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Many of you reading this article came of age as Steelers fans during the “Blitzburgh” era. Those were fun times in the mid-1990s, as Pittsburgh re-established itself as a perennial AFC contender on the strength of a ferocious defense. Dom Capers, Dick LeBeau and Jim Haslett, who coordinated the unit at various times between 1992-1999, shared a similar vision for how the Steelers would respond to the growing trend that saw NFL offenses spreading the field and passing the football.