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PITTSBURGH -- Mike Pouncey beat Maurkice Pouncey into the world by a full 60 seconds in the summer of 1989, his first victory in a sibling rivalry that will reach a unique milestone on Sunday when the Miami Dolphins host the Pittsburgh Steelers.For the first time in their lives, the Pounceys will be in uniform in the same stadium, just not on the same sideline. When Mike runs out of the tunnel as the starting center for the Dolphins, hell see his twin brother in Maurkices familiar No. 53 in Pittsburghs black-and-gold across the way.Its a moment they always believed would come. That confidence, however, wont make it any less weird.Were best friends, but I havent given him any insight, though, Maurkice said. Hes got to go watch film like our guys got to go watch film.What theyll see are two physical marvels who in many ways are mirror images in more ways than one. Technically Mike is an inch taller (6-foot-5 to Maurkices 6-4) while Maurkices listed weight of 304 pounds gives him 5 pounds on Mike. In essence, though, their identicalness stretches beyond DNA.Were the same, Maurkice said.Its been that way since they were infants and their mother Lisa kept their hospital bracelets on until she figured out how to tell them apart. They began playing together when they were 6, got their first of many tattoos at 13, and worked side by side -- Maurkice at center, Mike at guard -- while helping Florida to a BCS title.Then their paths diverged. Maurkice left a year early for the NFL, and the Steelers made him the 31st pick in the 2010 draft. The transition wasnt easy, particularly for Mike.It was the first time we were ever separated, Mike said. I probably took it a lot harder than he did because he was making money. I was still in college.Though not for long. The Dolphins grabbed Mike with the 15th overall pick in the 2011 draft -- 16 spots ahead of where the Steelers picked his brother -- something Maurkice says Mike still wont let go.Its competition so much, with the Pro Bowls, with everything we do, Maurkice said.Technically Maurkice is ahead on that list, getting four invites to the NFLs annual All-Star game to three for his brother. Its a number that might be higher if not for a shredded knee that cost Maurkice all but eight snaps of the 2013 season, and a bum ankle that kept him out for all of 2015. The ability to stay healthy may be the one thing Maurkice envies about Mike, who missed Miamis first four games this fall with a fractured hip, but has avoided catastrophe.I tell him all the time hes the luckiest dude, Maurkice said with a laugh. This guy had a fractured hip and walks around like nothing happened to him. I sit on my couch with my foot in the air for five, six months.The two are nearly inseparable during the offseason, hopping between Miami and Pittsburgh for workouts while making the rest of the guys do a double take.All the guys get him confused, Mike said. When he comes in, they think hes me when Im not around. And the same when I go up there. Their team is very welcoming of me, coming into their facilities, working out and everything.Though the urge to play together remains very real, the business of the NFL (and common sense) has kept them apart during the season. Both are the linchpins of their respective offensive lines. When Maurkice signed a lengthy extension with the Steelers in 2014, he lobbied the Pittsburgh front office to make a run at Mike the following spring.Then the Dolphins offered Mike a lucrative extension of his own and, well, the family reunion would have to wait.Somebody comes to you and says, `Im going to give you $52 million, you going to go to the Steelers (instead)?, Maurkice said with a laugh. He jumped on it as quick as anybody.They remain in constant communication during the season, offering support and advice, though rarely congratulations.He never calls me and tells me he had a great block, Maurkice said. He tells me `You missed that guy on that play. Im like, `Youre depressing.Maurkice can take solace in this: his team is currently 4-1 and looks like a legitimate threat to head back to the Super Bowl for the first time since 2010. The Dolphins are 1-4 and seem to be headed for an eighth straight non-winning season.On Sunday, theyll share a bro hug during warmups and perhaps scan the stands for the 80 or so friends and family coming in for the game, and maybe offer a thanks for pushing each other to remarkable heights.Hes been a real help for my career, how its gone, Mike said. And Im sure hed say the same for me.Game notesSteelers WR Markus Wheaton (shoulder), T Marcus Gilbert (ankle), DE Cam Heyward (hamstring) and LB Ryan Shazier (knee) are out. WR Sammie Coates (hand) is questionable. ... Miami TE Jordan Cameron (concussion) is out. RB Arian Foster (hamstring), S Reshad Jones (groin), G Anthony Steen (ankle) and T Laremy Tunsil (ankle) are questionable.---AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and www.twitter.com/AP-NFLAtlanta Braves Pro Shop ., for the next three years with the signings on Monday of Daryl Townsend and Michael Carter. Braves Jerseys 2019 . 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SIMONS ISLAND, Ga.NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- For the Tennessee Titans to turn their franchise from the NFLs worst losers to winners, they have to figure out how to protect a lead.That makes taking better care of the football a priority.The Titans opened the season by jumping out to a 10-0 halftime lead and shut down Adrian Peterson, who led the NFL in rushing last season. Then they blew a chance at their first home win over a team not named Jacksonville since the end of the 2013 season by losing three turnovers in the span of four possessions. The Vikings returned two of those for touchdowns in beating Tennessee 25-16.Coach Mike Mularkey believes hes achieved at least one milestone for a franchise that has gone 5-27 combined the past two seasons.As detrimental as those turnovers were for scores, this team on that sideline still believed we were going to win the game all the way to the end, Mularkey said Monday. Thats what you want from your team is a chance, and we still thought we had a chance. Weve got to do it obviously to confirm that we can do it. But I believe these feel they can win at any time, especially with Marcus (Mariota) as our quarterback.Mariota was credited with two of the turnovers and only a roughing the passer penalty negated a second interception. His interception was returned 77 yards for a touchdown, while a ball Mariota tried to pull back from Murray hit the ground where a Vikings defender picked it up and ran 24 yards for another TD.Ball security was an offseason focus for Mariota coming off a rookie season where the No. 2 pick overall out of Oregon was intercepted 10 times and lost six fumbles. Mularkey said he was impressed with how Mariota threw the ball away earlier in the game.This will be a learning experience for Marcus that when he didnt do it, when he took that chance that play was a gamme changer, Mularkey said.dddddddddddd Early leading up to that he hadnt done that. If theres somebody on this team that I know will learn and probably not do that again, its him.Turnovers were a big issue for Tennessee last season as the Titans tied for 30th in the NFL with a minus-14 in turnover differential. Now theyve started off the season with more turnovers than any other team so far.Tight end Delanie Walker isnt worried about turnovers becoming an issue this season. He said more concentration and holding onto the ball will fix that, something hes confident will take place this week. But he said the Titans never hung their heads or gave up, even after falling behind 25-10 in the fourth quarter.Tennessee did drive 74 yards for a final touchdown inside the final minute.Finishing though is winning games, Walker said. Thats the one thing were going to have to do is win games.Now the challenge increases. The Titans visit Detroit (1-0), the first of three road games over the next month. They are home against Oakland on Sept. 25 before going to Houston and then Miami. Defensive lineman Jurrell Casey said theyve got to both clean up the turnovers and force some fumbles and interceptions defensively to win games.Its something that weve been dealing with and something weve got to continue to try to clean up, Casey said.Game notesMularkey said the Titans dont think LB Derrick Morgan significantly hurt his left hamstring but will need a couple more days before an MRI exam to know more. ... 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