Despite of positive reports earlier this week in regards to Ryan Shazier's shoulder injury that had kept him out the past two games, Shazier has now been ruled out of the Steelers Monday night match up against the San Diego Chargers. Shazier was a full participant in practices on Thursday and Friday, but missed practice today and subsequently was ruled out by the team earlier this afternoon. After a breakout performance against the San Francisco 49ers where Shazier first injured his ... Read More
Three up and Three down: Steelers vs. Ravens
Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. That's exactly what the Steelers did last night in one of the more devastating losses in recent memory as a late 13-point lead turned into a shocking 23-20 overtime loss to the Baltimore Ravens. With the opportunity to effectively put the Ravens season on ice, the Steelers were unable finish the game off with a series of missed chances and questionable play calls. Let's do a post-mortem in this week's Three up and Three down. Three up: • ... Read More
Three up and Three down: Steelers vs. Rams
Marred by the loss of Ben Roethlisberger to a second half knee injury, the Pittsburgh Steelers were able to get a hard fought road win in St. Louis, defeating the Rams 12-6. Obviously the focus and narrative of yesterday's contest was the loss of Roethlisberger to an MCL sprain that will likely keep him out for at least 4-6 weeks. With a short turnaround game at home against the Baltimore Ravens set for Thursday night, let's review yesterday's game with our weekly Three up and Three ... Read More
Steelers beat Rams, but suffer huge loss
The Pittsburgh Steelers may have beat the St. Louis Rams 12-6 today, but it came at a cost. With 5:30 left in the third quarter, Steelers Nation let out a collective gasp as their star quarterback laid on the turf writhing in pain. On a pass play, Ben Roethlisberger moved up in the pocket to avoid the rush from the Rams and found the helmet of Rams strong safety Mark Barron with his left leg. Roethlisberger would not return to the field the rest of the game with a left knee injury. The St. ... Read More
PSN Week 3 NFL picks
Due to technical difficulties, we won't have our little fancy graphic this week, but the show must go on. Here are our Week 3 picks: Pittsburgh (-1.5) at St. Louis: Alan Saunders: Steelers Gar Bercury: Steelers Michael Waterloo: Steelers Matt Shetler: Rams San Diego (+1.5) at Minnesota AS: Chargers GB: Vikings MW: Chargers MS: Vikings Tampa Bay (+3.5) at Houston: AS: Tampa Bay GB: Houston MW: Houston MS: Tampa Bay Philadelphia (-2.5) at NY ... Read More
Heyward-Bey needs to hold on to golden opportunity to save career
The auditorium in Radio City Music Hall in New York echoed cries of shock and disbelief when NFL commissioner Roger Goodell announced the Oakland Raiders’ 2009 first-round pick. “With the seventh pick in the 2009 NFL Draft, the Oakland Raiders select Darrius Heyward-Bey, wide receiver Maryland,” he uttered into the microphone attached to the podium on the hall’s front stage during the April draft. Not Texas Tech wide receiver Michael Crabtree, the consensus top wide receiver of that draft ... Read More
Donald led defensive front poses massive challenge for Steelers
As Mike Tomlin discussed this week's opponent at his weekly press conference yesterday, the Steelers head coach wasted little time focusing on what is certain to be the biggest challenge when his team travels to the Edward Jones Dome to face the St. Louis Rams Sunday at 1 p.m. That of course would be the Rams outstanding defensive line that is unquestionably as good as the league has to offer. The group is led by Penn Hills native and All-everything University of Pittsburgh standout Aaron ... Read More
Steelers dominate 49ers in home opener
Quarterback Ben Roethlisberger threw for 252 yards and two touchdowns in the first half to catapult the Pittsburgh Steelers to their first win of the season, a 43-18 trouncing against the San Francisco 49ers Sunday at Heinz Field. Playing in front of the largest regular season crowd in Heinz Field history, Roethlisberger gave them more than enough to cheer and be happy about throwing for 369 yards and three touchdowns for the game. Leading the receiving core for the Steelers for was Antonio ... Read More
Can Josh Scobee be trusted as Steelers kicker?
From 2012 to 2014, a case could be made that Pittsburgh Steelers kicker Shaun Suisham was one of the best kickers in the NFL. Over that span, Suisham converted 87 of 95 kicks for a 91.5 percent conversion rate. He put up those incredible numbers kicking not only in the notoriously difficult conditions at Heinz Field, but playing in the AFC North, where conditions in places like Baltimore, Cleveland and Cincinnati are not exactly optimal. So when Suisham was lost for the season with a torn ... Read More
COLUMN: Enigmatic Steelers must learn quickly from mistakes
Forget, if you can, for just a few minutes about how much you loathe Tom Brady, Bill Belichick and the reigning Super Bowl champion New England Patriots. No matter your opinions or beliefs, or mine, they were the better, more complete football team on Thursday night at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough. With all of the focus on the many alleged cheating tactics used over the years, it is not likely these 2015 Patriots participated in any illegal acts on that wet field in this game. Brady, the ... Read More