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23 Oct

RMU Women's Ice Hockey Update by Marissa Dubaich

published in category: Uncategorized on Tuesday, October 23rd, 2012 – 2:26 pm

The Robert Morris University women's ice hockey team opened their 2012-2013 regular-season this past weekend at the Island Sports Center at Neville Island. The Colonials defeated Yale on Friday, October 19th (2-0) and won their third consecutive home opener. Saturday, October 20th, was a different story for the Lady Colonials. They were defeated by the Princeton Tigers (3-6).

Robert Morris and Princeton had a back and forth battle in the first and second period until the Tigers dominated the rest of the game in the third period. It was a struggle for the Colonials to take the lead again because they could not make their shots even though the Colonials had a total of 36 shots-on-goal and the Tigers had a total of 20 shots-on-goal. The goaltender for Robert Morris, Kristen DiCiocco, played all three periods except when second-string goaltender, Delayne Brian stepped in with 11:05 minutes left in regulation. Unfortunately, Delayne let one goal in but had two saves against the Tigers. It was Delayne Brain's first appearance as a Colonial, who is a transfer student.

Some of the Robert Morris ice hockey team players had their first goal of the regular-season. A sophomore forward, Rebecca Vint had her first goal and took their first lead in the first period. Also, Vint was in the top three stars of Saturday night's game. Katelyn Scott, a sophomore forward had her first goal of the season in the first period at 6:00. Kristen Richards, a junior forward, had the last RMU goal in the third period at 13:37.

Next weekend, the Colonials will be traveling to Boston, Massachusetts to take on Northeastern on Friday and #3 Boston University on Saturday. Robert Morris will not be back home until Friday, December 8 after they play ten straight road games.

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23 Oct

Dejan Kovacevic Show Today live at 1pm!

published in category: Pittsburgh Penguins, Pittsburgh Pirates, Pittsburgh Steelers, Sports Talk Radio on Tuesday, October 23rd, 2012 – 9:07 am

At 1:05pm, Dejan Kovacevic will take your calls on anything in sports, call 412-320-7905. Call him to talk Steelers, Pirates, Pens, NHL Lockout, MLB Playoffs. Call 412-320-7905 at 1:05pm. Then at 1:15, Steelers RB Jonathan Dwyer joins him and at 1:35pm Chuck Finder who covers the Steelers for CBS Sports and has written a book called Steelers Encyclopedia joins Dejan. At 1:45pm, Dejan responds to your e-mails, send them to him at sportstalk@tribweb.com.

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22 Oct

Steelers Stay in the Hunt Thanks to Poor AFC by Jon Pennline

published in category: Pittsburgh Steelers on Monday, October 22nd, 2012 – 8:48 am

I expected a lot of things out of the 2012 season. A bad AFC was not one of them.

Even though the Steelers have started the season with a 3-3 record, they are not only battling for a playoff spot but also a division title! Is it absurd to be somewhat overzealous by that previous statement? After all, the NFL is only seven weeks into the season.

Well, no it's not absurd.

Not when there are only three teams in the whole conference that possess a winning record. This is especially worth noting when two of those teams (Ravens and Patriots) are far from the elite standard they use to hold themselves to. It use to take a 5-1 start to stay on pace for a division title.

The Baltimore Ravens lost Ray Lewis and Ladarius Webb for the season during last week's win against the Dallas Cowboys. While Ray Lewis is far from the player he use to be, he is still the heart and soul of the defense. That could not have been more clear after seeing the Texans put up 40+ points against Baltimore yesterday. They may have gotten back Terrell Suggs but overall, the defense is too old to dominate. That puts the onus back on Joe Flacco and the offense. While Joe has certainly improved his play over the years, Cam Cameron is still the offensive coordinator and Cam is about as aggressive as…well something that's not very aggressive. They may have the talent to put up big points, but they don't have the scheme to win a lot of shootouts.

The New England Patriots have had the same problem since Spygate: no defense. Tom Brady will get his numbers and the team will continue to rack up points. But the defense will not be able to stop a good offense. They are currently ranked 29th in pass defense.

From there, it's just a slew of teams that are 3-3 and 3-4. The race is certainly wide open and it seems highly doubtful that 11 wins will be the pre-requisite to make the playoffs like it was in 2008-2009.

Why? Well it comes down to two factors: defenses and quarterbacks.

