{"id":102359,"date":"2020-11-01T03:09:33","date_gmt":"2020-11-01T00:09:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/steelers-bringing-gritty-style-of-past-into-battle-vs-rival-ravens\/"},"modified":"2020-11-01T03:09:33","modified_gmt":"2020-11-01T00:09:33","slug":"steelers-bringing-gritty-style-of-past-into-battle-vs-rival-ravens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/steelers-bringing-gritty-style-of-past-into-battle-vs-rival-ravens\/","title":{"rendered":"#Steelers bringing gritty style of past into battle vs. rival Ravens"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Steelers bringing gritty style of past into battle vs. rival Ravens<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

\n The Steelers belong to Pittsburgh every bit as much as the old mills and smokestacks, which polluted the air and left buildings and clothes covered in soot, once did.<\/p>\n

From the days of stogie-chomping Art \u201cThe Chief\u201d Rooney and the Steel Curtain dynasty, to Terrible Towels waving at Three Rivers Stadium and Heinz Field, to the late Myron Cope on radio, to today, the Steelers have remained devoted to representing and reflecting the black-and-gold collar fans who live and die with this football team.<\/p>\n

And now we have a 6-0 Steelers team steeling for another bare knuckles brawl at Baltimore (5-1), lifted by the return of Big Ben Roethlisberger from an elbow injury that cost him most of last season. It has been 12 years since Big Ben won his second Super Bowl, 12 years since the Steelers won their sixth Super Bowl championship, and they are driven to win their seventh and break a franchise tie at the top with the Patriots.<\/p>\n

Bill Cowher, who won Super Bowl XL, won\u2019t soon forget the Steelers of Chuck Noll \u2014 Terry Bradshaw and Franco Harris and Lynn Swann and Mike Webster and John Stallworth and Mean Joe Greene and L.C. Greenwood and Jack Lambert and Jack Ham and Mel Blount \u2014 because he grew up 10 miles from Three Rivers Stadium in Crafton, Pa., delivering the Pittsburgh Press in the afternoon from ages 8-12. They called Pittsburgh the \u201cCity of Champions\u201d after the Steelers and Pirates ruled the 1979 season.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo. 1, there\u2019s a tradition of winning that goes beyond when I was there, starting with Chuck Noll with what he did back in the \u201970s,\u201d Cowher told Serby Says, \u201cand with that expectation of winning, also there comes a responsibility that goes with that, which is carrying yourself a certain way. I think it starts at the very top, it started with Dan Rooney, it started with The Chief before him, and still continues now with Art Rooney [II, Art Rooney Sr.\u2019s grandson]. <\/p>\n

\u201cThey understand that there\u2019s a core value that you have and certain players that you want to have around that you build off of, that you continually build through. Your type of player that you want to be able to carry on your legacy, and then they teach it to the young players. There\u2019s a certain professionalism that goes with it, there\u2019s a certain selflessness that goes with it, there\u2019s a certain set of expectations that goes with being a Pittsburgh Steeler.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Ben
Ben Roethlisberger<\/span>Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Defensive end Brett Keisel, who played from 2002-14 for Cowher and Mike Tomlin, was asked for his definition of a Steeler.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy definition would just be tough, gritty, hard-working, bring your lunch pail, your hardhat, to work kind of mentality,\u201d Keisel said by phone. \u201cThat\u2019s the steel industry. The city was founded by men and families of that nature.\u201d<\/p>\n

Once a Steeler, always a Steeler. Sometimes, only a Steeler.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou get a taste of reality when you go to Latrobe [for training camp] and you see Steeler Nation and you see the fight that these men go through just to make the team every year,\u201d Keisel said. \u201cYou also see the family side of the locker room, the camaraderie, the brotherhood about being a Pittsburgh Steeler, so you immedia<\/a>tely want to have that for your whole football life. It\u2019s a special town to play football for. It\u2019s awesome to feel the buzz right now, because we felt it quite a few times while we were playing there. But the football team means a ton to the city, and when the team\u2019s doing good, we\u2019re doing good.\u201d<\/p>\n

