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 | | Subject: Kovacevic: Call Sanders the ‘X’ factor Sun Jul 28, 2013 11:36 am | |
| By Dejan Kovacevic
Mike Wallace is mostly an afterthought in the Steelers' collective mindset, having taken his afterburners to South Beach many months ago. But rest assured his special page in the Todd Haley Rosetta Stone Playbook — the one with an “X” marking the wide receiver, and a long, straight, upward arrow attached — is still in there.
Same simple terminology, too, which should please the quarterback.
“Still called ‘Go,' ” Emmanuel Sanders was saying before the team's first practice Saturday at St. Vincent. “And the guy doing ‘Go' is still called ‘X.' ”
Just one difference …
“I'm ‘X' now.”
He sure is. And what an “X” factor that could be this fall, one way or the other.
See, the coaches quietly have been grooming Sanders all spring and summer to shift from his natural slot position to the left outside flank. That began in earnest with deep balls in offseason training activities. It continued here, where the new wide receivers coach, Richard Mann, informed Sanders upon arrival into camp that the role will be his. And it even found some tangible form late on this Saturday afternoon, when Sanders dusted Willie Gay down the left side to haul in a 35-yard Ben Roethlisberger pass.
Read more: http://triblive.com/sports/dejankovacevic/dejancolumns/4402028-74/sanders-wallace-brown#ixzz2aM4UpuXY _________________  If you're going to be a smart ass, you'd better be smart. Otherwise, you're just an ass. | |
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