Word: quarterback
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...This year more than in years past there isn’t really a clear-cut No. 1 or No. 2 quarterback heading into the draft,” Fitzpatrick said, “so I think a lot of those players are going to take their invitations and play in all these games...
...flourishing mills and the four Super Bowl titles of the 1970s are distant memories in western Pennsylvania. But an energetic blue-collar ethos still engulfs the Steelers. At 6 ft. 5 in. and 241 lbs., the quarterback, 22, is built like a linebacker, or millworker, and fits in with the patrons at Jack's. Veteran running back Jerome Bettis took a $3.5 million pay cut so he could finish his career in Pittsburgh. And at a time when teams are bought and sold like ingots and coaches are fired at the drop of a pass, Steelers chairman Dan Rooney--whose...
...Assured of home-field advantage throughout the AFC play-offs, the Steelers have their best shot at a Super Bowl title since the Steel Curtain era of the '70s. "This team has grown up this season, meeting every challenge every single week," says former Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Ron Jaworski, now an ESPN analyst. "Pittsburgh is the best team in football, without a doubt...
...mediocrity, the Steelers are certainly the best story of town and team. The defending champion, the New England Patriots--a class act that's still the team to beat--is a regional entity that plays midway between Boston and nowhere. The Colts own the game's most heralded star, quarterback Peyton Manning--but also have owners whose local loyalty is suspect. The surprising Chargers, featuring the game's most unheralded star, running back LaDainian Tomlinson, are fair-weather favorites, though that's never a bad bet in San Diego. And the Philadelphia Eagles, with their own legions of long-suffering...
...other Oxford (Ohio). Roethlisberger responded by leading the Steelers to back-to-back home victories against the then undefeated Patriots and Eagles, and he hasn't lost since. Cowboys coach Bill Parcells, who dishes out compliments about as often as Don Rickles, has called Roethlisberger the most impressive rookie quarterback since Dan Marino...