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Found September 19, 2012 on The Sports Jags: Yardbarker Blogger Network
PLAYERS: Isaac Redman,  Rashard Mendenhall,  Mike Tomlin,  Jonathan Dwyer,  Chris Rainey,  Baron Batch,  Tim Tebow,  Reggie Bush
TEAMS: Pittsburgh Steelers,  Denver Broncos,  New York Jets,  Miami Dolphins
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Rashard Mendenhall – more like Rashard Mendenhall’s knee – is Mr. Popularity this morning. PPG’s Ed Bouchette wrote about how unhappy Mike Tomlin is with the running game and that caused PFT to post a Mendy knee update. From Bouchette’s piece: The Steelers have 141 yards rushing in two games and a paltry 2.6 yards per carry, both ranked 30th in the NFL. Jonathan Dwyer leads them with 71 yards on 21 carries and Isaac Redman has 45 on 23runs. Their other two backs, Chris Rainey and Baron Batch, have six carries between them for 8 yards combined. Last season, the Steelers averaged 4.4 yards per carry for 16 games. The media seems to think the answer lies in Mendy’s knee, which is still just eight months removed from ACL reconstruction. Tomlin said Mendy was going to start getting banged around more in practice to see how his knee holds up heading into Sunday’s game against the Raiders. It’s one thing to see Adrian Peterson or even Ray Graham back from ACL tears so quickly but while M...
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