The Pittsburgh Steelers are expected to allow long-time nose tackle Casey Hampton to leave via free agency. Since 2001, Hampton has anchored the Steelers defensive line and has been a key to the Steelers success against the run. Hampton's ability to take up blockers and open lanes for linebackers has helped the team rank first on defense for multiple years during his career. Hampton is still playing well despite being 35 years old and coming off of a torn ACL in 2011 and he will be looking ... Read More
Steelers’ GM Kevin Colbert’s Expects a lot of Change in 2013
The Pittsburgh Steelers general manager Kevin Colbert talked to the media today and based on his comments, we can expect a lot of change heading into the 2013 season. Change was not unexpected from a team that struggled in 2012 and finished 8-8. In fact, prior to the 2012 season, starting many fans saw change coming at the end of the season. Before the Steelers can start making moves or signings in the off-season they must first get under the salary cap. The deadline to get under the cap number ... Read More
Pittsburgh Steelers: Todd Haley, Omar Khan and LaMarr Woodley’s Training Regimen
The Pittsburgh Steelers have multiple people in the headlines right now, but LaMarr Woodley is getting more talk than anyone on the team. Woodley's conditioning has been in question due to his injury issues and poor performance during the past two seasons. Todd Haley, the Steelers offensive coordinator, is also in the news as he is a candidate for the Arizona Cardinals head coaching position. Also, Omar Khan, the Steelers salary cap guru, is a finalist for the New York Jets open general manager ... Read More
2013 Steelers Mock Draft
The National Championship game ends College Football’s Bowl season and is the final contributor to draft statuses before the NFL scouting combine and player’s pro days. As of now, the Steelers may be looking a couple players from Alabama’s rout over the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. Steelers 2013 Mock Draft: Round 1.) Manti Te’o, ILB, Notre Dame Manti Te’o had a bad National Championship game which has finally shown many people what I have been saying all along. Te’o is a good linebacker ... Read More
Steelers Cut Rainey After Arrest; Running Back Needs Addressed in the 2013 NFL Draft
Following his arrest Chris Rainey, the Steelers 2012 fifth round pick, was released from the team. This incident (read more here) is Rainey’s second issue with domestic violence. During his time at Florida, Rainey was arrested for texting his girlfriend “time to die.” This time around Rainey was arrested for allegedly slapping his girlfriend in the face and then wrestling her to the ground over a cell phone. Hours after the arrest became public, the Steelers decided to cut ties with Rainey ... Read More
Steelers Expected to Keep Ramon Foster over Willie Colon for Left Guard
When the Steelers were put on the clock during the 2012 NFL Draft they were ecstatic to see that the top guard in the draft, David DeCastro of Stanford, was still on the board. They wasted no time making DeCastro their selection and added him to a young core of players on their improving offensive line. DeCastro, a right guard in college, is expected to play on the right side for many years to come and the Steelers hope he will help improve a struggling running game. On the left side, the ... Read More
Playoffs from the outside in
With the Steelers missing the playoffs and the first round over, as a fan, can we be happy with any of the remaining teams winning the whole thing? Eight teams remain and I believe the teams can clearly be lumped into two categories. The “Please don't let this team win” and “I guess I'm okay with them winning.” The “Please don't let this team win” group is the easier and most obvious of the two. The Baltimore Ravens are the Steelers most hated rival, so they are the easiest to add to the ... Read More
Pittsburgh’s New Years’ Resolutions
]As the sun sets on 2012, many people look back on the year that was and develop new ways to better themselves. It’s an honorable exercise. It takes a tremendous amount of self-awareness to objectively analyze things you wish to be doing differently. For the big three Pittsburgh sports teams, 2012 was a year mired in disappointment and heartache. The Steelers finished with a whimper, losing five of their last seven games to finish at 8-8, on the outside of the playoffs looking in. The ... Read More
Steelers Pouncey/Miller named to Pro Bowl
Steelers center Maurkice Pouncey and tight end Heath Miller have been selected to the 2013 AFC Pro Bowl team announced today by the NFL. The Steelers are sending multiple players to the Pro Bowl for the 12th straight season and the 21st time in the last 24 seasons. Pouncey is making his third consecutive trip to the Pro Bowl, including his second as a starter. He has started 14-of-15 games this season, including one at left guard, and has quickly become the leader on a youthful offensive ... Read More
It’s the end of the world as we know it
No future date has been more spoken of than today, December 21, 2012. People have made careers off it. The supposed end of the long-range Mayan Calendar. Famed American philosopher Terence McKenna had developed a numerological formula he dubbed “Timewave Zero,” in which he charted the ebb and flow of major events over world history. His graph goes off the charts in December of 2012, which he proposed would be the point of singularity; in which everything in the world would occur ... Read More