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Dane Fletcher Fires Back at James Harrison, Ryan Clark Over Spygate Tweets, Calls Out Their 'Dirty Plays'

Found February 08, 2012 on NESN.com: Yardbarker Blogger Network
PLAYERS: Dane Fletcher,  James Harrison,  Ryan Clark,  Eli Manning
TEAMS: New England Patriots,  Pittsburgh Steelers,  New York Giants

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Steelers linebacker James Harrison and safety Ryan Clark took a shot at the Patriots immediately following their Super Bowl loss to the Giants. New England linebacker Dane Fletcher is the first to fire back. Harrison and Clark both made Spygate references on Twitter after Eli Manning led the G-Men to victory on Sunday. "Told you," Harrison tweeted, "cheaters never win!!!!!!!!!" Clark, meanwhile, posted on his Twitter account, "0-2 post spy gate! Just saying!! Cant spell ELIte w/o Eli!!" Well, it took a couple of days (probably due to traveling and what not), but Fletcher couldn't let the Steelers' cheap shots...
Original Story: http://www.nesn.com/2012/02/dane-flet... Verified_ybn
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