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Expect peaking Steelers to advance

By John Clayton
ESPN.com

Sunday, January 11, 2009

PITTSBURGH -- Early in the season, Steelers linebacker Larry Foote came to a conclusion about the AFC. He felt the two best teams were the Steelers and Ravens. "When you want to have a good team, you have to start with defense,'' Foote said. "I knew all year long we were the best two teams in the AFC, in my opinion. When you have a good defense like that, you can be in any game. No doubt, teams want to assimilate teams like Pittsburgh and Baltimore for just the way they play. You ...

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