Multimedia presentation by Lake Fong and Lizabeth Gray
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

The Steelers and their fans moved the scene of training camp action yesterday from St. Vincent College campus to Latrobe High School's Latrobe Stadium for the annual goal-line drill.

Hours before the practice session the faithful were lining up in sweltering August heat for the autograph session.

When the Steelers arrived at Latrobe Stadium at 6:45 p.m., the heat index on the field was 100 degrees.

One point of the drill is simple enough: hitting hard.

And fans were not dissappointed.

It was the first time the Steelers have been involved in tackling since the Super Bowl -- and a thunderous hit on running back Verron Haynes near the end of the practice showed that somebody had not lost their edge.

"I thought it was a good night's work," said head coach Bill Cowher.

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Haynes takes hit in goal-line drill

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First published on August 3, 2006 at 12:00 am

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