Only six AFC teams represent the top half of the league in yards allowed and only the Texans and Steelers rank in the top ten. When you look at how the Steelers did against the likes of Matt Hasselbeck and Carson Palmer, it's hard to argue that they are still a top ten defense. Meanwhile, the New England Patriots and Baltimore Ravens are ranked 23rd and 26th, respectively.

When looking at the elite quarterbacks in the league, Tom Brady is certainly still one of them. You could argue Ben Roethlisberger has been the second best quarterback in the AFC this season or third behind Peyton Manning. After that, there's a lot of question marks. Ryan Tannehill, Blaine Gabbert, Carson Palmer, Tim Hasselbeck, Brandon Weeden, and Mark Sanchez are all pretty brutal, yet they start for AFC teams. Matt Schaub and Joe Flacco are game managers for rushing offenses. Andy Dalton and Andrew Luck are still learning how to play in the NFL so their inconsistencies are at least excusable. That leaves Philip Rivers, Ryan Fitzpatrick and Matt Cassel. Yikes.

Compare those names to the NFC quarterbacks and it hardly seems fair. Aaron Rodgers, Matt Ryan, and Drew Brees are clearly in the elite class. When you look at RG3 and Cam Newton, you see double threat players who have the overall talent to either make plays in the air or on the ground. Throw in Eli Manning who has won two Super Bowls in the last 4 years, Matthew Stafford who had 40 touchdowns last year, and Alex Smith who has a 93.6 passer rating, and you can see which conference has more explosive offenses.

The good news is, the Steelers play in the AFC during an era where the great teams of a few years ago are getting old and the young talented teams are far and few between. Or, as some would call it, "the 1980's." Is this a Super Bowl year of the Steelers? Highly doubtful. But they can make the playoffs, even with eight or nine wins by the end of the season.

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19 Oct

TribLIVE Radio High School Football Athlete of the Week Winner

published in category: Sports Talk Radio on Friday, October 19th, 2012 – 3:11 pm

Congratulations to Brentwood's Justin Vickless for being voted TribLIVE Radio's High School Football Athlete of the Week. Vickless ran 19 times for 206 yards and two touchdowns as Brentwood shut out Carlynton in the Black Hills Conference last Friday night 35-0.
Vickless has 159 carries this season for 965 yards, a 6.1 per carry average. Brentwood takes on Bishop Canevin tonight at 7:30pm. The Spartan are 4-3 on the season.

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19 Oct

50-50 by Ryan Shaffer

published in category: Pittsburgh Penguins on Friday, October 19th, 2012 – 10:58 am

On Tuesday, Gary Bettman and the NHL owners offered the NHLPA a deal that seeming made sense: 50-50. Normally, when someone offers you half of something, you take it willingly with little to no argument. But, the NHL Players Associate saw the deal as a slight movement in negotiation. Half of anything seems like a great deal, but when players heavily outnumber owners, the numbers fail to add up. The players rightfully denied the offer, and everything continues to wait for a conclusion to the NHL lockout of 2012.
Here in Pittsburgh, players such as Sidney Crosby train and wait for the NHL season to begin. He and other players such as Matt Cooke and Pascal Dupuis skate informally in Pittsburgh, as Donald Fehr and Bettman discuss the possibility of a season this year in private meetings. The players created three counteroffers that owners rejected in mere minutes citing they came nowhere near 50-50. Both sides seem to be worse off than before in terms of negotiating. Shane Doan of the Coyotes mentioned that 50-50 still means significant salary loss by players.
Neither side seemingly wants to negotiate. Bettman made the offer public after a long hiatus from labor talks in order to let the media play out the owners' intentions. Fehr and the NHLPA took the offer as a stepping stone to a new proposal, but the NHL immediately rejected the proposed adjustments. Owners seem to want to use media power to dictate negotiations, because no consideration for counteroffers existed. On the other hand, many star players signed on to teams from other leagues around the world. Washington Capitals winger Alex Ovechkin likes the KHL better at this point. I believe the best players should rise to the occasion and stick around during negotiations, because they bring in the revenue for each team. Yes, I understand they want to play hockey, but player reps need support by the faces of franchises. Owners need to take the players seriously, and players need to show that they care.
Fans, the waiting continues for the NHL lockout to end. Bettman's statements after the last meeting alluded to the possibility of canceling the Winter Classic and season. Fans from other countries get to enjoy watching our players, while we sit and impatiently wait with no hockey to watch. Well, except when the joke of a channel ESPN 3 broadcasts KHL games. The NHL built an empire out of new fans with the Winter Classic and rule changes following last lockout. Now, the fans want to leave because the league alienated us. Make a season happen, or enjoy dark years with NO revenue.

