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stillers4me
12-13-2014, 09:08 PM
David DeCastro acknowledges the road to recovery was paved with psychological road blocks as he strengthened his surgically repaired right knee, injured in a preseason game during his rookie season.

DeCastro, in his third season with the Steelers, returned to action with three games remaining in 2012. It wasn't easy to trust his knee, particularly when asked to pull down the line of scrimmage with 300-pound bodies sprawled about his feet.

DeCastro had to work his way back both physically and mentally. He wondered how long it would take to regain the lateral movement and quickness that enabled him to be among the best pulling guards in the country while at Stanford............


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Count Steeler
12-13-2014, 10:35 PM
I like that analogy, DeCastro & O Line, road pavers.