Steelers plan to attack ?candy bar? Brandon Boykins (Shutdown Corner)

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An alternative definition of the word "sweet", used by today's freshest young whippersnappers, is "easy" or "not presenting much of a challenge." For example, if you're in a bar throwing darts, and you get to play a against a man so drunk that he doesn't know which end of the dart is the pointy one, and he also recently suffered third degree burns on all of his fingertips, you just got the sweet matchup. The Pittsburgh Steelers feel like they've found something similar against Philadelphia Eagles cornerback Brandon Boykin, a rookie fourth-round draft pick. So sweet is Boykin, according to Steelers receiver Antonio Brown, that the Steelers are calling him "the candy bar." In particular, a Snickers bar. "He's given up a lot of plays. Whoever gets that guy definitely has to take advantage," said Brown via Observer-Reporter.com. Boykin is the nickel corner behind starters Nnamdi Asomugha and Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie. Against the Steelers seventh-ranked passing attack, Boykin figures to see a lot of action, and will probably see a good bit of Emmanuel Sanders, the Steelers third receiver. It's a matchup the Steelers like.

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