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stillers4me
12-18-2010, 07:08 AM
Mike Wallace felt good about the Steelers receiving a compliment from New York Jets coach Rex Ryan. The more he thought about it, though, he changed his mind.
Many of his teammates agreed with him.

Ryan, who as coach with the Baltimore Ravens for 10 seasons played the Steelers twice a year, said in a conference call Wednesday that he has seen players suffer from the "Pittsburgh flu" when facing the Steelers.

"All of a sudden a guy won't play in the game, saying 'Ah, I'm just not right,' " Ryan said.

Wallace wasn't sure.

"I don't really feel good about it," Wallace said. "I just feel like we have to go out and execute our game plan. I think those guys are going to be ready to go. They have a lot on the line. I don't think nobody needs to tell them that."....................

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