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stillers4me
09-20-2010, 12:27 PM
Monday, September 20, 2010
By Gene Collier (http://www.post-gazette.com/search/archive.asp?cCat=150), Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
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Chris Hoke, left, and LaMarr Woodley chase Tennessee quarterback Vince Young.

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Both teams had already fumbled, and the Steelers had run a kickoff back for a touchdown before Tennessee's offense even made it onto the field here Sunday, so maybe you failed to notice how a football game that began as bedlam and cooled off to merely crazy seemed to turn on something as mundane as a line plunge for no gain.
Vince Young, whose 142 passer rating was the NFL's best on Kickoff weekend, had just zipped back-to-back completions to Justin Gage, one for 9 yards to the Steelers' 28, the next for 17 to the Steelers' 11.
So it was time, apparently, to turn things over to Chris Johnson, he of the 12 consecutive 100-yard games; maybe send him up the middle to impress backup nose tackle Chris Hoke.
Hoke was not impressed.



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LLT
09-20-2010, 01:00 PM
We should all do an impromptu "hokey-pokey" to thank him!!! (I'm still looking for a video of Hoke's training camp dance!!!)