Staley Downgraded to Doubtful for Steelers
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Pittsburgh running back Duce Staley was downgraded from questionable to doubtful Friday, meaning his nagging hamstring injury will likely keep him out of a third straight game when the Steelers visit Cincinnati on Sunday.
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PITTSBURGH -- The Halloween game against the Steelers had been such a nasty trick-or-treat that Deion Branch couldn't bear to watch. Being a participant in a 34-20 wipeout would have been bad enough. Being an injured, restless spectator may have been worse for a man who couldn't suit up.
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Pittsburgh Steelers running back Duce Staley is listed as questionable for Sunday's game at Cincinnati with a hamstring injury.
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Brown is a second year player from Memphis and has spent the 2004 season on the Steelers&#39; practice squad. He played in two games last year.
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Steelers running back Jerome Bettis, initially shunted into a short-yardage-only role, reeled off one of his most productive seasons.
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The injury-hit Pittsburgh Steelers added two offensive linemen to their squad on Wednesday ahead of their AFC wildcard playoff game on Saturday against visiting Jacksonville Jaguars, the team announced.
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The Pittsburgh Steelers were without running back Duce Staley on Sunday because of a hamstring injury, but their running game flourished under a rejuvenated Jerome Bettis.
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If Duce Staley needed a team that could sympathize with his three consecutive NFC championship game losses, the Pittsburgh Steelers were it. When Staley moved cross-state from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh as a free agent early last year, he went from one team determined to prove it wasn't a big-game failure to another.
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He is close now. But Tony Dungy has been close before, falling one game short of the Super Bowl twice, including last year's AFC Championship game loss to the Patriots.
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The coach whose kicker missed a pair of potentially winning field goals last Saturday wouldn't be surprised if tomorrow's AFC Championship game between the Steelers and Patriots comes down to a special teams play.
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The Steelers and the New York Jets were tied 17-17 going into overtime of their AFC divisional playoff game Saturday in Pittsburgh. Jets kicker Doug Brien, the hero of last week's win over the Chargers, missed two field goals in the final two minutes, including a shank from 40 yards as regulation time expired.
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The Pittsburgh Steelers wrapped up home field for the AFC playoffs Sunday by downing the Baltimore Ravens 20-to-7. Jerome Bettis went over the 100-yard mark for the sixth time this season, rushing for 117 while Duce Staley sat out with a hamstring injury.
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PITTSBURGH (Ticker) -- Ben Roethlisberger was knocked out, but the Pittsburgh Steelers still were able to punch their way to another victory.
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After ending New England&#39;s 21-game winning streak last week, the Steelers greet the NFL&#39;s last unbeaten team, playing Philadelphia for the Pennsylvania championship in a game that down the line might be a preview of a matchup for a much grander title.
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PITTSBURGH -- Rookie Ben Roethlisberger gave the Pittsburgh Steelers a lot bigger scare than the Baltimore Ravens did. Roethlisberger threw two touchdown passes in a run-heavy offense before being pulled from
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The last time the Philadelphia Eagles were dominated so thoroughly they had a whole offseason to contemplate the defeat. They have two days to get over this dismantling -- a 27-3 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers
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Steelers inside linebacker Kendrell Bell unexpectedly practiced Thursday despite being listed as out for Sunday&#39;s game against the Ravens.