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By Gerry Dulac, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Mike Wallace knows all about the arm strength of quarterback Byron Leftwich. Just the other night, he ran under a 68-yard touchdown heave from Leftwich, a rare occasion in which Wallace, the team's fastest receiver, was not underthrown.

But, when asked to rate the arm strength of the Steelers' quarterbacks, Wallace was not ready to quickly concede the title to Leftwich.

"I'm going to have to give Byron the edge, but Dennis' ball is smoking," Wallace said. "He's gunning it. I'm talking about, it's coming."
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By Ron Cook, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

They say it's the little things that tell so much about a person ...

Just about everybody knows Aaron Smith is a terrific defensive end, the best 3-4 defensive end in the NFL. "One of the greatest players in Steelers history," teammate Brett Keisel gushed last week. "The key to our defense," captain James Farrior added, aware that All-Pro safety Troy Polamalu and sack masters James Harrison and LaMarr Woodley also play on that unit.

But it's the little things ...
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By Mark Kaboly, TRIBUNE-REVIEW

Marshall Faulk rushed for 1,319 yards and caught 86 passes in 1998.

Edgerrin James followed that the next two years in Indianapolis by averaging 1,631 yards on the ground and scoring a total of 35 touchdowns.

Steelers offensive coordinator Bruce Arians had an up-close look at both of those running backs during his brief time on the Colts' coaching staff a decade ago. He gets flashbacks when he sees Rashard Mendenhall.
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By Ed Bouchette, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Hines Ward will add another notch to a belt chock full of them, throw another statistical log onto his personal pile when the Steelers play at 7 p.m. today at the New York Giants.

New Meadowlands Stadium will become the 36th different NFL field in which Ward has appeared since he joined the Steelers in 1998, counting the preseason. Add non-NFL stadiums in preseason games at Canton, Ohio, Morgantown, W.Va., and Mexico City and it swells to 39.
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(AP) – Steelers coach Mike Tomlin is going to use punter Daniel Sepulveda for kickoffs in Saturday night’s preseason game against the Giants.

Tomlin says has Sepulveda impressed him with kickoffs during training camp and says he’s a “viable candidate” to at least share kickoff chores with kicker Jeff Reed.

Meanwhile, Tomlin didn’t give any details yesterday about his quarterback rotation for Saturday, but he did confirm that Ben Roethlisberger will play.


The Steelers’ final public training camp practice is this afternoon. ...