Good morning, Pittsburgh. Here's your day in sports for Saturday, August 29, 2015. What's on tap for today: The Steelers (1-2) will make the four hour journey north to Buffalo, New York to take on the Bills (1-1) at 4:00 p.m. in their fourth of five preseason contests. Defensive end Stephon Tuitt (ankle) is out, while quarterback Michael Vick may make his Steelers debut. KDKA-TV The Pirates (78-49) will host the Colorado Rockies (51-74) at 7:05 p.m. for the second game of their ... Read More
Maurkice Pouncey likely to miss at least 10 games
After suffering an ankle injury in the first quarter of the Pittsburgh Steelers preseason game against the Green Bay Packers on Sunday, the team knew they would be without Pro Bowl center Maurkice Pouncey. They just didn’t know for how long. According to the Tribune Review's Mark Kaboly, Pouncey, who broke his left fibula near his ankle, will be put on the injured reserve/designated to return to start the season. That means Pouncey will be forced to miss at least the first six games of the ... Read More
Steelers mailbag: Why Vick? Prognosis for Pouncey? Rising Shazier?
Why would the Steelers take a washed up QB (Vick) when they have arguably one of the more physically solid QB's in terms of injury and ability to handle the hits received?---Charles McKenna, Santa Barbara, California. The whole Vick to the Steelers story has blown up out here in Pittsburgh like nobody's business. Specific to your question, I tend to agree with the "washed up" premise regarding Vick. He's 35 and has had a long history of injuries throughout his career. Add that Vick has never ... Read More
Steelers lack of depth being tested early on
The Pittsburgh Steelers won their first preseason game on Sunday against the Green Bay Packers, but ultimately they came out losers in the end. Like any preseason game, the outcome on the scoreboard doesn’t matter as much as coming out of the game healthy. That didn’t happen for the Steelers as injuries to Pro Bowl center Maurkice Pouncey and second-year defensive end Stephon Tuitt could turn out to prove costly for the black and gold. Pouncey, who was in a soft cast and on crutches ... Read More
5 takeaways from Steelers win over the Packers
In a preseason contest marred by injury and sloppy play, the Pittsburgh Steelers were able to get their first victory in three tries by defeating the Green Bay Packers 24-19 at Heinz Field. Unfortunately, the game will be remembered more for the volume of injuries to key players for both teams than the outcome. Let's take a look at some of the biggest takeaways from this afternoon's contest. The injury to Maurkice Pouncey looks significant, while Stephon Tuitt's intial prognosis looks more ... Read More
Steelers beat Packers, both teams lose players
The Pittsburgh Steelers (1-2) hosted the Green Bay Packers (1-1) in their first game at Heinz Field this preseason on Sunday afternoon, and after allowing the Packers take an early 10-point lead, Pittsburgh was able to come to win their first preseason game of the season, 24-19. Green Bay began the game flying out of the gates, using the no huddle on several occasions. Catching the Steelers’ offense off guard by playing at a fast pace, the Packers went down the field and scored a quick ... Read More
Maurkice Pouncey, Mike Adams start camp on PUP List
The Pittsburgh Steelers have yet to hold a full practice as a team at training camp in Latrobe, but are already without five players, including a couple key ones that are down with injuries already. Steelers Head coach Mike Tomlin announced that: Pro-Bowl center Maurkice Pouncey (foot sprain), offensive tackle Mike Adams (back), backup quarterback Bruce Gradkowski (throwing shoulder), rookie cornerback Senquez Golson (shoulder) and linebacker Shawn Lemon (Achilles) all will begin the season ... Read More
Steelers to restructure contracts of Mike Mitchell, Maurkice Pouncey
Pittsburgh Steelers general manager Kevin Colbert has been busy freeing up cap space for the upcoming offseason. On Wednesday I looked at the fact that Colbert freed up $3.7 million by restructuring the contract of offensive tackle Marcus Gilbert. Later on in the day he did the same to both safety Mike Mitchell and center Maurkice Pouncey. The three restructured deals will save the team a total of $9.5 million in or the upcoming season. Mitchell, who signed with the Steelers prior to ... Read More
Three Steelers named to 2014 All-Pro Team
With the way the Pittsburgh Steelers offense performed this season, there’s a good chance that many of their players will receive some postseason recognition. That started on Friday when three Steelers players were named to the 2014 All-Pro team. Wide Receiver Antonio Brown (49 votes out of a potential 50), running back Le’Veon Bell (44) and center Maurkice Pouncey (21), all were voted onto the first team. Linebacker Lawrence Timmons, who received four votes, was the only other Steelers ... Read More
Cutting Blount was the only choice
When the Pittsburgh Steelers announced earlier this afternoon that LeGarrette Blount had been released, I was busy furiously penning my own case as to why there was no other choice but to cut ties after only 11 games. You see, for all of the transgressions over Blount's career, both in college and in the pros, the last of those poor decisions was his worst. In this case, there were no punches thrown at an opponent, no police involved, no nearly coming to blows with one of your teammates or ... Read More