If things had worked out a little differently a decade ago, Brett Keisel never would have needed "Da Beard" to get noticed.

Taken in the seventh round of the 2002 draft out of BYU, Keisel at the time wondered if the Pittsburgh Steelers would groom him to play outside linebacker. The franchise has built a consistently dominant defense over the years partially based upon converting pass-rushing college defensive ends into All Pro-caliber outside linebackers.

Pittsburgh elected to keep the 6-foot-5, 285-pound Keisel on the line _ a position that, in Dick LeBeau's 3-4 scheme, isn't as glamorous...............

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