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stillers4me
01-01-2012, 09:39 AM
One thing about Dick LeBeau: He knows all about statistics, especially when it pertains to his defense

The Steelers' Hall of Fame defensive coordinator can just about recite every statistical category regarding his defense, whether it was from this year or any other year.

So when LeBeau says he's not too concerned about the falloff of his rushing defense heading into Sunday's regular-season finale at Cleveland, you tend to take him at his word.....................


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Chidi29
01-01-2012, 11:27 AM
The run defense has still been pretty good, if you ask me. Being top ten in nearly every rushing cateogry this year would be a benchmark for most teams. I chalk it up to a product of expectations being too high and not being attainable. Last year was pretty special (and we were healthy, big deifference against the run having Worilds in instead of Woodley or Harrison).