stillers4me
10-09-2011, 07:20 AM
The Steelers are sometimes hard to find inside their locker room on the South Side. They were especially elusive, if not distant, this week.
They did not want to relive their disjointed performance in Houston last Sunday. No one needed to remind them that their loss was decisively worse than the 17-10 final.
They had heard enough about Houston's 19-play, 95-yard scoring drive on the opening possession that left the tongues of the Steelers' defensive linemen hanging like neck ties.
No more talk of the mounting injuries -- including defensive end Aaron Smith (foot) and linebacker James Harrison (eye), both of whom are out indefinitely. The Steelers (2-2) were determined to focus on today's game against the surprising Tennessee Titans (3-1) at Heinz Field.
"We've got to win these AFC games -- no doubt about it," said running back Isaac Redman, the likely starter today ahead of Rashard Mendenhall, who spent much of the week nursing a sore hamstring. "The injuries can't be an excuse...................
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They did not want to relive their disjointed performance in Houston last Sunday. No one needed to remind them that their loss was decisively worse than the 17-10 final.
They had heard enough about Houston's 19-play, 95-yard scoring drive on the opening possession that left the tongues of the Steelers' defensive linemen hanging like neck ties.
No more talk of the mounting injuries -- including defensive end Aaron Smith (foot) and linebacker James Harrison (eye), both of whom are out indefinitely. The Steelers (2-2) were determined to focus on today's game against the surprising Tennessee Titans (3-1) at Heinz Field.
"We've got to win these AFC games -- no doubt about it," said running back Isaac Redman, the likely starter today ahead of Rashard Mendenhall, who spent much of the week nursing a sore hamstring. "The injuries can't be an excuse...................
Read more @ http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/sports/steelers/s_760998.html