For the first time in the 45 years of the NFL 101 committee naming an AFC Offensive Player of the Year, there will be co-winners for the prestigious award. Those co-winners are the Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Antonio Brown and running back Le'Veon Bell. For both Brown and Bell, this award caps off a historic season for each player, as both were not only selected for the Pro-Bowl, the Steeler standouts were also honored as first team All-Pro selections. Brown had one of the best seasons ... Read More
Le’Veon Bell not cleared, will miss Pro Bowl
When Pittsburgh Steelers running back Le’Veon Bell went down with a knee injury in the Steelers regular season finale against the Cincinnati Bengals, likely the Steelers season went down with him. But while Bell and many others felt that he would be ready to go if the Steelers got past the Baltimore Ravens in the Wild Card Round of the NFL playoffs, you have to wonder if that would have been the case. Bell had said back then that if cleared he would have played against the Denver Broncos ... Read More
Greatest games of the LeBeau era: Steelers defeat Ravens three times in one year to win AFC championship
When it comes to the NFL and it's best rivalries, there is little doubt that the Baltimore Ravens and Pittsburgh Steelers are as good as it gets. The 2008 season was the best example of how intense and heated this rivalry was. During the regular season, the teams faced off in two low scoring slugfests that were both won by the Steelers. The second of these games, a December match up in Baltimore, was one of the more brutal and intense games in the rivalry. The Steelers would win the game 13-9 ... Read More
Le’Veon Bell named PFWA Most Improved Player
Judging by his performance in his second season in the NFL, Pittsburgh Steelers running back Le'Veon Bell could be collecting many awards and honors throughout his pro football career. The first of his honors came on Friday when Bell was named the 2014 Most Improved Player of the Year by the Pro Football Writers of America. Bell set a Steelers’ franchise record with 2,215 yards from scrimmage this year (second in NFL). He also set a Steelers’ record for running backs with 83 receptions ... Read More
Greatest games of the LeBeau era: Steelers win a classic for sixth Super Bowl title
When it comes to greatest games in Steeler history, the game that PSN ranks as the second best of the LeBeau era is often mentioned in the same breath as the 1972 Immaculate Reception victory over the Oakland Raiders, the thrilling Super Bowl XIII victory over the Dallas Cowboys and the 1995 AFC title game victory over the Indianapolis Colts. The Steelers simply have too many memorable games to do them all justice, and many of those came with the great Dick LeBeau making the calls for some of ... Read More
Greatest games of the LeBeau era: Steelers take down Colts en route to Super Bowl title
When legendary defensive coordinator Dick LeBeau announced he would not be returning to the Steelers for the 2015 season, it ended a legendary run. The 77-year-old Hall of Fame coach led some of the more dominant defensive units in NFL history, and those defenses helped the Steelers earn three trips to the Super Bowl in six years, along with two Lombardi trophies. During LeBeau's tenure with the Steelers, the defense played in some memorable games where their performances became part of ... Read More
Keith Butler the right choice to replace the legendary Dick LeBeau
When the Steelers officially announced on Tuesday that longtime linebackers coach Keith Butler would replace Dick LeBeau as defensive coordinator next season, it should not have come as a surprise. After all, if we have learned anything about this storied franchise over the years, it's that loyalty and continuity are valued as much as anything. That might sound a touch ironic in this case. After all, LeBeau is already rumored to be heading to Arizona to continue coaching after resigning after ... Read More
Keith Butler named Steelers new defensive coordinator
Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker coach Keith Butler has been patiently waiting. That wait has paid off as Butler was announced today as the Steelers new defensive coordinator, replacing Hall of Famer Dick LeBeau, who resigned shortly after the regular season ended. Butler has been long thought of to be LeBeau's future replacement. Now it is officially Butler's time. The Steelers have thought very highly of Butler for some time now as they reportedly would have blocked him from ... Read More
Dick LeBeau’s out, but was he only one to blame?
Dick LeBeau is out as defensive coordinator. Call it a resignation by force, a firing, a peaceful parting of the ways, anything you want, but the bottom line is a legend is leaving the organization. Maybe it was time to go and maybe it wasn’t. No one can discount how instrumental LeBeau was in winning the last two championships, and when he was given the proper defensive talent to coach, he looked like a genius. All the speculation was on which coaches were going to be kept following the ... Read More
End of era: Steelers and legendary defensive coordinator Dick LeBeau part ways
According to Steve Stout of the Urbana Daily Citizen, legendary defensive coordinator and Hall of Fame member Dick LeBeau will not return for the 2015 season. “@udcstout: Dick LeBeau just told me he is resigning as Steelers' defensive coordinator” — Urbana Daily Citizen (@UrbanaCitizen) January 10, 2015 BREAKING NEWS: In exclusive interview with UDC ... Dick LeBeau resigns position with Pittsburgh Steelers... http://t.co/fokPUrcTw0 — Urbana Daily Citizen (@UrbanaCitizen) January ... Read More