Eli Manning and Ben Roethlisberger will be forever linked as multiple Super Bowl winners after being selected in the 2004 draft. The star quarterbacks have split their first two matchups heading into Sunday, when the Pittsburgh Steelers visit a New York Giants team looking to win its fifth straight. These traditional franchises have each won two Super Bowls since New York (6-2) traded for Manning on draft day in 2004 and Pittsburgh (4-3) selected Roethlisberger at No. 11. Although there ... Read More
10 Reasons to LOVE Hines Ward
Hines Ward will go down as the best Steelers WR in team history. In his 14-year Steelers career, we compiled the Top 10 reasons to LOVE Hines Ward. 1. All-Time Great Leading WR 11/13/05 – Ward becomes the Steelers’ all-time leading receiver with his 538th catch against the Browns on ESPN Sunday Night Football surpassing John Stallworth’s record. The Steelers won 34-21 as they continued their run towards Super Bowl XLV. 2. MVP of Super Bowl XL 2/5/06 – Ward takes home the Super Bowl XL MVP ... Read More
Yinzer of the Week: Ben Roethlisberger
It was only a matter of time until Big Ben won the Yinzer of the Week Award. Roethlisberger, as has been the norm, has quietly been of of the top quarterbacks in the league again this season. Roethlisberger has a 101.4 quarterback rating with 14 touchdowns to only three interceptions while throwing for 1,987 yards in the air. With a banged up offensive line and running game, Roethlisberger deserves to be in the MVP discussion. This past week against RG3 and the Redskins, Roethlisberger was ... Read More
Roethlisberger and Manning: Both different, yet so similar
Sunday’s matchup between the Steelers and the New York Football Giants will be one of the marquee games of the week. Only three quarterbacks remain in the NFL with more than one Super Bowl ring, and two of those will face off in the New Meadowlands this Sunday. Both drafted in 2004 in the first round, Eli Manning and Ben Roethlisberger have taken two completely different roads to stardom. Manning stole the headlines in ‘04 with refusing to play in San Diego and ultimately forcing a trade to ... Read More
Steelers need to create new “Steeler Way”
If there's anything I hate hearing more than "Pirates Navy SEAL training" it's the phrase "the Steeler way." The Steeler way is an unofficial code of discipline that fans and the organization have dubbed as being the model way for franchise behavior on and off the field. Give me a break. You know what the "Steeler way" is? It's allowing a player like Alameda Ta'amu to come back after a two game suspension for his drunk driving spree through the Southside two weeks ago. Ta'amu, a ... Read More
Pittsburgh Steelers Report Card following Win vs. Redskins
The Pittsburgh Steelers built some momentum Sunday afternoon at Heinz Field, winning their second consecutive game for the first time this season by beating the Washington Redskins 27-12, getting over the .500 mark in the process. From quarterback Ben Roethlisberger engineering four early scoring drives to a defense that made things very tough for highly-touted rookie Robert Griffin III, the Steelers turned in one of their more complete performances of the season. With that being said, it’s ... Read More
Dwyer shifting attention to Steelers backfield
Amidst post-game conversation dominated almost entirely with talk of the Steelers questionable choice of attire, it’s difficult not to focus on the team’s collective performance in Week 8. Catapulting off the success they achieved against the Bengals last week, the Steel Men returned with a similar aggressiveness against the Washington Redskins. While many of you are likely to point the finger at Pittsburgh’s defensive performance as the key component to today's win, let us not forget the ... Read More
Steelers Beat Redskins; Back-to-Back Wins for 1st Time in 2012
The Pittsburgh Steelers are a team desperate for momentum. After Sunday afternoon's performance, they took a big step to building some. Quarterback Ben Roethlisberger threw three touchdown passes and the Steelers' defense pressured Redskins' rookie quarterback Robert Griffin III often as the Steelers defeated Washington 27-12 Sunday at Heinz Field, winning back-to-back games for the first time this season. Dick LeBeau entered the game having only lost once to a rookie quarterback (13-1 ... Read More
80 years later and still ugly
Every year, it seems NFL teams reveal new throwback jerseys. Some people like them, some hate them. I am a fan of them. They show the younger generation of fans what the players looked like when they played “back in the day.” The upcoming game for the Steelers is against the Washington Redskins. The Steelers will be wearing their 80-year anniversary jerseys. In 1933, the Pittsburgh Pirates (Steelers) joined the league after Pennsylvania relaxed its blue laws, allowing sports to be played on ... Read More
The Yinzer of the Week: Jonathan Dwyer
No Rashard Mendenhall, no Issac Redman? No problem for the Steelers as they defeated the Cincinnati Bengals at Paul Brown Stadium Sunday night in a crucial divisional game. While Ben Roethlisberger paced the Steeler offense, it was Jonathan Dwyer that stepped in and filled the void at running back. For his efforts in the gritty win, Dwyer has earned our Yinzer of the Week Award. Dwyer ran for 122 yards in the contest, which included 70 in the second half. While it was rookie Chris Rainey who ... Read More