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			    <title>Pittsburgh Steelers | AFC North | NFL | Juiced Sports News</title> 
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			<title>Wallace: Tannehill can be as good as Big Ben</title>
			<link>http://juicedsportsblog.com/sports-news/news/wallace-tannehill-can-be-as-good-as-big-ben</link>
			<description><![CDATA[When Mike Wallace left the Pittsburgh Steelers to sign with the Miami Dolphins he also went from catching passes from a veteran Super Bowl champion to a quarterback entering his second season in the NFL.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 17:30:02 EDT</pubDate>
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			<title>Jack Butler, The Former Steelers Defensive Great, Has Died At 85</title>
			<link>http://juicedsportsblog.com/sports-news/news/jack-butler-the-former-steelers-defensive-great-has-died-at-85</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Jack Butler, who was a star defensive back for the Pittsburgh Steelers in the &#039;50s and who was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame last summer, has died. He was 85.
The converted receiver once intercepted four passes in a game in 1953 — still an NFL record — and snared 52 for his career in an era when almost no one did such things. He&#039;s tied for 26th all-time in interceptions, but only one player ahead of him on that list, Emlen Tunnell, began his career before Butler began his, in 1951.
According to the Post-Gazette, Butler never played high school football and enrolled in a Canadian seminary before playing ball at St. Bonaventure, where the athletic director happened to be the brother of Steelers president Art Rooney. After Butler when undrafted, he got a call from the Steelers and earned the last roster spot in Pittsburgh. The third-string receiver was thrown into the defensive backfield because of injuries and went on to become one of the best defenders in the league for a decade. A gruesome knee injury ended his career after 96 games.
In retirement he turned to scouting, and worked with the Steelers for another 40 years. When the team celebrated its 75th anniversary, it named Butler to its team of the best 33 Steelers ever.
Ten months ago, as he was preparing to be inducted to the Hall of Fame, he was asked his feelings. &quot;I can&#039;t judge myself and I don&#039;t think anybody can really judge themselves,&quot; Butler replied. &quot;For me to say &#039;I deserve to be here,&#039; &#039;I should be here,&#039; that&#039;s a bunch of nonsense. I&#039;m here. I&#039;m glad I&#039;m here. It doesn&#039;t get any better than this.&quot;
He died Saturday. The Associated Press reported that Butler had been hospitalized for the past few months &quot;dealing with a staph infection that plagued him since his career ended in 1959.&quot; 
Steelers Hall of Famer Jack Butler dies at 85 [Associated Press]
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			<pubDate>Sat, 11 May 2013 19:00:04 EDT</pubDate>
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			<title>Steelers Hall of Famer Jack Butler dies at 85 (Yahoo! Sports)</title>
			<link>http://juicedsportsblog.com/sports-news/news/steelers-hall-of-famer-jack-butler-dies-at-85-yahoo-sports</link>
			<description><![CDATA[PITTSBURGH (AP) -- Pittsburgh Steelers Hall of Fame defensive back Jack Butler died Saturday morning following a lengthy battle with a staph infection. He was 85.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 11 May 2013 16:00:04 EDT</pubDate>
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			<title>Steelers&#039; Clark: Patriots&#039; Brady &#039;sees ghosts&#039;</title>
			<link>http://juicedsportsblog.com/sports-news/news/steelers-clark-patriots-brady-sees-ghosts</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Pittsburgh Steelers safety Ryan Clark said Monday on ESPN&#039;s &quot;NFL Live&quot; that New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady &quot;sees ghosts&quot; when pressured by defenses.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 13:30:03 EDT</pubDate>
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			<title>Joe Greene steps down from Steelers&#039; scouting role (Yahoo! Sports)</title>
			<link>http://juicedsportsblog.com/sports-news/news/joe-greene-steps-down-from-steelers-scouting-role-yahoo-sports</link>
			<description><![CDATA[PITTSBURGH (AP) -- Pittsburgh Steelers Hall of Famer Joe Greene is stepping down from his role in the team&#039;s player personnel department.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 18:30:04 EDT</pubDate>
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			<title>Rookie QB Jones focusing on offense, not future (Yahoo! Sports)</title>
			<link>http://juicedsportsblog.com/sports-news/news/rookie-qb-jones-focusing-on-offense-not-future-yahoo-sports</link>
			<description><![CDATA[PITTSBURGH (AP) -- Rookie Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Landry Jones says he has no idea if he&#039;ll one day replace Ben Roethlisberger.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 15:30:04 EDT</pubDate>
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			<title>New York Jets Draft A Quarterback, Media Salivates</title>
			<link>http://juicedsportsblog.com/sports-news/news/new-york-jets-draft-a-quarterback-media-salivates</link>
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The New York Jets drafted Geno Smith with the 39th pick Friday night and that sound you heard was the sharpening of knives as media types prepare to dine on what remains of Mark Sanchez. Then they&#039;ll turn to Geno Smith.
