The Steelers countdown to kickoff is here — and we’re at 70 days until Pittsburgh faces off against the New York Jets at MetLife Stadium.

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That was part of a draft that included linebacker Jack Ham, defensive end Dwight White and defensive tackle Ernie Holmes. All were eventual starters on those formidable Pittsburgh defenses.

“Bill was sitting there smoking his Kent cigarettes,” Greene said, laughing at the memory of it. “I had a fifth of Smirnoff vodka and he had made himself a drink, him and his buddy.