Steelers Deliver Niner Knockout

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He gathered in the kick near his end zone and started to his left. Allen Rossum spied a huge opening to his right and flashed through it.

Not one 49ers player touched Rossum during his 98-yard kickoff return, which resulted in a touchdown and limited the only time the Steelers have trailed this season to 12 seconds.

Untouched is pretty much what the Steelers are after they won another game they were supposed to win and again did so in impressive fashion. The Steelers improved to 3-0 Sunday with a 37- 16 thumping of San Francisco in front of 64,313 at Heinz Field.

The Steelers' special teams and defense excelled on a gorgeous, sunny day, as did an offense …