The team\u2019s going good, with Roethlisberger looking nothing like a 38-year-old quarterback.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe looks better than I\u2019ve ever seen,\u201d Keisel said.<\/p>\n

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Chase Claypool<\/span>Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Big Ben is getting the ball out of his hand with unprecedented speed. \u201cIt\u2019s one of those situations you come back with a renewed refreshness for the game<\/a>,\u201d Cowher said. \u201cSometimes you don\u2019t realize what you have till it\u2019s taken away. You\u2019re seeing him become more comfortable with this group of receivers. He\u2019s always seen the field very well, but I\u2019m impressed each week with the accuracy, particularly on some of the deep balls he\u2019s that thrown.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rookie receiver Chase Claypool provides Big Ben with a Plaxico Burress-esque weapon. <\/p>\n

\u201cChase is one of those guys that\u2019s a big target, can high point a ball,\u201d Cowher said. \u201cA very selfless player. He can run with it as well. He really is a great complement to Diontae Johnson and JuJu Smith-Schuster, and James Washington as well.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bruising running back James Conner kills the body so the head dies.<\/p>\n

\u201cLooks like a man running with a sense of purpose,\u201d Cowher said. \u201cIt\u2019s really nice to know that in the course of a fourth quarter you can finish games, and that to me is what the Steelers have always been able to do. In the National Football League, games are not won in the first, second and third quarters.\u201d<\/p>\n

There will never be another Steel Curtain in Pittsburgh, and the loss of linebacker Devin Bush (torn ACL) hurts, but Cowher draws a parallel between T.J. Watt (5.5 sacks) and Bud Dupree (5 sacks) and the yesteryear tandems of Greg Lloyd-Kevin Greene, Jason Gilden-Joey Porter and James Harrison-LaMarr Woodley.<\/p>\n

\u201cBud Dupree is a great complement to T.J.,\u201d Cowher said. \u201cWhen you play that defense in Pittsburgh, it\u2019s about the bookends that you have on that defensive front. These two bookends right now, they complement each other and they know how to set an edge.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Mike
Mike Tomlin<\/span>AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Keisel played with Troy Polamalu and feels that safety Minkah Fitzpatrick, acquired by trade 14 months ago, could have a similar impact.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think getting him last year changed everything,\u201d Cowher said. \u201cThey got Stephen Tuitt back this year. He missed almost all of last year, and I think under the radar he\u2019s having a Pro Bowl season, along with Cam Heyward. They\u2019re really good at every level.\u201d<\/p>\n

Since Noll began his Hall of Fame career in 1969, the Steelers have had three head coaches. Tomlin\u2019s championship came in Super Bowl XLIII.<\/p>\n

\u201cMike has a great feel for his players, and I think Mike has also been able to get a good feel for a coaching staff that he\u2019s put together,\u201d Cowher said. \u201c[General<\/a> manager] Kevin Colbert\u2019s been there since the year 2000 in the middle of my tenure. Mike has put his own little niche on this football team. It\u2019s about carrying yourself in a professional manner, about representing your city, your organization, your team, doing things a certain way, no one person\u2019s bigger than the team. It\u2019s more of a team than it is a group of individuals.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hide the women and children for Steelers-Ravens.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s the best rivalry in football,\u201d Cowher said. \u201cThey both try to intimidate by the way in which they play the game. They have respect for each other, but there\u2019s without a mutual dislike for one another.\u201d<\/p>\n

You don\u2019t need to tell Keisel.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a bloodbath,\u201d he said. \u201cThe trench warfare is brutal. It is brutal, because both these teams believe in running the football, they both believe in having strong, physical, offense and defensive lines, and the games are won and lost right there. So watch the trenches, watch the type of hand-to-hand battle and combat that is going on in the trenches in between the whistles, it\u2019ll scare ya!\u201d <\/p>\n

In Pittsburgh, they\u2019ll be expecting a Steel Hurtin\u2019.\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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