The Steelers have restructured the contracts of Lawrence Timmons, Antonio Brown, Ben Roethlisberger and LaMarr Woodley in the last three days. Timmons’ restructure saved the team $5 million against the cap in 2013. Brown and Roethlisberger’s restructures saved the team a total of around $9 million dollars. There are also rumors that Woodley has already restructured his contract, but it hasn’t been officially announced yet. Roethlisberger’s restructure is the latest of the Steelers work to get ... Read More
Steelers Will Host Free Agent Receiver Steve Breaston Today
Today the Steelers will host their first free agent of the 2013 off-season according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. That player will be Pittsburgh native Steve Breaston. Breaston is a six-year veteran in the NFL and has played for the Arizona Cardinals and Kansas City Chiefs. At both stops Breaston has worked with Steelers offensive coordinator Todd Haley. It is expected that the Steelers will lose receiver Mike Wallace in free agency this off-season and they will need to add a couple ... Read More
Should the Steelers Cut Willie Colon this Off-Season?
Over the past two days the Steelers have restructured two contracts and they are planning on doing two more. This is all part of the plan to get the cap number where they need it to be so that they can do what they want in the draft and free agency. Restructuring contracts, likely, won’t be enough on it’s own, however, and the Steelers are expected to make some cuts over the next two weeks. So far during the off-season many, including myself, have included Willie Colon in the discussion when ... Read More
Pitt flicks the switch in rout of South Florida
In Pitt’s victory Sunday over St. Johns, it looked like the Panthers simply flicked a switch to heat up at both ends of the floor in the second half. They flicked that same switch Wednesday night against South Florida. After struggling offensively for much of the game, the Panthers turned it on in the second half in a 64-44 Big East Conference victory. Trailing 30-28 in the second half with just under 16 minutes remaining, and shooting only 27.6 percent for the game, the Panthers ... Read More
Snedden’s Take: On-Campus Venue for Pitt Football: Yes or No?
This was a banner week for the Pitt football program. The Panthers inaugural season in the Atlantic Coast Conference is now set in stone, with the announcement of the official schedule released Monday. The slate includes many intriguing battles, including a Labor Day weekend game at Heinz Field against the Florida State Seminoles – essentially the status-quo program of the ACC. Also coming to Pittsburgh this fall will beNorth Carolina,Virginia, andMiami. Road games include Duke, Virginia ... Read More
Making the case for Tavon Austin at No. 17
The Steelers have more than their fair share of needs to address in up-coming free agency and the NFL Draft. The Steelers are in desperate need of running backs and receivers. While there's probably more of a chance that the Steelers will lean towards the defense in the first round, it wouldn't hurt to entertain the idea of drafting a wide receiver/ running back type of guy at pick 17. Insert Tavon Austin. At the NFL Combine, Austin wasn't lacking any confidence when he stepped to the podium. ... Read More
Panthers knock out Vokoun with four power play goals
Tomas Vokoun was looking for a pleasant homecoming when he returned to Florida to face his formal team. Instead, he was pulled in the second period and the Penguins were forced to play catchup. While they did even the score before the second intermission, a mistake by Kris Letang and a perfect shot from Tomas Fleischmann ended up making the difference as the Panthers defeated the Penguins 6-4. Tomas Kopecky got the Panthers on the board with a backhand shot. Brian Campbell took the puck to ... Read More
Steelers might need change in 2013
There has been a lot of talk about the changes that are coming for the Steelers during the 2013 off-season. Over the next two weeks they will have to become compliant with the NFL salary cap. To do so they will have to make some very tough decisions with multiple players on their roster. The Steelers will also be left with decisions to make on how much cap space to clear if they are intending to re-sign some of their own free agents. Corner Keenan Lewis is said to be a priority for the team ... Read More
2012 Steelers A Perfect Example of “Any Given Sunday”
The saying "any given Sunday" is well known around the NFL. It's basic meaning is that any given Sunday any team can beat any other team and for the most part it is true. Every year in the NFL there are good teams and bad teams, but the one thing that people fail to remember at times is that every player in the NFL is a pro-football player and was a stand-out player in college. Through the history of NFL football there have only been two teams that have ever lost every game during the regular ... Read More
Panthers, Seminoles to kick off 2013 season
Many are excited to see how Pitt's first season as a member of the ACC plays out and at the minimum, things have gotten better for the Panthers already. Pitt will open league ACC play on Labor Day against Florida State at Heinz Field, in a nationally televised game (8 p.m. ET, ESPN) between two programs that haven't met in 30 years. The Seminoles' last trip to Pittsburgh was in 1983. While Pitt will be double-digit underdogs in their season opener, the national exposure the Panthers will ... Read More