The Pittsburgh Steelers have until the end of the day Sunday to match the offer sheet for Emmanuel Sanders. Sanders has signed a one year $2.5 million deal with the New England Patriots. If the Steelers choose not to match the offer they will receiver the Patriots third round pick. They will also save about $1.3 million against the cap. The Steelers could also choose to match the offer and pay Sanders $2.5 million for the 2013 season. Due to the Steelers cap issues if they match the offer ... Read More
2013 NFL Mock Draft
Now that free agency has slowed down a bit, it's time for my latest 2013 NFL Mock Draft. A lot has changed since my last mock, right before free agency began. With that being said, let's not waste any time as the Kansas City Chiefs are on the clock. 1. Kansas City Chiefs Player Name: Luke Joeckel Position, School: OT, Texas A&M After the Alex Smith trade, it is all but certain that the Chiefs get the tackle to help protect him. Joeckel is a guy that could come in and play ... Read More
Three 1st Round Sleepers the Steelers could pick
The 2013 NFL Draft is only fifteen days away and there is still a lot of questions surround the top of the draft. As of now the Pittsburgh Steelers hold the seventeenth pick in the first round of the draft, but they could look to trade up or down depending on the prospects available when they are put on the clock. Based on scouting reports and mock drafts the Steelers are expected, by many, to take Georgia OLB Jarvis Jones, Texas S Kenny Vaccaro, or Tennessee WR Cordarrelle Patterson, but ... Read More
One more strike could mean Ta’amu is out
Back in October, Steelers’ rookie defensive tackle Alameda Ta’amu was arrested in the Southside of Pittsburgh for driving under the influence. That was really just the major offense that he was charged with, but he was also charged with attempting to flee, resisting arrest, and driving the wrong way down a way one street. So you’d think after that, that he would never even think of driving with alcohol around him let alone under the influence. Well think again. Just yesterday, Ta’amu ... Read More
Steelers 2013 preseason schedule announced
A new league year is upon us and Steeler Nation is hoping for a better outcome this season. Today the preseason schedule was announced, and now the Steelers know who they'll get to take a crack at before the season starts. The Steelers will play at home during week 1 and week 3 of the preseason against the New York Giants and the Kansas City Chiefs. Their road games will be against the Washington Redskins and the Carolina Panthers. The game against the Redskins on week 2 of the ... Read More
Should Steelers take a chance on Tyrann Mathieu?
We all know that the Steelers usually stray away from those players that have red flags, and have been in prior trouble, but there is a player in this year’s draft that I think the Steelers should take a look at. Tyrann Mathieu is a player who has had his past troubles, but seems to be turning things around. You don’t have to go back very far to the last time the Steelers took a player with a red flag. Last year they took offensive tackle Mike Adams out of Ohio State who had some issues out ... Read More
End of an era for power running backs?
Once upon a time, in a land far, far away, there lived athletes like Earl Campbell and Jerome Bettis. These men were the definition of smash mouth football. They were known throughout the league for their bone-crushing hits on defenders who stood between them and a first down or the endzone. When hard hitting defenses dug into the trenches looking for a stop, these backs fought back by lowering their shoulders and bulldozing a path. The NFL, under commissioner Roger Goodell, has recently ... Read More
Snedden’s Take: Making Sense of the Steelers Off-Season
Once again this year, the NFL off-season has brought a level of accelerated actuality to the legion known as Steeler Nation. Free agency and the hands of father time have taken their toll on the Pittsburgh roster for the second off-season in a row, leaving fans with an uneasy feeling about what is yet to come. Novice fans – those who watch the games on TV and get most of their football newsfeed from the break-room crowd at work – are running around screaming “there’s blood in the water!” Even ... Read More
Could the Steelers re-sign James Harrison?
The Pittsburgh Steelers were forced to cut James Harrison a little over a week ago due to his salary cap number. Harrison was unwilling to take a pay cut from the Steelers that would have cut his salary number down to a little over $4 million and would have saved the Steelers over $3 million against the cap. Had Harrison agreed to the pay cut the Steelers would have been able to keep him around for another season, but instead both parties are left looking for a fix. Harrison isn’t getting much ... Read More
Jerome Bettis vs Franco Harris
Ever since Jerome Bettis's retirement after the 2005-2006 season for the Pittsburgh Steelers, fans have discussed who the best running back in Steelers history is. I don't think there's much of a debate that Bettis and Harris are the two best running backs in franchise history, and I also think they are two of the best running backs in NFL history. I never had the chance to watch Harris play, but have seen old highlights and he was an all around awesome football player. He finished his career ... Read More