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Sunday Night Football this week for the Pittsburgh Steelers against the Baltimore Ravens isn’t going to be pretty. No I’m not sulking in the loss of Ben Roethlisberger for this big divisional match-up. I also haven’t decided that we stand no chance of winning, but for the love of the football gods do we really have to see these again? These 2012 throwback jerseys are just not pretty and the Steelers will be once again wearing them on Sunday night when they host the Ravens. Pittsburgh had to get league approval to wear the jerseys this week as it is a primetime game and one that is viewed by many fans around the league every week. There is one positive to the jerseys, however, the Steelers are 1-0 when they wear them. Heading into Sunday night’s match-up the Steelers are prepared to play without Ben Roethlisberger, Troy Polamalu, Marcus Gilbert, Antonio Brown, and Ryan Clark is not guranteed to play. That list contains arguably the best offensive and defensive players, one of the to...
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