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Backup plans come through

By Len Pasquarelli
ESPN.com

Monday, November 7, 2005

His nickname is "Duce" (yeah, we know, he forgot an "e"), but he's only No. 3 on the tailback depth chart, and yet he was No. 1 in the hearts of the Pittsburgh Steelers and all their fans who made the long but rewarding trip to Lambeau Field Sunday afternoon. All those incongruous elements surrounding Duce Staley, it seems, are in keeping with the rather topsy-turvy and certainly inexplicable 2005 season. At the same time, though, Staley, signed to be the team's new workhorse in 2004 but witho ...

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