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stillers4me
05-03-2011, 05:18 AM
The Steelers want their cornerbacks to play like Ike Taylor, look like Ike Taylor and run like Ike Taylor.

That's obviously what coach Mike Tomlin had in mind when he said new cornerback Cortez Allen, a fourth-round draft pick from The Citadel, is a "height, weight and speed prospect along the lines of Ike Taylor physically."

Tomlin stretched the truth, but it made for a good sound bite.

Immediately after cornerback Keenan Lewis was drafted in the third round two years ago, former secondary coach Ray Horton parroted Tomlin's words: "You would probably compare him to another Ike Taylor."

If only the Steelers' other cornerbacks performed like Taylor................

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