Sanchez never really had a chance. He started so high, there was nowhere to go but down. The Jets traded up and took Sanchez with the fifth spot in the 2009 draft. He and fellow rookie Rex Ryan took what was already a fairly loaded team on a playoff run that ended in a loss to the Colts in the AFC championship game. A remarkable feat for a rookie quarterback—no matter how poised.
But there were problems. Problems an infatuated media overlooked in order to paint a picture, and he would pay dearly for this. Turns out Sanchez wasn&#039;t poised, he was fortunate. And it pissed everyone off.
Following the 2010 season, the Jets again made it to the AFC championship game. This time, they were dominated in the first half by the Pittsburgh Steelers and the deciding blow came when Sanchez was hit by Ike Taylor late in the second quarter, lost the ball and gave up a defensive touchdown, portending a dark future. The Jets mounted a comeback in the second quarter but it was not enough.
The following years, the team deteriorated around Sanchez and the mistakes that were always there, were no longer masked. His completion percentage—which was never good— remained almost identical his entire career, and he never threw more interceptions than he did his rookie season. Sanchez didn&#039;t change, yet the Jets scuffled. Interception after back-breaking quick-slant interception was returned for a touchdown because the Jets had neither the talent at skill positions nor the muscle on the line to attempt anything but intermediate passes. 
It was just like watching the Chad Pennington Jets, who were afraid to expose Chad&#039;s arm to anything longer than 15 yards. Everyone knew it, including the opposition. If the defense knows the plan, it doesn&#039;t matter how well you execute it, they will catch up. Chad did it well, but it didn&#039;t matter, he was still exposed by defenses who dared the Jets to do anything but pass short. The final Sanchez years are a photographic negative of Pennington&#039;s: a physically capable quarterback poorly executing a gameplan every single defender knew was coming. 
The Sanchez narrative quickly turned from promising, if still raw, young quarterback to when&#039;s he going to figure it out? All it took was one hugely anticipated season in 2011 ending disastrously. Then Tim Tebow showed up and an increasingly talent-thin team with virtually no roster depth rumbled through another lost season.  And now, another new quarterback, Geno Smith, has arrived.
The draft is a crapshoot, but unless Geno Smith guides the Jets to the Super Bowl, conveniently played at MetLife stadium this year, he is entering a world designed to fail. Whether he or the Jets intend it, he has already assumed the title of savior for this franchise—which is not unlike the defense against dark arts position at Hogwarts—not five years after Sanchez did just the same.
The saying in football is that there&#039;s no more popular guy on the team than the backup quarterback. It&#039;s typically portrayed as a fan mentality, but look at Saturday&#039;s front page of the Daily News up there. Nothing moves the needle like a quarterback-driven story and the Jets have been an enabling partner in this business since Brett Favre.
Even Geno Smith, ceremonial ground-breaker of his own grave, got in on the act. He&#039;s already guaranteed a playoff appearance next year. ]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sun, 28 Apr 2013 13:00:05 EDT</pubDate>
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			<title>Steelers pleased with themselves after NFL draft (Yahoo! Sports)</title>
			<link>http://juicedsportsblog.com/sports-news/news/steelers-pleased-with-themselves-after-nfl-draft-yahoo-sports</link>
			<description><![CDATA[PITTSBURGH (AP) -- The Pittsburgh Steelers understand it&#039;s going to take more than nine college players to address the surging number of needs on a roster in the midst of an unusual amount of transition.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 27 Apr 2013 20:00:03 EDT</pubDate>
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			<title>Steelers take Oklahoma QB Jones in NFL draft (Yahoo! Sports)</title>
			<link>http://juicedsportsblog.com/sports-news/news/steelers-take-oklahoma-qb-jones-in-nfl-draft-yahoo-sports</link>
			<description><![CDATA[PITTSBURGH (AP) -- The Pittsburgh Steelers are starting to think about life after Ben Roethlisberger.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 27 Apr 2013 15:00:07 EDT</pubDate>
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			<title>Steelers take Oklahoma QB Jones in 4th round (Yahoo! Sports)</title>
			<link>http://juicedsportsblog.com/sports-news/news/steelers-take-oklahoma-qb-jones-in-4th-round-yahoo-sports</link>
			<description><![CDATA[PITTSBURGH (AP) -- The Pittsburgh Steelers have taken Oklahoma quarterback Landry Jones in the fourth round of the NFL draft.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 27 Apr 2013 14:00:03 EDT</pubDate>
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