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Joe Starkey

Joe Starkey: Would Jack Ham really be a backup in today's NFL?

PITTSBURGH — I'm hoping for Doug Whaley's sake that his take on Jack Ham didn't make it into his second interview for the Steelers' general manager job.

It might not have gone over well.

It made for great radio, though, on Whaley's weekly Wednesday appearance on The Fan Morning Show. Ears perked when the topic turned to whether Ham — a 6-foot-1, 220-pound Hall of Fame outside linebacker for the 1970s Steelers — could play in today's NFL.

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