ALLEN PARK — My how things change.

In the not-so-distant past, the Detroit Lions were consistently the patsies.

Now, with a 6-3 record and a bruiser of a defensive tackle named Ndamukong Suh and his sidekick Nick Fairley, that has all changed.

The Lions play at the Steelers (3-6) on Sunday.

Pittsburgh wide receiver Emmanuel Sanders told the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review that the Steelers won’t roll over.

“We're definitely not going to get bullied. That's not going to happen around here. Nobody is going to bully no one around here,’’ Sanders told the paper.

“As far as matching their intensity, we're definitely going to match their intensity. No one is going to walk over us.”

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