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stillers4me
09-19-2012, 05:20 AM
The Steelers meet up with a familiar opponent Sunday in Oakland Raiders quarterback Carson Palmer, whose 670 yards passing are the third most in the NFL.

The Raiders have run for only 68 yards, thus putting more pressure on Palmer to sustain the offense with his throwing.

This will be the 13th career game against the Steelers for Palmer, whose career was disrupted by the knee injury sustained on a hit by Kimo von Oelhoffen in a 2005 season playoff game in Cincinnati.

“He is very familiar with us and how we attack people,” Steelers coach Mike Tomlin said of the former Bengals star. “He probably has as much experience facing our defense and our pre-snap looks and blitz packages as any quarterback in football.”...........


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