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18 Oct

Steelers Offensive Coordinator Todd Haley on Bengals week:

published in category: Pittsburgh Steelers on Thursday, October 18th, 2012 – 3:53 pm

Here is the transcript of Pittsburgh Steelers offensive coordinator Todd Haley as the team wrapped up Thursday practice in preparation for the Cincinnati Bengals:

Your quarterback left early today, is he OK?

"Anything to do with players leaving the field refer to the head coach."

On Mike Adams starting at RT

"I think Mike has done a very good job post-injury, coming back, because he was making progress when he got hurt in the preseason. He's come back and worked hard, gotten better, and I thought he did some good things in the game last week which is great experience for him. Now he gets another shot to go out there with the live bullets and see how much progress he's making. But I think we all have confidence in what he's doing. Mike's getting his number called and he's got to go in and do his job. That's why he's here. This will be his second opportunity to play a full game and hopefully play at a high level."

Is this an unusual amount of injuries to deal with?

"You know, I've been places like with the New York Jets in 1999 coming off a good year we had every possible ACL you could have. Last year in Kansas City I think everyone's pretty aware of what went on injury wise. But the good thing is most of these guys are battling to get back and that's all you ask is that there's going to be injuries but you just don't want too many of those that take guys out for the season."

Will you perhaps need a rotation at running back this week?

"Yeah, and that's really kind of how we were built through the preseason and some of the things we've had to deal through a rotation. Those guys know everything they need to know, and I feel good about each one of them playing their role."

Can you use Baron Batch and Chris Rainey in every situation?

"I really believe that all of those guys [RB] Coach [Kirby] Wilson has them all prepared. I don't know if early on I would have said the same thing, but the stage we're at right now I think all those guys have cross-trained including Will Johnson who knows the running back and the fullback position along with if we're in two tight-ends. Coach Kirb has done a great job of having those guys ready and from what I've seen they're all ready to go."

Baron said after the Tennessee game that he missed a few open holes…

"If he says it then I would believe his word, but the guy didn't play all of last year. And he hadn't played on a full-time basis this year so each and every game he's in there getting active reps is a positive for him because he's gaining experience because he's still [like] a rookie."

How often does Bengals DT Geno Atkins get double-teamed?

"Yeah, he's the second leading sacker in the league playing three-technique, which is not a normal thing since the days of John Randall and things like that. He's an active, active player that can penetrate the line and shows up in the backfield in the run game and the pass game, but he's a guy you've got pay special attention to. Knowing that, they've got some outside, long [defensive] ends they're bringing around the corner. So you got to make sure that you're trying to help out as many guys as you can and everybody's got to do their job."

Do the Bengals blitz much?

"They bring pressure in some different spots, but I'd say knowing [Bengals defensive coordinator] Mike Zimmer having been in Dallas with him he probably feels pretty good about having 4, 5, and 6 guys that he has to put up front to bring it. If you can play defense and four guys can create a lot of pressure and sacks that's a good thing."

Was hitting a big pass play to Mike Wallace last week a relief for the WRs?

"I don't know, we were stagnant for three of four series after that so I don't know if that ended up being a good thing, but, no like I said I think the big plays will come, they'll be there. The key is not trying to make them when they're not there, and Ben's done a terrific job of that. That [TD] was a great look and Mike did a great job and Ben made a great throw."

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18 Oct

A History of the Steelers at Paul Brown Stadium

published in category: Ike Taylor, Pittsburgh Steelers on Thursday, October 18th, 2012 – 12:25 am

The Cincinnati Bengals opened their current home venue, Paul Brown Stadium, in August of 2000.

The Pittsburgh Steelers have visited 13 times since 'The Jungle' was built, and have done their best Agent Orange impression. Pittsburgh has left victorious after 11 of those 13 trips.

Steelers nose tackle Casey Hampton has been a part of the travel party since 2001.

