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The left ankle of Ben Roethlisberger is starting to get a little better, but is still black and blue as he missed practice on Thursday but still plans on going Monday night against the 49ers in San Fran. It was the third straight practice that Roethlisberger has missed, and he’s hoping another 24 hours of…
Before Monday night’s game against the San Francisco 49ers even kicks off the Steelers could have clinched a playoff berth if one of four teams lose this weekend.But don’t look for the Steelers to … Source: Pittsburgh Steelers : News Discuss this article and more at our Pittsburgh Steelers forum Shop Pittsburgh Steelers Gear
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Scott Brown of the Tribune-Review tweeted Thursday afternoon that Steelers offensive coordinator Bruce Arians said veteran QB Charlie Batch will start if Ben Roethlisberger cannot play. Roethlisberger suffered a high ankle sprain in Pittsburgh’s Week 14 win at Cleveland, and has not practiced yet this week. The Steelers travel to San Francisco to take on…
With all the attention focused on James Harrison’s hit on Browns quarterback Colt McCoy and the Browns’ handling of McCoy after the hit, it is easy to forget that plenty of other things happened in last Thursday night’s game between the teams. One of those things was a roughing the passer penalty on Browns defensive……
Steelers players are understandably not fired up about James Harrison’s suspension, but most of them didn’t say too much on the topic. For a good reason. Safety Troy Polamalu said that coach Mike Tomlin told the team to “just to say no comment.” So Polamalu was asked anyway and his response was predictable: “No comment.”……
On Wednesday, former NFL assistant coach (and UFL head coach) Ted Cottrell conducted the hearing on Steelers linebacker James Harrison’s appeal of his one-game suspension for the latest violation of the league’s rules regarding hits on defenseless players. Since the recent ruling on Ndamukong Suh’s appeal came a day after the hearing held by Hall……
The latest and heaviest punishment the NFL dropped on the Steelers provoked neither the emotion nor outrage that burst from their locker room a year ago after hefty fines were delivered. James Harrison’s one-game suspension brought more resignation than anger from his teammates, partly because coach Mike Tomlin told his players Monday to cool it…
James Harrison is a good football player. But his persona reflects that of a professional wrestler, making him more and more of a nuisance nowadays. Harrison’s trash-talking, hard-hitting, I-don’t-give-a-damn personality is all fine and good. It’s part of what makes him such a feared linebacker. But the other part that makes him feared — the…
The national perception of the 49ers has been wavering recently, but there’s no question they’ll get to show the football world what they’re really all about when they take the Monday night stage against the Pittsburgh Steelers. “The 49ers and Steelers, these are two global franchises,” ESPN analyst Jon Gruden said Wednesday. “Both these teams…