UpdatedSep 8, 2011 12:29 AM ETSteelers linebacker James Harrisonand strong safety Troy Polamalu played only sparingly during thepreseason. But Tomlin expects both to log far more playing time atBaltimore."I imagine (Harrison) is sandbagging," coach Mike Tomlin saidwhen asked if Harrison's two offseason back injuries will limitedhis playing time in the season opener. "James Harrison likes toplay."Tomlin added that right cornerback Ike Taylor had the pinremoved Tuesday from his left thumb, which was broken in theexhibition opener at Washington."Under regular season-like circumstances, he probably would haveplayed a week ago at Carolina," Tomlin said. "I don't see itinhibiting his play. He had some good workouts on Sunday andMonday, and we expect that to continue as we work toward game time.We don't expect him to be limited in any form or fashion."Tomlin said Keenan Lewis will back up Bryant McFadden, andWilliam Gay will play some nickel. Linebacker Chris Carter is stilla battling a hamstring injury, and his playing status isuncertain.» Steelers center Maurkice Pouncey andBaltimore center Matt Birk didn't play many minutes during thepreseason, mostly because of nagging injuries, but they areexpected to start Sunday. Pouncey, who missed the Super Bowlbecause of a high ankle sprain, twisted his ankle against Atlanta.Birk is coming off knee surgery.» Tomlin had been asked repeatedly this preseason ifthe Steelers will rely more on anexplosive attack with wide receivers Mike Wallace and Antonio Brownor grind it out with running back Rashard Mendenhall behind a yetunproven offensive line."If it's conservative, we'll be that. If it's risk-taking, we'llbe that, not only offensively but defensively and on specialteams," Tomlin said.
       UpdatedSep 8, 2011 12:29 AM ETTuesday traditionally is a quiet day for most NFL players, a dayto try to heal from the assorted bumps and bruises of the mostrecent game before turning one's attention to the next one.But there was one Tuesday 10 years ago unlike any other, whenthat tranquility was shattered not only for football players, butfor an entire country. And nobody was thinking about the next game,especially not the New York Jets."It's still kind of a surreal thing," former Jets' standout wide receiver WayneChrebet said on a conference call Tuesday. "I can't believe itreally happened."It, of course, refers to the infamous terrorist attacks of Sept.11, 2001, when four planes were hijacked, and two were used asflying bombs to take down the Twin Towers of the World TradeCenter. It took two days for then-NFL commissioner Paul Tagliabueto announce that the league was postponing the games of theupcoming weekend, but the Jets' players had made up theirminds the day before that.They had no intention of playing a football game in Oakland thatSunday. Even if they had to forfeit.Vinny Testaverde, then the Jets' starting quarterback, grew upin Elmont, N.Y., not that far from the Jets' training facility at thattime, Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y. He knew a lot of peoplewho were affected by the tragedy, and he made up his mind veryquickly."Having a little bit closer connection," he said, "than maybemost of the other teammates, it hit home for me a little more. ...I wouldn't be making that trip [to Oakland]. I'd be staying home.... You take time to grieve. You pay tribute to those people thatlost their lives."Chrebet, a Garfield native, lived in Hackensack early in his Jets' career."My view was the skyline" of Manhattan, he recalled. "All of asudden, it was not there."Herm Edwards, then in his first year as a head coach, knewsomething was wrong that morning even before he turned on the TV inhis office, when he noticed the usual air traffic wasn't flyingover the team's facility.A day later, he canceled practice after 45 minutes because hecould tell his players weren't into it. Then-center Kevin Mawae,also the team's player rep, said Tuesday that the players votedunanimously that Wednesday by secret ballot not to play."There was really no way this team was going to be emotionallyready to play" that Sunday, Edwards recalled.They didn't have to but did return to the field 12 days afterthe terrorist attacks and defeated New England on the road.Testaverde was OK with that, just as much as he was against playingthe first Sunday after 9/11."I think it was part of the healing process for many Americans,"he said. "I also thought it was important to go forward and providesome entertainment, some distraction, if you will.""It was one of those moments you know exactly what you weredoing," Mawae said, adding that then-teammate Kerry Jenkins wasliving in a hotel in Manhattan at the time and told Mawae he"watched people jump out of the building from 60, 70 stories up toavoid burning to death. Those are things you don't forget."Edwards agreed."This tragic event never leaves for me," he said. "Every openingday I always reflect on that."As will the Jets and Cowboys when they playSunday night on the 10th anniversary."I know emotion will carry down to the field," Testaverde said,"and hopefully the players will feel that and respond to it."E-mail: pelzman@northjersey.com

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