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11-12-2010, 08:45 PM
By: Mike Bires (mbires@timesonline.com)
Beaver County Times
Thursday November 11, 2010 11:56 PM
PITTSBURGH — Not only do the Steelers lead the NFL in stopping the run, they are doing so at a record-setting pace.
The Steelers’ defense is the first in league history to hold opponents to 75 or fewer rushing yards in each of their first eight games of a season.
Considering that the NFL has been in existence since 1920, well, that’s quite an accomplishment.
“That doesn’t surprise me,” nose tackle Casey Hampton said. “I’m accustomed to stopping the run around here.”
Since Hampton came to Pittsburgh in the first round of the 2001 draft, no team in the NFL has stuffed the run better than the Steelers. Over the past decade, the Steelers have allowed the fewest rushing yards................
Read more: http://www.timesonline.com/sports/sports_details/article/1501/2010/november/11/nowhere-to-run-on-steelers-defense.html
Beaver County Times
Thursday November 11, 2010 11:56 PM
PITTSBURGH — Not only do the Steelers lead the NFL in stopping the run, they are doing so at a record-setting pace.
The Steelers’ defense is the first in league history to hold opponents to 75 or fewer rushing yards in each of their first eight games of a season.
Considering that the NFL has been in existence since 1920, well, that’s quite an accomplishment.
“That doesn’t surprise me,” nose tackle Casey Hampton said. “I’m accustomed to stopping the run around here.”
Since Hampton came to Pittsburgh in the first round of the 2001 draft, no team in the NFL has stuffed the run better than the Steelers. Over the past decade, the Steelers have allowed the fewest rushing yards................
Read more: http://www.timesonline.com/sports/sports_details/article/1501/2010/november/11/nowhere-to-run-on-steelers-defense.html