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Steelers' offense gets some help

The thought was the Steelers would address their offensive and defensive lines in the draft, and those picks may still be coming. But when RB Rashard Mendenhall fell to 23, Pittsburgh couldn't pass. Nor could they resist taking WR Limas Sweed at No. 23. Mendenhall was projected as a mid first-rounder, while Sweed could have gone late in Round One without many eyebrows raised. What is eyebrow-raising, though, is that an offense that needed a couple more playmakers -- the Steelers, don't forget, were 17th in yards gained last season -- got them. Mendenhall and Sweed will play part-time roles in 2008 and perhaps '09, too, but they are likely to be starters down the road. All in all, good work by Pittsburgh on Day One.

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