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They said it: Five takes from Steelers

Here are five quotes that I needed to find somewhere to get on the blog or help tie everything together with the Pittsburgh Steelers wrapping up their preparation for their Sunday night game at the Carolina Panthers.

I have a feeling a certain cornerback who wears No. 24 will be making a regular appearance in this end of the week feature.

The Steelers' takes:

"We're trying to target it low and not too low because you get penalized there. But we're trying to play within the rules and it's a judgment call sometimes. You still have to go hit a guy. You have to tackle him. We were just talking about missed tackles [and] if you start worrying about where you are going to hit the guy you're going to miss him for sure. But we're trying to just lower the target and hit that guy not with our head and not in the head." -- Defensive coordinator Dick LeBeau on how the Steelers have adjusted to the rules that prohibit hitting players who are deemed defenseless and helmet-to-helmet hits

"Get your Twitter game up, get your Facebook game up, let people who might not know you see what you can do on the field, let your peers, teammates, family and friends see." -- Cornerback Ike Taylor on the Steelers playing a prime-time game Sunday at Carolina

"You've got to be Steady Eddie right now, You can't get too high, you can't get too low. We understand that we played terrible last week. All we can focus on is Carolina and just try to get better. We are mad but at the end we've got to get better and get ready for Carolina." -- Defensive end Cameron Heyward on the Steelers not panicking after a 20-point loss to the Ravens on Sept. 11

"Derek must be calling on his Cleveland experience. It's something that we appreciate. It's not something we take for granted. We realize there is responsibility that comes with that and the responsibility is to entertain our fans and we take that very seriously." -- Coach Mike Tomlin on backup Panthers quarterback Derek Anderson taking to Twitter to encourage season ticket holders at Bank of America Stadium not to sell their tickets to Steelers fans Sunday

"This old Model 78's leaking oil a little bit but it's out there having fun." -- Defensive end Brett Keisel, who turned 36 today, on how he is holding up after playing extensively in the Steelers first two games of the season