Mariano Rivera Highlights

Jon Gruden channels Mo to teach Pittsburgh Steelers how to close big games again. From Twitter, Monday night, 11/9/09:

• "jon gruden just threw video of Mariano Rivera up to talk about the steelers closing games.
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• BECAUSE "CLOSE," YOU GUYS!!! ... 8:24 PM Nov 9th from Splitweet" 'Throwing into Traffic"**********

• 12/10 Re: Pittsburgh Steelers closing games:

"Has this year's team become so sure of itself and the knowledge of its system that the players didn't sense the need to pay attention to the details

• that gave them the edge in the late going?

As recently as the Monday night game, ESPN analyst Jon Gruden was comparing the Steelers to

• Yankees closer Mariano Rivera -

• when the Steelers are leading late in the game, they were
  
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• as good as unbeatable.

The Mariano Rivera of the NFL has morphed into the league's answer to Matt Capps.

• That it took Tomlin basically the entire season to act against the Steelers' special-teams shortcomings, their failure to score touchdowns once inside the red zone and their suddenly beatable secondary is a testament to his failure to act before the situation grew out of hand."...

from article in Indiana (Pennsylvania) Gazette by Rick Weaver, "Differing Views on Steelers"

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