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Of course, one had better know if the coach is going to understand one无毛视频檚 gibberish, or it will be given right back.
Take Mike Tomlin, for instance.
The other day he answered a line of questioning, which he hadn无毛视频檛 understood, like this:
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Levi Brown made it through a week of practice before he went down with an injury in his first pregame warm-up.
Richard Gordon didn无毛视频檛 even make it that far. The new tight end made it through only one practice before he was ruled out of his first game with the Steelers because of a toe injury.
But there无毛视频檚 one newcomer who无毛视频檚 causing a stir, one who might actually help the team. He无毛视频檚 a skinny little kid who had the kickoff coverage team buzzing after Thursday无毛视频檚 workout.
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His name is Devon Wylie, and not too long ago he ran an official 4.3 40 at the combine. At his first practice with the Steelers he looked like the fastest player on the team.
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But the kid can run.
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Wylie was a fourth-round draft pick by the Kansas City Chiefs in 2012 after he caught 56 passes as a senior at Fresno State and ranked fifth in the nation with a punt-return average of 15.4.
The Chiefs kept the 187-pounder until Sept. 1 of this year, and then Wylie spent some time on the Arizona practice squad before signing here this week.
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Maurkice Pouncey has been hanging around the practice facility and field the past week or so, and lately he无毛视频檚 been in a great mood and has had that old smile back on his face.
Of course, things were different last month after he tore his ACL in the聽 opener.
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Wood was a Steelers first-round draft target in 2009, but was drafted four picks earlier by the Buffalo Bills.
As a rookie he suffered a compound fracture of the fibula and tibia. He missed two games the next season, and in 2011 Wood was hurt in the ninth game and put on IR. Since then, he无毛视频檚 played in 20 of 22 games.
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Brett Keisel was telling a group of reporters how he felt while watching the hated Baltimore Ravens win the Super Bowl last season.
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I had to jump in and ask Keisel if it showed him that 无毛视频� considering the series split with backup QBs 无毛视频� could无毛视频檝e just as easily been the Steelers.
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I don无毛视频檛 know whether it was beginning to dawn on Keisel this his 无毛视频渃lose无毛视频� Steelers were 1-4, but he just stood there grinning at me. There was a pause, which gave way to awkward silence as no one else had a question. All I could think to ask the bushy-bearded Keisel was this:
Do you play for the Boston Red Sox in your free time?
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