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One Steeler to another: Ike Taylor’s advice to Mike Wallace

Found May 31, 2012 on Shatter The Backboard:
PLAYERS: Ike Taylor,  Mike Wallace
TEAMS: Pittsburgh Steelers
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We’ve been talking about Mike Wallace’s desire for a new long-term contract for so long that it has been hard to remember that there’s actually a deadline of some note rapidly approaching in the wide receiver’s impasse with the Steelers. If Wallace doesn’t sign his restricted free agent tender by June 15th, the Steelers can slash his [...]
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