"I've never paid attention but since you say that, that is a lot of wins to have in one place over thirteen games," said Hampton. "We've been on a pretty good run here for a while here, so it's just been a thing of us having good teams and them being up and down. That's what I attribute it to."

The most memorable clash between the two rivals came in January of 2006, with Cincinnati tasting its first NFL playoff game in fifteen seasons. On the first pass of the game from Bengals' quarterback Carson Palmer, Pittsburgh defensive end Kimo Von Oelhoffen fell into the QB's knee, thereby tearing two of Palmer's knee ligaments. Pittsburgh went on for the win 31-17 en route to the franchise's fifth Super Bowl title.

Said Hampton of the '06 playoff meeting, "They still cry about that all the time. It's just part of things that happen, but they have kind of been struggling since. I just thought it was another injury, probably to them they looked at it like it was a big deal."

Pittsburgh linebacker Larry Foote, who dates back to 2002 in the rivalry, remembers the 'Kimo hit' very well. "Yeah, I was on the field when that happened," Foote said. "Just a bad deal." Foote then winked dramatically.

Foote admitted, though, that the team's recent trips to the Queen City haven't been vacations.

Said Foote, "The last couple times we've been there they've found a way to come back in the fourth quarter, almost stole a couple games that we've had control of. They're a good team, one of the best teams in the league. We've just been finding a way to come out on top."

Here is a history of the Steelers in Paul Brown Stadium that I have assembled from digging through the archives:

2000 – 11/26 – Steelers 48-28… The Steelers snapped a 3 game skid, with Kordell Stewart looking more like his 1997 version than the one who had been recently struggling. It was Kordell's best game of year as he threw 3 TDs and Pittsburgh moved the ball up and down the field. After the blowout the Steelers' record was 6-6, with the Bengals at 2-10. Current Steelers' defensive coordinator Dick Lebeau was the Cincinnati head man from 2000-2002 (finishing with a 12-33 record).

2001 – 12/30 – Bengals 26-23 OT… Although the Steelers clinched homefield advantage throughout the playoffs anyway, they fell to 12-3 as the Bengals snapped their own 7-game losing streak. Kordell threw 4 INTs, kicker Kris Brown had a blocked FG returned for a Cincinnati TD, and Pittsburgh's Bobby Shaw couldn't recover an onsides kick late in the 4th quarter to seal the game away (it was not reviewable at the time). Most surprisingly, QB Jon Kitna was 35 of 68, tied for (at the time) the 3rd most attempts in NFL history, with 411 yds passing, the most in 13 years against the Steelers. Pittsburgh blew a 13 point lead in the game. Later, this game was referred to as a "blueprint" for other teams attacking the Pittsburgh defense.

2002 – 10/13 – Steelers 34-7… Jon Kitna was terrible, throwing 3 INT, 2 of them to Lee Flowers, and rookie Antwaan Randle El had a 99yd kickoff return. Lebeau's Bengals fell to 0-6 with Pittsburgh under QB Tommy Maddox rising to 2-3. It was the 2nd NFL start since 1992 for Maddox. An estimated 20,000 Pittsburgh fans were in attendance.

2003 – 9/21 – Steelers 17-10… The Marvin Lewis era began with an old-school type of Pittsburgh win in the series featuring the running game combo of Jerome Bettis and Amos Zerroue. The Steelers D held Kitna to just 157-yards passing, and got a boost from the return of Joey Porter's just 3 weeks after suffering a gun-shot wound. In classic Bill Cowher style, Pittsburgh got ball the ball with 5 minutes left and ground out the remaining clock. The Bengals fell to 0-3, Pittsburgh rose to 2-1.

2004 – 11/21 – Steelers 19-14… In Ben Roethlisberger's rookie season, the team won their 8th straight game. It was Ben's worst performance to date as he was sacked 7 times, but solid defense, a few Randle El punt returns, and Jerome Bettis rushing sealed the win. Bettis went for 29 carries and 139 yards, putting him 5th all time on rush list passing Tony Dorsett. James Farrior was in his 2nd year w/ the team and was getting Pro Bowl praise from his teammates after this game, in which he had an INT for a TD. The Bengals fell to 4-6, with Carson Palmer going just 13 of 25 for 165 yards.

