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While the Pittsburgh Steelers saw their Super Bowl LV hopes dashed two weeks ago, followers will acknowledge loads of acquainted faces when the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs and Tampa Bay Buccaneers meet on Feb. 7.

Six gamers with Steelers ties are anticipated to take the sphere in both purple or pewter on Tremendous Bowl Sunday, with the 2 most notable examples being Tampa Bay extensive receiver Antonio Brown and Kansas Metropolis operating again Le’Veon Bell.

Each missed their respective championship video games as a result of damage, however may return to well being in time for the Tremendous Bowl with two weeks to recuperate.

As well as, the Chiefs additionally boast guard Stefen Wisniewski and punter Dustin Colquitt, who each frolicked in Pittsburgh earlier this season.

Wisniewski is in line to make his second-straight Tremendous Bowl begin in response to accidents alongside the Chiefs’ offensive line suffered Sunday, whereas Colquitt is on Kansas Metropolis’s apply squad.

Former Steelers defensive again Ross Cockrell and nostril sort out Steve McLendon will take the sphere for the Buccaneers defensively.

However Tampa Bay’s Pittsburgh connections don’t cease on the sphere, because the Buccaneers can even have six coaches with Steeler ties on the sideline for the large recreation, together with head coach Bruce Arians.

Arians, who’s in his second season in Tampa, spent eight years in Pittsburgh, serving as extensive receivers coach (2004-06) earlier than being elevated to offensive coordinator (2007-11).

Bucs offensive coordinator Byron Leftwich performed beneath Arians in Pittsburgh, and had three separate stints with the Steelers as a backup quarterback to Ben Roethlisberger.

Tampa Bay additionally boasts assistant head coach and run recreation coordinator Harold Goodwin, outdoors linebackers coach Larry Foote, offensive assistant Antwaan Randle El and assistant coach Tom Moore.

Even with the Steelers at dwelling watching together with the remainder of the nation, Pittsburgh shouldn’t have any scarcity of rooting pursuits when the Chiefs meet the Buccaneers in Tampa in two weeks time.