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Hank Bronson of Lino Lakes, Minn. shows off his drinking viking tattoo to Steelers fans as Denise Smith of Beaver reacts during the home opener tailgate party on Sunday, Sept 17, 2017 outside Heinz Field. (Steph Chambers\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Pittsburgh Steelers Vince Williams celebrates after sacking Vikings quarterback Case Keenum Sunday, September 17, 2017, at Heinz Field, Pittsburgh. (Peter Diana\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin greets former player Brett Keisel before his team takes on the Vikings Sunday, September 17, 2017 at Heinz Field in Pittsburgh. (Matt Freed\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Steelers Ryan Shazier pulls in a ball during warmups before taking on the Vikings Sunday, September 17, 2017 at Heinz Field in Pittsburgh. (Matt Freed\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Steelers linebacker James Harrison carries a flag onto the field in honor of Dan Rooney before the team takes on the Vikings Sunday, September 17, 2017 at Heinz Field in Pittsburgh. (Matt Freed\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Steelers fans show their love for Dan Rooney as the team takes on the Vikings Sunday, September 17, 2017 at Heinz Field in Pittsburgh. (Matt Freed\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger reacts after forcing an offsides on a fourth and one in the first quarter against the Vikings Sunday, September 17, 2017 at Heinz Field in Pittsburgh. (Matt Freed\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Pittsburgh Steelers running back James Conner makes his first regular season home carry in the first quarter against the Vikings Sunday, September 17, 2017 at Heinz Field in Pittsburgh. (Matt Freed\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster carries for a touchdown against the Vikings Mackensie Alexander in the first quarter Sunday, September 17, 2017 at Heinz Field in Pittsburgh. (Matt Freed\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster celebrates with James Conner after scoring a touchdown, Sunday, September 17, 2017, at Heinz Field, Pittsburgh. (Peter Diana\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Pittsburgh Steelers running back Le’Veon Bell picks up 2 yards against the Vikings Sunday, September 17, 2017, at Heinz Field, Pittsburgh. (Peter Diana\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger is pressured by the Vikings Linval Joseph Sunday, September 17, 2017, at Heinz Field, Pittsburgh. (Peter Diana\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger scrambles in front of Vikings Everson Griffen in the third quarter Sunday, September 17, 2017 at Heinz Field in Pittsburgh. (Matt Freed\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Steelers wide receiver Martavis Bryant pulls in a pass in front of the Vikings Eric Kendricks in the third quarter Sunday, September 17, 2017 at Heinz Field in Pittsburgh. (Matt Freed\/Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":8724,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,15,11,14,132],"tags":[],"coauthors":[28,26,300],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/09\/17_ss_20170917mfsteelerssporst20.jpg?fit=2086%2C2000&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8719"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8719"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8719\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8733,"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8719\/revisions\/8733"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8724"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8719"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8719"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8719"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/photos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=8719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}