2005 – 10/23 – Steelers 27-13… Hailed as the "biggest football game in cincinnati in 15 years," Pittsburgh kept the TVs as the black and white variety as Jerome Bettis and Willie Parker combined for a bruising ground game of 47 carries and 221 yards rushing. This vaulted the Steelers record to 4-2 as the Bengals fell to 5-2. Carson Palmer came into the game getting hype as perhaps the next-great NFL QB. This game was the first signature game of CB Ike Taylor's shadowing of an opponent WR, as he held Chad Johnson to 4 catches and 94-yards, with 47 yards coming on a late, meaningless TD drive. Overall, the Steelers won their 10th straight road game.

*Playoffs* 1/8/06 – Steelers 31-17… The Bengals season ends at 11-6, with the Steelers improving to 12-5 and advancing to play top-seeded Indianapolis in the NFL Divisional Playoffs. This was Cincinnati's first playoff game in 15 years, but was defined by QB Carson Palmer tearing his ACL and MCL on a 66-yard pass to Chris Henry as Steelers DE Kimo Von Oelhoffen fell into him on the throw. Jon Kitna would throw 2 INT, fumble, and get sacked 4 times in relief. An efficient Ben Roethlisberger was 14 of 19 for 208 and 3TD with 0 INT. It was the 5th straight win at Paul Brown Stadium for Pittsburgh and 7 of 9 & 10 of 13 overall for the Steelers in the series.

2006 – 12/31 – Steelers 23-17 OT… In Bill Cowher's last game as Steelers head coach (and offensive coordinator Ken Whisenhunt's last in town), the Steelers finished with an 8-8 record and also cost Cincinnati a playoff berth as they fell to 8-8. It was a glum, rainy, New Year's Eve as rookie Santonio Holmes TD from 67-yards out on the 3rd play of OT sent Bengals fans home disappointed again. Their kicker Shayne Graham missed a 39 yd FG at the end of regulation which would have won it.

2007 – 10/28 – Steelers 24-13… The Steelers 7th straight win in the 'Nati, the Steelers record went to 5-2 with the Bengals at 2-5. The signature sequence of the game came at the end of the first half as the Bengals decided not to go for the endzone down 14-3 on a 4th and 1 at 2-yard line with 2:16 left in the half. After the FG, Ben Roethlisberger led the Steelers downfield for a TD to put the team up 21-6 at half.

2008 – 11/20 – Steelers 27-10… Now 8 straight wins for Pittsburgh in Cincinnati, the Steelers ascended to 8-3 with the lowly Bengals falling to 1-9-1. Cincinnati's offense finished with 6 first downs behind Ryan Fitzpatrick at QB. Ochocinco did not play in the game, a 32 degree and windy affair. Roethlisberger was 20 of 37 for 168 yards. The game was 10-7 at half, but 20-7 through 3 quarters as Gary Russell and Mewelde Moore timeshared at fill-in RB for Willie Parker.

2009 – 9/27 – Bengals 20-23… The streak of Pittsburgh dominance ends as Pittsburgh dropped to 1-2, the Bengals rising to 2-1 en route to a 6-0 year against division foes. Carson Palmer led Cincy on a 16 play, 71-yard drive capped off by a TD pass to Andre Caldwell with 4 seconds left. A 4th and 10 conversion to RB Brian Leonard was key on the drive as well. The Steelers led 13-0 early, but WR Limas Sweed dropped a pass in endzone and redzone woes damaged the team.

2010 – 11/8 – Steelers 27-21… Another nail biter finish as James Harrison knocked away a pass intended for Jordan Shipley on the final play. The Steelers record went to 6-2, with the Bengals dropping to 2-6. Harrison, by the way, was coming off his 3rd Roger Goodell fine of year for a hit the previous week, putting his bill up to 100K in fines. Terrell Owens was in this game and caught 2 TD, with Carson Palmer going 22 of 36 for 248. It was a sloppily played game on both sides.

2011 – 11/13 – Steelers 24-17… Rookie QB Andy Dalton made two 4th quarter mistakes as Lawrence Timmons and William Gay had INTs, Gay's coming at the Pittsburgh 19-yard line late in the contest. The Bengals 5-game win streak ended, and rookie WR AJ Green twisted his knee as he stuck the landing on a brilliant 36-yard TD grab between Ike Taylor and Troy Polamalu. Bengals CB Leon Hall tore his achilles tendon in the game. The Steelers went to 7-3, the Bengals dropping to 8-3.

