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PITTSBURGH -- Its not the kind of shutout the Pittsburgh Steelers defense had in mind to start the season. Red Michael Jordan Jersey .Washington Redskins quarterback Kirk Cousins dropped back to pass 43 times in Pittsburghs 38-16 victory in the opener last Monday. And 43 times Cousins was able to get the ball off without finding himself laying on the ground underneath someone clad helmet to cleats in black-and-gold.Sure, the Steelers won easily. Yet theyre well aware they need sacks if they want to slow down Cincinnati on Sunday.We have to get pressure, defensive end Cam Heyward said. You can cover up a lot when youre able to hit the quarterback. Weve got to put (Bengals quarterback) Andy (Dalton) on his butt. Thats as simple as its got to be.Even that might not be enough. Cincinnati edged the New York Jets 23-22 in Week 1 despite Dalton getting dropped a career-high seven times. When given time, Dalton carved up New Yorks secondary by finding do-everything wide receiver A.J. Green. Pittsburgh collected three sacks in each of its three meetings with the Bengals a year ago, doing it thanks to a variety of exotic blitz schemes designed by defensive coordinator Keith Butler.Yet the Steelers were decidedly more vanilla against Washington, often just rushing the front four and dropping seven and sometimes eight men into coverage to protect against the deep ball and give its secondary littered with inexperienced players all the help it could get.When you blitz, sometimes theres a little bit of a risk factor that they could make a big play on you, stuff like that, Butler said. A lot of times, we rushed three. Did we want more pressure than we got out of a four-man rush? Yes.The Redskins also relied heavily on a passing game that requires Cousins to get rid of the ball quickly. Rarely did he require a handful of seconds to throw it downfield. Yet thats hardly an excuse to Heyward. Pittsburghs already matched its total of sackless games from 2015, when it finished with 48 sacks in all, a nearly 50 percent jump from the 33 the Steelers collected in 2014.The pocket got awfully uncomfortable in the pocket for the opposing quarterback at times, helping the Steelers for 30 turnovers in 2015, a significant uptick from the 21 they forced in 2014. All that heat helped Pittsburgh make the playoffs for a second straight season despite finishing 30th in the league against the pass. While two of Cousins throws ended up in the arms of guys in a different colored jersey -- momentum-turning plays that served as the fuel for an eventual blowout -- Cousins passed for 329 yards and his jersey didnt even get dirty.Im not OK that we gave up yards, no, Butler said. At the same time, well get better, I think, as the year goes along. At the end of the day, its still about winning, not about how many yards we gave up or where were at defensively in the league. Would I like to be No. 1 in the league? Of course I would. At the same time, I want to make sure we win, too.Butler is likely to open up the playbook as the season goes on and rookie cornerback Artie Burns and rookie safety Sean Davis become more comfortable. Their development would allow Butler to get creative in finding ways to let outside linebackers James Harrison, Arthur Moats and Jarvis Jones get to work coming in off the edge.I felt like we were definitely creating the climate we wanted, Moats said. We got the turnovers we needed.Just no sacks. Something the Steelers know cant become a regular occurrence. Or else.I do think we have the guys, Heyward said. I have high goals for us and when we dont hit them, Im not going to be happy about it.Game notes WR Antonio Brown received a pair of fines from the NFL, one for the touchdown dance against Washington that drew a flag for unsportsmanlike conduct and another for wearing blue cleats, a violation of the leagues uniform policy. Brown did not rule out dancing again but added he didnt want to do anything to hurt the team. ... LB Ryan Shazier (knee) and WR Markus Wheaton (shoulder) are questionable. C Cody Wallace, CB Senquez Golson and FB Rosie Nix are out.---AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and AP NFL Twitter feed: www.twitter.com/AP-NFL Youth Michael Jordan Jersey . Datsyuk will miss Tuesdays game against New Jersey and could be sidelined longer, while Cleary will likely miss at least the next three games. Its been an injury-plagued season for Datsyuk, who has suited up for just 39 games. Womens Michael Jordan Jersey . The move comes after the Canadiens were approached by the Buffalo Sabres for permission to speak to Dudley - a former Sabres player and head coach. "The Sabres called for permission and I appreciate that, Im flattered, Dudley told TSN Hockey Insider Pierre LeBrun of ESPN. http://www.michaeljordanjersey.com/ Why would the Western Bulldogs pick a giant ruckman in the first round of the AFL draft when everybody knows Luke Beveridge prefers mobile rucks who can play multiple roles?And why would they select a skinny, 205cm prospect when clubs are generally moving away from spending precious first-round picks on project ruckmen?Because Tim English isnt a traditional ruckman.The West Australian played most of his junior football as a midfielder before a growth spurt forced a positional change.That should help English adjust to Beveridges different approach to the role of the ruckman.With less of a premium placed on winning the tap, the Dogs ranked 16th for hitouts in their premiership season and Jordan Roughead, their first-choice ruck, was a key-position player before Beveridge arrived at Whitten Oval.English says hes up for the challenge.(The coach) does like mobile ruckmen and its a huge honour that the (clubs) list management have the faith in me to be able to play that role, English said.At South Fremantle, that was my role so hopefully its similar here. Jordan Jersey. Mobility is one of my strengths, so maybe Im not (a traditional ruckman).Such is Englishs ability to cover the ground and win his own ball, hes been favourably compared to West Coast great Dean Cox.I cant really control what peoples opinions are ... Id be stoked if I could be half as good as Dean Cox, he said.Obviously its a huge comparison, Im pretty humbled by that, but I havent really achieved anything yet.Weighing just 92kg, English has significant work to do to get his body up to AFL standard and will likely spend 2017 in the gym and learning his craft at VFL level.English and fellow draftees Patrick Lipinski, Lewis Young and Fergus Greene joined the Bulldogs first-to-fourth-year players on Tuesday at Whitten Oval.The 2016 premiership party will be over for the rest of the playing group when full pre-season training begins next week. 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