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Steelers Defense Giveth, Taketh Away

The Steelers must've brought a new team out of the locker room in the second half to beat the Broncos, 34-27.

PITTSBURGH -- If it were a high school game, a coach would've gotten credit for lighting a fire under his team at halftime.

Arthur Moats just laughed at the thought. "None of that was needed," he said. "We understood what was at stake."

Moats is one of the Pittsburgh Steelers linebackers. No one reamed him or anyone else out at halftime, but the defense came back from an awful first half to play one of its best halves of the season and defeat the Denver Broncos, 34-27.