If the Pittsburgh Steelers were feeling better about their chances to emerge as contenders in the AFC, Sunday's 21-18 loss in Oakland should effectively flatten those good vibes.  A flat-footed defense, an unorganized offense, untimely turnovers, failure to capitalize on opportunities, two missed field goals, poor clock management, and questionable play-calling all added up to a disastrous outcome to the Raiders (3-4).  Pittsburgh is now 2-5, still in last place in the AFC North, and is further ... Read More

When the Steelers take the field today 3,000 miles from Heinz Field, there will certainly be more than a few golden towels twirling amongst the sea of silver and black.  Undoubtedly, the crew chosen to announce the game will state how incredible the Black and Gold faithful travel.  This bothers me as a native of this region on many levels, simply because I have very little tolerance for ignorance. I use the term ignorant in its purest definition.  Those announcing quite simply do not know.  ... Read More

Head Coach Mike Tomlin and the Pittsburgh Steelers seem to have found some remnants of the team the city of Pittsburgh, and the country have been used to seeing the last 15 years, as they won for the second consecutive week to move to 2-4 on the season. While there is still a lot of work to do for this team, last week’s victory over the hated Baltimore Ravens has to give the team a major boost going into this week’s game on the road in Oakland. More important than just winning the game was the ... Read More

The National Football League is a business, and is by far the most popular business in sports in the United States today. The Pittsburgh Steelers have been successful in the NFL for 40-plus years, and that record of success over a long period of time says something about leadership as this team has had some great field generals. However, more importantly, it speaks to excellent management and leadership throughout the organization. That begins at the top with Dan Rooney. Rooney —owner, chairman ... Read More

Defense wins championships. That's the old adage, after all. However, outside of the Trent Dilfer-led Baltimore Ravens, you need a pretty good quarterback to win the NFL, as well. Now, we all know how much Pittsburgh fans — all fans, really — want to be reactionary after a loss. After the Pirates lost in the playoffs to the Cardinals, someone actually called into a local radio station to say that Clint Hurdle needed to be fired for not advancing to the NLCS. OK, that's an extreme example, but ... Read More

The Arizona Cardinals as we know in recent years have become Pittsburgh West. This latest trend started when the Pittsburgh Steelers decided to hire Mike Tomlin as their head coach instead of Ken Whisenhunt and Russ Grimm.  Whisenhunt was then hired as the Arizona Cardinals head coach, and he hired Grimm on as his line coach and assistant head coach.  From there, the Cardinals have been known to sign former Steelers players such as Joey Porter, Clark Haggans, Nick Eason, Bryant McFadden, William ... Read More

The Pittsburgh Steelers picked up their second win of the season on Sunday with the sweep of a leg. More importantly, the Steelers beat their arch-rival, the Baltimore Ravens, in dramatic, yet ordinary fashion. This is the Steelers that we have become so accustomed to over the years, as they held the opposing offenses to 20 points or less, and established a solid running game. Ben Roethlisberger didn't have big numbers by any means, as he finished the day 17-23 for 160 yards and one ... Read More

When Roger Goodell first took over for Paul Tagliabue as the commissioner of the NFL in 2006, I was excited for the change. He came off as a hard-nosed ruler, who wasn't going to cut the players any slack. You break the rules — or more importantly, the law — then you get suspended and fined. I loved it. Then Goodell expressed his interest in tightening up the game to protect the players. The NFL has done everything in its power to protect the quarterbacks and wide receivers. I like the ... Read More

With Week 7 now closed, one question seems to begin circling just a tad: Are the Steelers are back? My very first rebuttal to that is simply - really?  I mean sure, in two weeks they won twice, but they were 0-4 two weeks ago. I would think that in order to determine if the Steelers as back after four terrible weeks, wouldn’t they need four good weeks in return?  On average, that’s a fair request, is it not?  I can see how some Pittsburghers would feel joyous over the last two weeks. After all, ... Read More