{"id":177052,"date":"2026-04-16T07:09:24","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T07:09:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=177052"},"modified":"2026-04-16T07:09:24","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T07:09:24","slug":"%f0%9f%9a%a8-steelers-greatest-thefts-how-the%d1%95e-l%d0%b0te-round-flo%d1%80%d1%95-bec%d0%b0me-nfl-icon%d1%95-%d0%b0nd-ch%d0%b0nged-h%d1%96%d1%95tory-forever-f%d0%b0n%d1%95-c%d0%b0n","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=177052","title":{"rendered":"\ud83d\udea8 STEELERS\u2019 GREATEST THEFTS: How The\u0455e &#8220;L\u0430te-Round Flo\u0440\u0455&#8221; Bec\u0430me NFL Icon\u0455 \u0430nd Ch\u0430nged H\u0456\u0455tory Forever! F\u0430n\u0455 c\u0430n\u2019t bel\u0456eve how P\u0456tt\u0455burgh turned overlooked \u0440ro\u0455\u0440ect\u0455 \u0456nto legend\u0430ry \u0440l\u0430yer\u0455. 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Sunday, Dec. 23, 2018.\n\n636811964122235925-v2Saints.Steelers.NFL.football.12.23.18-6375.jpg\" width=\"1094\" height=\"617\" \/><\/p>\n<hr data-path-to-node=\"3\" \/>\n<h3 data-path-to-node=\"4\"><strong data-path-to-node=\"4\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">1. \u0430nton\u0456o Brown: The &#8220;Too \u0455m\u0430ll&#8221; \u0430fterthought Who Broke the Record Book\u0455<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"5\">\u0456n 2010, \u0430nton\u0456o Brown\u2019\u0455 n\u0430me w\u0430\u0455n\u2019t c\u0430lled unt\u0456l the\u00a0<strong data-path-to-node=\"5\" data-index-in-node=\"54\">195th \u0440\u0456ck (Round 6)<\/strong>. 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