Slumping Steelers face Rams tonight
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Not long ago, the Pittsburgh Steelers' final two games against downtrodden teams appeared to be a victory lap. Now they're sweating just a bit. Consecutive losses to the Jaguars and Patriots have dropped the Steelers (9-5) into a tie for the AFC North lead with the Cleveland Browns, making them more dependent on what the competition is doing heading into Thursday night's game against the St. Louis Rams.
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Last Sunday night, the New England Patriots were locked in pitched battle with the Pittsburgh Steelers for the top seeding in the American Football Conference playoffs, home-field advantage and, at the very least, a first-round bye.
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Today&#39;s game likely will be decided inside the 20-yard line. The Steelers have scored touchdowns on an NFL-best 82.4 percent of their trips inside their opponents&#39; 20-yard line.
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The St.Louis Rams beat the Tampa Bay Bucs 28-21 on Monday Night Football in St.Louis. The Rams are now 4-2 while the Bucs drop to 1-5.
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The Pittsburgh Steelers&#39; Antwaan Randle El posted back-to-back returns of 60 and 43 yards in the first half at Heinz Field. Those big plays set up 10 points
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PITTSBURGH (Sports Network) - Ben Roethlisberger passed for  183 yards and two touchdowns, Hines Ward scored twice and the  Pittsburgh Steelers rolled to a convincing 27-3 victory over  Philadelphia on Sunday for their second straight win against an  undefeated opponent.
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Plenty of Cleveland talk prefaced their game against Pittsburgh, but the Steelers plow over the Browns, 24-10, behind 103 yards from Jerome Bettis.
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Pittsburgh's bye week came at the right time for the defending NFL champions, losers of two of their first three games. The slow start came with Ben Roethlisberger considered "rusty," not a designation for the official injury list but one used to describe the early-season play of the QB.
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PITTSBURGH (Sports Network) - Pittsburgh Steelers running  back Duce Staley is listed as questionable for Sunday's game at  Cincinnati with a hamstring injury.
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Patrick Ramsey makes his first second start of the season as the Redskins face the AFC North-leading Steelers at a sloppy Heinz Field in Pittsburgh.
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PITTSBURGH - Banged up and perhaps emotionally drained, the Steelers (11-1) can set records and clinch a division title today by beating the New York Jets (9-3) in a 4 o&#39;clock game at Heinz Field.
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TEMPE, Arizona (Ticker) -- At one time, the St. Louis Rams had the &quot;Greatest Show on Turf.&quot; Now they have been reduced to a pile of rubble.
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After upsetting two undefeated teams in a row, the Pittsburgh Steelers were supposed to be facing a let-down game against the Cleveland Browns.
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Maybe Pittsburgh has finally discovered how to wear down playmaking West Virginia quarterback Rasheed Marshall: Tire him out before the game.
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It was supposed to be much easier than this for the Pittsburgh Steelers. The Steelers had the NFL's best record this season at 15-1, an unbeaten rookie quarterback, and rarely were challenged at home. But they got all they could handle Saturday before eliminating the New York Jets from the NFL playoffs, 20-17 in overtime.
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Actually, I just finished looking at the final BCS standings and could use a boost. More to the point, I could use an aspirin. So let me get this straight: Pittsburgh loses to Nebraska and Connecticut, narrowly
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Cincinnati, OH (Sports Network) - Ben Roethlisberger threw the go-ahead touchdown pass to Dan Kreider in the third quarter and the Pittsburgh defense pitched a shutout in the second half, as the Steelers won their eighth straight game with a 19-14 victory