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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A60919-2004Dec13.html**********************************************************************
By Mark Maske
Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, December 13, 2004; 4:27 PM
PITTSBURGH -- Jerome Bettis could have sulked when the Pittsburgh Steelers handed their starting tailback job to free-agent addition Duce Staley before the season. Bettis, after all, was the sixth-leading rusher in league history and had been his club's workhorse throughout his NFL career.
He didn't.
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"I would be lying if I said I love this role,'' Bettis said after the game. "My whole career, I have been the feature back. This is something I have grown to work within, in terms of understanding what my role is and really, really trying to excel in that role. It is one of those situations where I am finding a way to flourish in the role that has been given to me. I understand, and I think this is the best situation for this football team.''
The Steelers lined up in a formation that the Jets had seen often on tape -- one that indicated that a power running play was coming. That's exactly what the Steelers wanted the Jets to think when rookie quarterback Ben Roethlisberger handed the ball to Bettis, who charged forward -- and then stopped, backed up just a bit and flipped a pass to wide-open tight end Jerame Tuman for his third touchdown in six career passing attempts. The play -- called "438 Counter Pass,'' according to Bettis -- worked far better than it had during the week in practice, when Bettis's feeble throw landed far short of the tight end and led the coaching staff to have Staley run the play in Saturday's light practice.
"They were ready for that
play,'' Tuman said. "We sucked them right up, and I was able to get behind them.''
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