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Rookies complement vets

The Steelers’ 15-10 win at Cleveland took a gritty, gutty effort by a veteran team, a veteran coach, a 39-year-old veteran quarterback, and a veteran defense still salty from a miserable tackling performance two weeks ago.

Oh, and a couple of rookies who refuse to stay down when the game is on the line.

“We’ve all talked quite a bit about their maturation throughout this process,” Mike Tomlin said. “We’ve got four rookies playing

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