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stillers4me
06-08-2013, 08:36 AM
Brett Keisel sat on a bench, watching his teammates stream past him to the practice field. He has done this for 12 springs now, but it struck him differently this time.

"I said, 'Wow, we have a lot of fresh faces,' " Keisel said.

The Steelers' old guard has shrunk. Super Bowl rings no longer are plentiful around their South Side facility. Only seven players remain who have them from Super Bowl XL, just 12 from XLIII.


Those dozen call themselves the '08ers. Keisel believes it's past time for those fresh faces to start their own tradition by renewing a Steelers custom from the previous decade.

"There was a trend there for a while; every few years we went back," Keisel said. "Hopefully this is the year we go back."..............


Read more: http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/sports/steelers/veteran-keisel-welcomes-fresh-faces-690724/#ixzz2VdDbytdI