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
Running Back Biggest Question Mark For Steelers in 2013 Off-Season
The Pittsburgh Steelers don't currently have any running backs under contract for the 2013 season. It is also rumored that they are looking for a feature back that can be a go to guy on offense. If they don't think that Jonathan Dwyer or Isaac Redman has what it takes to be that guy and if they don't want to re-sign Rashard Mendenhall then they will be forced to find a new running back this off-season. That means finding a player in free agency or in the 2013 NFL Draft. Mendenhall will become ... Read More
Are Steelers Likely Facing Another March Massacre?
The Steelers are in salary cap troubles once again which means for the second year in a row the team could be saying goodbye to multiple veteran players. Pittsburgh will be forced to let many, if not all, of their unrestricted free agents walk and they will need to a good draft in April to offset their losses. It's time for the Steelers to let some of their young players take over and to do so they will have to cut some of the aging veterans. Here is a breakdown of each position on the roster as ... Read More
Steelers Wide Receiver Coach Leaves for Duke
The Steelers wide receiver coach, Scottie Montgomery, has left the team to become the offensive coordinator for Duke. Montgomery became the Steelers wide receiver coach in 2010 and was considered to be one of Mike Tomlin's "guys." As was Amos Jones the Steelers formed special teams coordinator who left for the same job in Arizona. The question is whether Tomlin is cleaning house with his coaches or if the Steelers front office told him to get rid of these guys. Either way the Steelers ... Read More
Steelers Off-Season issues being blown out of proportion in some areas
The Steelers will have a difficult off-season, yes. They will have to make some tough decisions and Steeler Nation will have to say goodbye to some players that they aren't yet ready to say goodbye too, but that doesn't mean the Steelers are facing the apocalypse as so many seem to assume. According to Spotrac.com, the Steelers have 51 players currently signed to deals for the 2013 season including those players signed to future/reserves contracts. The total amount owed to those 51 players is ... Read More
Hines Ward keeping in the spotlight after retirement
Hines Ward played for the Pittsburgh Steelers from 1998-2011 and retired a legend a year ago. After retiring, the Steelers unofficially retired Wards' No. 86 and it will not be issued to players in the future. Ward retired as the Steelers leader in receptions, receiving yards, and receiving touchdowns. Ward helped the Steelers to the Super Bowl three times and won twice including Super Bowl XL in which Ward won the MVP award for his performance. Following his NFL career Ward has kept busy. ... Read More
Mock off-season: Steelers may fill holes via free agency this off-season
The Pittsburgh Steelers could be looking to improve and add depth at multiple positions across the roster. It is still early in the process, but if you take a look at 2013 NFL mock Drafts across the internet it is clear that no one really knows what the Steelers will do with that first pick. There are plenty of positions they could choose to address early in the draft, but they only have a limited number of picks. That means that the Steelers may have to do something uncharacteristic and fill ... Read More
Steelers may announce offensive line coach, special teams coordinator
When Sean Kugler accepted the head coaching position at UTEP it meant that the Steelers would need to find a new offensive line coach this off-season. There was also speculation that Todd Haley could leave and join the Cardinals as their new head coach and talk of the Steelers parting ways with special teams coordinator Amos Jones. Arizona decided not to hire Haley and instead hired former Steelers' offensive coordinator Bruce Arians. Today Arians announced the hiring of Jones as the ... Read More
Don’t kid yourselves, the Steelers aren’t drafting a quarterback in first round
Kevin Colbert, the Pittsburgh Steelers general manager, said that the team would not rule out drafting any position in the first round of the 2013 NFL Draft. After saying that many fans began thinking about whether or not the Steelers would take a quarterback in the first round of the draft. That comment has been taken way out of proportion and has been overblown by many people this week. Ben Roethlisberger was on pace to have the best season of his NFL career before he was injured against ... Read More
Is Steelers line or running backs at fault for running game?
The Pittsburgh Steelers run game is not what it used to be. During the 2005 season, the Steelers won a Super Bowl behind Willie Parker and Jerome Bettis and the run game. They passed the ball only when they needed too and Ben Roethlisberger only averaged 15 completions per game during the regular season. In comparison Roethlisberger averaged almost 24 completions per game in 2012 including only nine against the Chiefs in the game when he was injured. Roethlisberger was drafted by the Steelers ... Read More