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stillers4me
01-25-2011, 05:23 AM
Emmanuel Sanders has been yapping about the Super Bowl (http://topics.dallasnews.com/topic/Super_Bowl) since training camp last August to fellow wide receivers Mike Wallace and Antonio Brown.

Such talk would be out of character for most rookies — but not Sanders. To play in the 2011 Super Bowl would mean a personal homecoming game for him. Sanders spent the previous five years in Dallas playing football at SMU (http://topics.dallasnews.com/topic/Southern_Methodist_University) before moving to Pittsburgh last April as a third-round draft pick of the Steelers.

“I told Mike and Antonio — ‘It’s in Dallas — let’s try to get there,’” Sanders said. “That’d be a dream come true. It’s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to return to my college town and play in a Super Bowl.”

For the longest time, it appeared that if the Steelers did find their way to Cowboys Stadium (http://topics.dallasnews.com/topic/Cowboys_Stadium) on Feb. 6 as AFC (http://topics.dallasnews.com/topic/AFC) champions, it would be with Sanders and Brown serving as rookie cheerleaders on the sideline.....................

Read more @ http://www.dallasnews.com/incoming/20110124-pittsburgh_s-rookie-receivers-have-been-game-changers.ece

HometownGal
01-25-2011, 06:16 AM
What an absolute THRILL it must be for Sanders, Brown and Pouncey not only to get to the big game in their rookie seasons, but to actually start/play in it!! All 3 of these youngins have made their mark and contributed greatly to the Steelers being here and this Steelers fan is damned proud of 'em!

SteelerSal
01-25-2011, 06:20 AM
To add to your post, HTG....we had a heck of a draft this season with players stepping up and contributing, bigtime.

HometownGal
01-25-2011, 06:36 AM
To add to your post, HTG....we had a heck of a draft this season with players stepping up and contributing, bigtime.

Very true, but you know how that works. Sometimes you score big with a draft pick and sometimes you don't, but this season we scored HUGE! :applaudit: