For a while now there have been whispers about the Pittsburgh Steelers wanting to host a Super Bowl in the near future. It looks as if seeds are being planted in order for that to potentially happen. According to Chris Adamski of the Tribune-Review, Pittsburgh mayor Bill Peduto other local dignitaries met with Steelers executives Wednesday morning concerning the city and stared to lay the ground work to bring Super Bowl LVII to Heinz Field in 2023. “We met this morning with local ... Read More
2013 Steelers season preview
Right as the next NFL season is set to officially begin, Steelers fans can either optimistically dream of Mike Tomlin, Ben Roethlisberger and friends raising a seventh Lombardi Trophy on the stage at MetLife Stadium, or they can sit anxiously and await kickoff Sunday and every other game with reservations and angst and pessimism. Both outlooks are bound to elicit conversation and there are valid arguments for either school of thought. While a Super Bowl run would be perhaps a surprise to many, ... Read More
Steelers are the true “America’s Team”
When the Cowboys first came into existence, and then became relevant they were titled “America’s Team.” They received that title because of being on TV so much, and they had such a following all over the country. But now a days you ask the question of who America’s team is, you might get a different answer. A lot of people now believe that America’s new team is the one and only Pittsburgh Steelers. The Steelers have been a popular team since the 70’s when they won most of their Super Bowls. ... 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
The Super Bowl that Could Have Been
If I take my personal allegiance to the Steelers away, there is one play in Super Bowl history that stands above all others for me. It was Super Bowl XXXIV, the Rams and the Titans. Six seconds remained; Tennessee was down 23-16 and had the ball at the Rams 10-yard line. One last chance to punch it in. The late quarterback Steve McNair dropped back in the pocket (maybe the only time he threw from the pocket that game) and suddenly saw a streaking Kevin Dyson at the five-yard line. Dyson ... Read More
Ray Lewis: The bitter and the beloved
In 1998, a middle linebacker entering his third season with the Baltimore Ravens signed a four-year contract totaling $26 million dollars, with a $7 million dollar signing bonus. This newly rich man was Ray Lewis, and this made him the highest paid linebacker in the NFL. One might say that is quite a bit of money for a young, professional athlete to handle himself. In recent years, we have all seen cases of how other athletes act when they think they are guarded by an invincible shield of ... Read More
Why the Ravens have a little bit of Steelers magic in them
When thinking about the Pittsburgh Steelers and Baltimore Ravens football teams, most think of a hard nose, physical rivalry between two teams that do not like each other. Besides the physical state of play, there is not much that you could find that both teams have in common. That is, until he Ravens set off on their most current playoff run that looks quite similar to a playoff run that the Steelers embarked on earlier this century. As most already know, before the playoffs started this ... Read More
NFL power rankings and predictions
Wow. Where has the time gone? It seems like just yesterday that Mario Manningham made the sideline grab to help the Giants defeat the Patriots for the Super Bowl. Now, in just two days, the NFL season officially kicks off when the aforementioned Giants will take on the Cowboys to kick off the season. How will your favorite team do? How will your favorites teams offseason moves or draft moves help your team? Here are my NFL power rankings and predictions for the upcoming NFL season. 1. ... Read More