Aaron Smith: More important to Pittsburgh than many knew

By Robert Rousseau  |   Monday, January 21, 2008  |  Comments( 1 )

 Pittsburgh Steelers
On Dec. 11, Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin announced that defensive end Aaron Smith might be out for the season because of a torn bicep muscle. Unfortunately for the Steelers, Tomlin's initial suspicions were confirmed correct later. Talk about a bad week. First came a 21-point defeat to the New England Patriots. Next, the loss of...
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Ron Tepper		 05:28 PM
01/24/2008
Lets not go overboard here. It wasn't that Smith was so good-it was that Eason and Kirshke were that bad. They
can't stop the run anymore and I bet after next season Hampton, Farrior, and others will be gone. If I were the
Steelers I'd wait for rounds 2 and 3 to grab Offensive line help AND TAKE KENTWAN BALMER(DT-NORTH CAROLINA) IN
ROUND ONE.A beast. 6'5-310- there will be no lineman like
him in the later rounds
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