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LLT
10-17-2010, 06:06 AM
Head-to-head: Steelers C Maurkice Pouncey vs. Browns NT Shaun RogersSunday, October 17, 2010
By Gerry Dulac, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

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It's not so much that rookie center Maurkice Pouncey will have to handle three-time Pro Bowl nose tackle Shaun Rogers, a task akin to moving a piano on shag carpet.

After all, the 6-foot-4, 350-pound Rogers doesn't even start anymore in the Cleveland Browns' 3-4 defense, a role that now belongs to third-year nose tackle Ahtyba Rubin.

But the Browns will use Rogers in their substitution packages, sometimes as the only defensive lineman on the field. And recognizing what he does might be Pouncey's biggest chore.



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Count Steeler
10-17-2010, 06:46 AM
Just another lesson Pouncey will learn from in becoming an elite center in the NFL.

Galax Steeler
10-17-2010, 06:58 AM
I see no reason why Pouncey will not have a good game. I am sure he will learn something today he is a rookie but he will be fine.

stlrtruck
10-17-2010, 07:05 AM
Rogers still plays?

vasteeler
10-17-2010, 08:25 AM
i think this will be his biggest test yet