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Bettis was careful not to rush decision

By Michael Smith
ESPN.com

Tuesday, January 31, 2006

DETROIT -- By now most of us know how the story began: Amid tears of disappointment over the Steelers' magic carpet ride through the 2004 season concluding a game short of the Super Bowl, then-rookie quarterback Ben Roethlisberger makes an impromptu promise to beloved teammate Jerome Bettis. If the 32-going-on-33-year-old running back returned for just one more "final" season, Roethlisberger would lead Pittsburgh to that elusive Super Bowl berth -- in, of all places, Detroit, Bettis' birthplace. ...

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