINNATI — Obviously, young Jeremy Hill of the Cincinnati Bengals doesn’t know his history.If he did, he wouldn’t have picked up a Terrible Towel in the end zone, pretended to rip it before spiking it after scoring a touchdown Sunday against the Steelers.That was the last touchdown the ...