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stillers4me
01-04-2012, 05:06 PM
Ryan Clark sat down in Mike Tomlin's office and did something a little out of character for the normally verbose Pittsburgh Steelers safety. He listened.

And when Tomlin told Clark he couldn't play in Sunday's wild card game at Denver because of a sickle-cell trait that becomes aggravated when playing at higher elevations, Clark just shrugged his shoulders and nodded.

"I said `OK coach,''' Clark said Wednesday. "It wasn't any fight ... does he seem like a man who changes his mind anyway? I knew there wasn't going to be any changing in that.''
And for that, Clark is grateful. If given the choice, Clark would give it a shot even when faced with potentially dire consequences.

"Y'all have seen me play, I run into people all the time, so clearly I'm not that bright,'' Clark told reporters with a laugh................


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