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17 Oct

Steelers Offensive Line in Flux… Again

published in category: Pittsburgh Steelers on Wednesday, October 17th, 2012 – 9:14 pm

Well, at least they made it into Game 5 intact.

They won't make it clean into Game 6.

The Pittsburgh Steelers offensive line will assuredly be without starting RT Marcus Gilbert and possibly without starting center Maurkice Pouncey in Cincinnati this Sunday evening, snapping their streak of five straight games with the same starting offensive line personnel.

"The New York Giants, both times when they won the Super Bowl, their guys played together like sixty-three straight games without an injury," said left tackle Max Starks. "I think our record right now is five."

That's not to stay this season's offensive line had been injury free, of course, with top draft pick David Decastro suffering multiple knee injuries in Pittsburgh's third preseason game. Gilbert had also missed significant time in the Steelers first game of the year in Denver, forcing 2nd Round pick Mike Adams into the lineup.

But when Gilbert fell into Pouncey on the team's first offensive play in Tennessee last week, the flashbacks to 2011's 10-different-starting-offensive-line-combination-season began. Backup Doug Legursky finished the game at center, and Gilbert lasted about 15 more snaps before he would leave for Adams again.

"Maybe we need to put some lucky charms in the [locker] room or something," said left guard Willie Colon.

To this point in 2012, the team made it through their first 5 weeks with the same group of starters up front: Starks, Colon, Pouncey, Ramon Foster, and Gilbert left to right.

With Gilbert's injury looking like a fairly long-term setback, (see colleague Mark Kaboly's piece here: http://triblive.com/sports/2793332-85/gilbert-injury-miss-steelers-ankle-months-loss-marcus-mike-suffered#axzz29aH35YWZ), 2nd Round draft pick Mike Adams is set to become a starter. Is he ready?

"He's got no choice," said Colon, who manned RT for the team from 2007-2009, and parts of three other seasons. "That's the great thing about the NFL, ready or not when your number is called you've got to go."

Starks, who has been overseeing Adams' development since the preseason, said "He's had plenty of time in this offense and he's a very smart, very tenacious young guy. I like the way he plays. This is a good starting test for him as a starter to come out, play a really good defensive front in the Cincinnati Bengals. No better coming out party than to do it in primetime television, Sunday Night, with everybody watching. I think he's mentally prepared and ready for this."

It won't be an easy entry to the lineup for Adams in terms of pass protection. The Bengals are 2nd in the NFL with 20 team sacks. Upcoming opponents Washington and the New York Giants have reputable pass rushers with Ryan Kerrigan and Jason Pierre-Paul, among others.

Said Starks, "Definitely, and when you look at it, the next couple weeks none of them are cakewalks. That's a reason why you have a draft every year, trying to upgrade. That's the reason tackles are such a premium because there's always a new, young, fast guy that's ready to insert himself into a defense and become the next premiere pass rusher."

Cincinnati has done their sack damage with an assortment of defensive linemen combining for 15 of their 20 total.

Starks laid out the matchups between the Steelers offensive line and the Bengals defensive line, saying "You look at this group, this group has experience together. The youngest guy on that line is three years and that's a Pro Bowler in Geno Atkins so when you look at that you know they have a very talented, very veteran group. We'll have our work cut out for us. Mike will be going against Carlos Dunlap and Robert Geathers. Ramon and Doug will have to deal with Domata Peko and Geno Atkins. And then I'll have Michael Johnson, AKA 'Brontosaurus.' You're looking at 6'5, 6'6, and 6'7 defensive ends, very long and they cause disruptions because of their length and their range, to be able to reach over tackles and grab the quarterback or at least disrupt him enough to redirect him to another guy that's rushing. So it's going to be a good challenge for us."

With Adams checking in at 6'7, 323 lbs, and Starks listed at 6'8, 345 lbs., they are no small dinosaurs either. That had Starks checking his Jurrasic knowledge.

"Not that we're not kinda tall. We're not brontosauruses, I think of us as T-Rex with longer arms. Or the one from 'Jurrasic Park,' more dangerous than T-Rex, made T-Rex look small. Cephalosaurus or something like that? The really big one. Anyway, I'm on TribLive trying to figure out what kind of dinosaur it is."

'Spinosaurus,' Max. But Adams has to earn that nickname on the field, first.

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