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Newcomers make instant impact

Associate Editor

Custer could have used this kind of cavalry.

The Steelers made a couple of midseason plucks off opposing practice squads and, at the risk of having to keep them on the 53-man roster for three weeks, Kerrith Whyte and Deon Cain appear to have a chance to become long-term finds.

Both Whyte and Cain played well in minimal playing time against the Cincinnati Bengals after one week of cramming with the Steelers.

They didn’t

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