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Despite Threats, Steelers Manage To Rear Ugly Head Sunday On Special Teams

Found October 28, 2012 on Steelers Depot:
PLAYERS: Mike Tomlin,  Antonio Brown,  Curtis Brown
TEAMS: Pittsburgh Steelers,  Washington Redskins
Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin laid down the law this past week to his special team units when he said that he would take action against players that committed egregious penalties. Unfortunately that message wasn't loud enough as the Steelers almost let the Washington Redskins back into the game Sunday when a retuned punt for a touchdown by Antonio Brown was called back because of an illegal block in the back penalty on cornerback Curtis Brown. Antonio also received an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty on the play for backpedaling the final 20 yards into the end zone for the score, Read more [...]
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Via Outside the Boxscore  |  October 29, 2012
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Steelers Injury Report: Ryan Clark, LaMarr Woodley & Jonathan Dwyer Injured In Win

Via Steelers Depot  |  October 28, 2012
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Via Los That Sports Blog  |  October 28, 2012
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Via Steelers Depot  |  October 30, 2012
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Via Steelers Depot  |  October 29, 2012
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