Get ready for some more trick plays from the "STILLERS" this season.


"We were purposely going to line (quarterback) Kordell (Stewart) up under the right guard," said Mularkey, recalling one such play, on Sunday at St. Vincent College. "You know how some quarterbacks make the mistake, they come out of the huddle and they're trying to get the backs in the right position and they turn around and, by accident, they get under the right guard? And then, all of a sudden, you see them get back under center and they're totally embarrassed?

"Well, we were purposely going to line Kordell up under the right guard, and as the defense is going 'You big dummy,' direct-snap it to (running back) Jerome (Bettis). We could not do it."

Mularkey said that the NFL wouldn't allow the Steelers do it.

"That would have been a penalty," Mularkey said. "We had some ideas last year that I thought were great. I'd check with the officials and they said we could not do it because it would be attempting to deceive the defense.