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stillers4me
01-23-2011, 08:12 AM
We have it on good authority that the Steelers will attempt a trick play today. They will run Isaac Redman off tackle more than one time against the Jets.

Ridiculous? No more so than the hubbub that took place after ESPN's Bob Holtzman reported on the day of their first playoff game against Baltimore that the Steelers would run a trick play against the Ravens. Holtzman said only that a pass would be thrown by a position player other than Antwaan Randle El.

Such a revelation was innocuous, but you would think by the reaction that Holtzman had passed the entire Steelers game plan to Baltimore coach John Harbaugh in the middle of the week...............

.......................How about a light?

Bruce Arians brought up a point that few considered about that pass incomplete/fumble play vs. the Ravens in which Baltimore defensive end Corry Redding picked up a loose ball and ran 13 yards for a touchdown.

Redding was the only player of the 22 on the field to react and even his was delayed. Did a whistle blow? Steelers center Maurkice Pouncey said he heard one.

"I still think the whistle blew," Arians said..........

Read more @ http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/11023/1119861-66.stm