There wasn’t much surprise coming into today’s game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on who wouldn’t get helmets today for the Pittsburgh Steelers. The only real question coming in would guard Ramon Foster be healthy enough to dress after sitting out last week. That answer in no as Foster is inactive for a second consecutive week nursing an ankle injury as Cody Wallace will get another start at guard. The rest of the Steelers inactives include: LB Ryan Shazier, CB Ike Taylor, WR ... Read More
Injury replacements on defense must step up for Steelers
In a span of 10 plays, the Pittsburgh Steelers had the misfortune of losing three defensive starters to injury. In an otherwise fantastic night for the Steelers defense in a resounding 37-19 victory, this certainly was the lowlight of the game. First to go was linebacker Jarvis Jones, who broke his wrist on play where he forced a Cam Newton fumble. Jones had surgery earlier this week to repair the fracture, and the Steelers placed Jones on the injured reserve/designated to return, meaning ... Read More
Is Le’Veon Bell the NFL’s best RB?
After a great performance Sunday night against the Carolina Panthers, in which he rushed for 147 yards in a Pittsburgh Steelers victory, running back Le'Veon Bell started opening up some eyes nationally in the process. Three weeks into the 2014 season, Bell leads all NFL players with 461 yards from scrimmage and what made his Week 3 performance even better, was the fact that he had a big night against what could be one of the NFL's best front sevens. Through three games, he has 315 yards ... Read More
Be consistent when judging athletes
Let me start out by saying this. My views on this are exactly that. They don’t in any way represent Pittsburgh Sporting News as a whole. That being said, if you support James Harrison’s return to the Steelers but were bashing Ray Rice a few weeks ago, you’re inconsistent, and you’re a hypocrite. It’s really as simple as that. How quick we forget what Harrison did to his girlfriend at the time, Beth Tibbot. Yes, the case was dropped and Harrison had to undergo anger management, but ... Read More
Can James Harrison make an impact for Steelers?
Last night we were given the news per Ed Bouchette of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette that the Pittsburgh Steelers and James Harrison would reunite one more time. This of course, came after rumors swirled after an Instagram video showed Harrison asking his children if it might be ok to come back and "play one more year." Just mere days after Harrison officially retired a Steeler, he's back. Harrison will rejoin the team today, and immediately begin preparations for Sunday's game at home versus the ... Read More
Steelers Attempt Rebound in Primetime Matchup at Carolina
With ten days to brush off a lifeless defeat at the hands of the division-rival Baltimore Ravens, the Pittsburgh Steelers (1-1) visit Charlotte's Bank of America Stadium and the Carolina Panthers (2-0) on primetime Sunday Night Football. Pittsburgh lost by a 26-6 score at Baltimore in Week Two in the league's weekly Thursday night game, failing to truly compete with the hosts in an important early-season divisional matchup. The team's focus now turns to the undefeated Panthers and mobile ... Read More
Pittsburgh Steelers Report Card: Grading Steelers Week 2 loss to Ravens
Amid all of the controversy of the Ray Rice situation, things didn’t go exactly as planned for the Pittsburgh Steelers, falling to 1-1 on the year after a 26-6 defeat at the hands of the Baltimore Ravens Thursday night at M&T Bank Stadium. Three turnovers by the offense and a defense that allowed close to 350 total yards ultimately did the Steelers in Thursday night as Mike Tomlin’s team enters Week 3 with more questions than answers. Let’s take a look at how the Steelers graded out in ... Read More
Pittsburgh Steelers Report Card: Grading Steelers Week 1 Win vs. Browns
The Pittsburgh Steelers escaped Heinz Field on Sunday with a 30-27 victory over the Cleveland Browns. For as good as the Steelers looked in the first half of the game, they looked equally as bad at times in the second half. However a win is a win and Mike Tomlin’s team started the 2014 season in much better fashion than it did a season ago. With that being said, I am back for the third year in a row to give you my report card following every game. Let’s get right into how the ... Read More
Lack of elite QB’s improves Steelers chances of a playoff season
There's been a lot of speculation about what will happen with the 2014 Pittsburgh Steelers. Coming off back to back 8-8 seasons and a number of changes to the roster over that span, there seems to be uncertainty as to how this season will pan out. It seems that many people believe the Steelers will end up with a record somewhere between 8-10 wins. Eight wins will likely lead to serious talk of changes within the organization, ten wins would almost certainly get the Steelers back into the ... Read More
Steelers defensive line key to improved rush defense
If the Pittsburgh Steelers are going to have success this season as a defensive unit, they are going to need significant improvement stopping the run. After being perennially in the top three in the league in terms of run defense for years, last year's unit plummeted to 21st, and gave up a whopping 115.6 yards a game. It was the first time since the 2003 season that the Steelers had given up more than 100 yards on the ground per game in a season. To put into proper perspective, since 2004, ... Read More