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Don’t ask ‘Mean’ Joe for cross-era comparisons

They don't call him "Mean" Joe Greene for nothing, Lunatics.

Speaking with reporters Sunday inside the Pitt Panthers locker room at Heinz Field as part of a special event commemorating the 1979 Super Bowl XIV-winning Steelers, Greene was asked a question he didn't like.

How would Rams star defensive tackle Aaron Donald fit in with the Steel Curtain of the 1970s?

Enter Mean Joe:

"That was then. This is now," Greene began. "I don’t make comparisons like that. I think it’s unfair to do that. That guy is here today, setting the table and setting the tempo.