PITTSBURGH — For a guy who was supposed to be another Slash when the Pittsburgh Steelers drafted him in 1998, Hines Ward has been more than a reasonable facsimile of John Stallworth and Lynn Swann.

Fittingly, the two Hall of Fame receivers known for their playmaking ability in four Steelers Super Bowl victories will be in the stands Monday night when the Steelers (5-2) play the Baltimore Ravens (4-3) in a key AFC North game.

Because of Ward, Stallworth and Swann are finding their names less and less often in the Steelers' record book.

Ward's two touchdown catches during a 24-13 victory Sunday in Cincinnati gave him 61 for his career, two fewer than Stallworth's team-record 63. Ward also needs 445 yards to break Stallworth's club record of 8,723 yards receiving in a career.

"Looking back, it is a great feeling to have my name up there with players like Swann and Stallworth," Ward said. "To have the Steelers record for most TDs would be a huge accomplishment for me. I would have never dreamed that when I was drafted, and now I'm coming up on my 10th season."

Ward, the only four-time Pro Bowl receiver in team history, already owns Steelers records for career receptions (672) and single-season receptions (112 in 2002). About the only receiving records Ward may not get are for catches in a game (14, Courtney Hawkins, one off Ward's best) and receiving yards in a season (1,398 by Yancey Thigpen, or 69 yards more than Ward's best season).