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Smith is dropped as starter at safety

Pittsburgh Steelers
12/19/2007 8:01 AM
The Post-Gazette reports S Tyrone Carter will replace Anthony Smith at free safety. The Steelers had allowed just one pass over 40 yards all season until they allowed three in the past two games -- of 63, 56 and 55 yards -- and Smith was involved in all three that went for touchdowns in losses to New England and Jacksonville. "When you are a free safety, you have to stay deep," Carter said. "Anthony is a great player. He has great instincts, but he's young. He's still learning. "When you're required to be deep, you have to be deep. Sometimes it gets habit-forming, to start biting on plays. I guess [the coaches] were fed up with it. But they're going to need him. It's just me, him and Troy [Polamalu]. It's nothing about his play; it's just thinking about what you're doing." Read more