LATROBE, Pa. (AP) -The Pittsburgh Steelers’ defense knew it was getting old. But this old? Not yet.
Due to a computer error, the Steelers’ media guide bumps up a number of players’ ages by four years each. James Farrior is listed at 39, Aaron Smith at 38, James Harrison at 36, Larry Foote and Ryan Clark at 34, Troy Polamalu at 33.
Losing fourth-quarter leads five times in the same season, as the Steelers did last season while going 9-7 and missing the playoffs, is enough to age any defense. Only not quite this much.
Dick LeBeau, who turns 73 next month, is the NFL’s oldest coordinator, so it’s probably good that database error didn’t find its way to his biography. A scratch golfer who can shoot his age on the right course, LeBeau doesn’t care much when his age his mentioned. When someone calls his defense too old, however, it does upset him.
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