Oct 31, 2007
Lee Jenkins of Sports Illustrated wrote a great piece about Ben Roethlisberger and how he is playing this season for Terry Hoeppner. Big Ben was extrememly close to Hoeppner, his coach from Miami of Ohio who died earlier this year from complications from a brain tumor.
Adam Schein of FOXSports.com gives the Steelers an “A” for their midseason grade.
Bill Cowher says that if the Patriots continue running up the score, “At some point if this continues, someone’s going to take a cheap shot.”
Levon Kirkland and Hardy Nickerson are new additons to former Steelers players and staff in the running for the Hall of Fame.
D.C. Steeler Nation takes a look at why this week’s Ravens game should be different then the beat downs from last year.
Oct 20, 2007
Casey Hampton has been practicing and will start tomorrow against the Broncos. Bryant McFadden (ankle) and Jerame Tuman (back spasms) are both doubtful.
The Steelers sure have been talking a lot this week this week about how much they are going to run the ball against the Broncos. Blitzburgh over at Behind the Steel Curtain thinks they might be bluffing. I agree, but are the Bronco’s buying it?
Neal over at Die Hard Steel notes how the Broncos have become quite the train wreck. Let’s just hope that the Steelers don’t come in overconfident, however.
When you play the Broncos, the two things you are going to hear about are the altitude and cut blocks. We already know coach Tomlin isn’t worried about the altitude, and defensive line coach John Mitchell isn’t concerned about the Bronco’s diving at the knees either.
Oct 9, 2007
- Some Power Rankings:
-ESPN - Steelers at #4
-Fox Sports - Steelers at #4
-Coletrain Report via Die Hard Steel - Steelers at #4
-Vic Carucci via NFL.com - Steelers at #3
-CBS Sportsline - Steelers at #4
- J.J. Cooper says Mike Tomlin’s extra work with Ike Taylor may be paying off.
- The Heinz Field Hop? Eh…
-Mike Tomlin seems to be serious about making good his goal to run Willie Parker until his wheels fall off.
Oct 5, 2007
J.J. Cooper has last week’s offensive line performance analysis up. Against the Cardinals, the line had their second worst performance since J.J. has been keeping track.
Steelernotebook.com takes an amusing look at some of the dumber questions asked at Mike Tomlin’s recent press conference.
Bruce Arians will run the no-huddle when he damn well feels like it.
It is too easy to make a joke at them being called “expert picks” so I won’t, but everyone except Mike Golic says the Steelers will beat the Seahawks on Sunday.
Adam “Oh yes it is” Schein says the Seahawks still hold a grudge against the Steelers.
Sep 18, 2007
The Steelers jump to #5 (from #9) on ESPN’s power rankings.
Fox Sports agrees and also puts the Steelers at #5.
Linebacker James Harrison is cleared to play Sunday after his scary injury against the Bills. Die Hard Steel has a take on what went down at the end of the first half.
Dale Lolley fills us in on what we learned from the Buffalo game.
Ed Bouchette of the Post-Gazette says Ben Roethlisberger is back to his old self once again.
Sep 13, 2007
The Steelers linebackers like to poke fun at their large and in charge defensive line.
ESPN’s Jeffri Chadiha says that Ben Roethlisberger looks poised for a big year with the Steelers.
The Steelers have the most female fans of any NFL team, according to a recent survey.
JJ Cooper has an excellent break down of how well the Steelers offensive line performed last Sunday.
Steelers players aren’t surprised by the Patriots spying scandal.
Three of the AFC North’s teams are in the top 10 of the Fox Sport’s power rankings. Can you guess which team isn’t?
Sep 11, 2007
Will special teams finally be a strong point for the Steelers this season?
Dale Lolley takes a look at what we learned in Cleveland.
Diehardsteel goes around the league to tell us how well former Steelers performed for their current teams in week one.
JJ Cooper of AOL Fanhouse says the Steelers are finding fullbacks obsolete, but he is still a bit skeptical.
Sep 10, 2007
NFL.com has video highlights of the Steelers - Browns game up in case you haven’t caught them yet.
Ryan Wilson over at AOL Fanhouse has a nice break down of the four penalty botched punt by the Browns.
With the win, the Steelers have now pulled ahead 56-55 in the all-time series with the Browns.
The NFL.com also really ramped up its photo section this season, providing some really beautiful high quality pictures from the game.
John Harris of the Tribune-Review says Big Ben’s performance was “performance was refreshingly positive”.
Sep 7, 2007
Diehardsteel has a good article up about Big Ben’s speculation that Bill Cowher is Cleveland bound next year.
One awesome stat is that the Steelers haven’t allow a single 100 yard rusher in 22 games. Mike Prisuta of the Trib says the Steelers are still predicated on stopping the run.
The Steelers offensive line has been dominate against somebody over the last few years- forunately that somebody is their next opponent, the Browns.
Sportsocracy has their newest podcast up discussing the latest Steelers news.
Big Ben will be donating money to K-9 units in every town the Steelers have an away game in this season. He’ll also be donating to a Pittsburgh department for each home game.
