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11-05-2010, 05:09 AM
Friday, November 05, 2010
By Ed Bouchette, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
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Steelers running back Rashard Mendenhall has run for 603 yards this season.



The Steelers seemingly have come a long way since the previous time they visited southwest Ohio, especially the state of their running game.

Willie Parker was still their starting halfback. Rashard Mendenhall was benched on offense for inattentive practices. Isaac Redman was on the practice squad.

The Steelers blew an early 13-0 lead in Cincinnati in the third game of the 2009 season, Willie Parker suffered an ankle injury that signaled the beginning of the end of his career, and the Steelers blew another 11-point lead in the fourth quarter to lose, 23-20.

Starting in the second half of that game and virtually continuing through the 2009 season, the Steelers could not run. They managed only 24 yards on 13 carries in the second half of that game and could not save their defense by keeping the ball longer in the second half......................

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