Farrior, Harrison, & Woodley Out...

[JUST-PLAIN-NASTY]

Re: Farrior, Harrison, & Woodley Out...

We have heard all the possibilities now. I think it all hinges on who practices and what they see from them. If Worlids is a go and Farrior, Woodley, & Harrison are out...I think they could run with what the have. If Worilds is out...They may look to bring someone in. I don't bye into "we will look inside" because Starks was not on the radar by all reports. The smart thing to do is say that if they have their eye on someone too. For the Ravens, the best choice may be having Keisel, Foote, Timmons, & Worilds at LB with Hood, Hampton, & McClendon across the front in base. Keeping Rice in check on 1st down will be the key to putting the pressure on Flacco on 2nd & 3rd. I for one can't wait to see the Steelers man-up and send 6 & 7. Nobody at WR scares me and Flacco throws from his back foot and forces balls under pressure. The combination of Keisel off the edge frontside and staying tight to the LOS in Flaco's hot lane during a blitz could result in some tip balls & INTs. May be the 1st game we see multiple picks if they go that route.

[hawaiiansteel]

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News & Notes: Harrison's playing status blurry

Thu Nov 3, 2011.
By Mike Bires [email="mbires@timesonline.com"]mbires@timesonline.com[/email]



Not-so sweet, James
James Harrison has missed the last month with an eye injury.

PITTSBURGH _ James Harrison's chances of playing Sunday are still a bit blurry.

The Steelers' all-star linebacker returned to practice Wednesday but that didn't shed any light on when he may be able to play again.

After practice, Harrison was asked if he's holding out any hopes of playing Sunday night against the Ravens.

"I hope so," he said. "But it's up to the doctors."

Harrison has not played since Oct. 2 when he fractured his right eye orbital in a collision with Houston Texans tackle Duane Brown. Besides the time needed to heal the broken bone, Harrison has also experienced double vision. Doctors are also concerned that his eye could become infected.

Moments after saying he hopes to play against the Ravens, Harrison said, "I got two eyes, I'm not playing with my vision. If (doctors) say no, I'm not going (to play). That's not something I'm willing to lose."

Harrison was one of three wounded linebackers who practiced on a limited basis Wednesday. The others are James Farrior, who missed last week's win over New England with a torn calf muscle, and LaMarr Woodley, who suffered a hamstring pull in the 25-17 win over the Patriots.

The Steelers don't expect Harrison, Farrior or Woodley to play Sunday.

Meanwhile, there was some good news regarding the banged-up linebacker corps. Jason Worilds returned to practice after missing four games with a hamstring pull.

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[Eddie Spaghetti]

Re: Farrior, Harrison, & Woodley Out...

hopefully sanders, worilds, and hokey will all answer the bell.

[hawaiiansteel]

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Seeing is believing for Steelers

James Harrison returned to practice Wednesday with one more hurdle to clear before playing again

Thursday, November 03, 2011
By Ed Bouchette, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette



Linebacker James Harrison, talking with Troy Polamalu, right, returned to practice Wednesday for the first time since breaking the orbital bone around his right eye Oct. 2.

The question: Will he/can he play Sunday?

Don't count James Harrison out of the AFC North showdown Sunday night at Heinz Field -- even if James Harrison already did.

Harrison practiced for the first time Wednesday since the orbital bone around his right eye was broken Oct. 2 in a freak accident late in the Steelers game at Houston. After practice, all things seemed to be eye-OK.

"It felt good to be back out there practicing," Harrison said.

The return of the four time All-Pro linebacker to his position on the right outside of the defense would be a boost for a team that has lost the services of fellow outside linebacker LaMarr Woodley to a hamstring injury and inside linebacker James Farrior to a calf injury.

All three were officially listed by coach Mike Tomlin as having "limited" participation in practice Wednesday, but Harrison is the only one of the three with a chance to play when the first-place Steelers (6-2) play Baltimore (5-2), and it might be a good chance.

Harrison wrote Monday on Twitter that it "looks like I won't be playing this weekend" after he visited the doctor but was cleared to practice. After practice yesterday, however, he said he could be cleared to play this weekend if he passes another eye exam Friday or Saturday.

"I'll probably get scanned again, and they'll ask me how I'm feeling," said Harrison, the NFL's defensive player of the year in 2008.

It has been a rough year for Harrison. He had two back surgeries in March, started the season slowly because of it and then came the freak injury. A collision ripped off his chinstrap and the padding in the top of the helmet was violently shoved down into his eye.

"It blew out the bone underneath it," Harrison explained.

He wore a tinted visor in practice and will do so when he plays next -- he said he hopes doctors will clear him for Sunday. He warned, however, that he would leave the decision in their hands and not try to push them if they balk at him playing.

"I got two eyes. I'm not playing with my vision. So, if they say no, that's not something I'm willing to do."

Suggs stakes some claims

Ravens linebacker Terrell Suggs sacked Ben Roethlisberger three times Sept. 11, then boasted that he owns the Steelers quarterback. In a sense, he owns all Steelers quarterbacks.

Suggs has 131/2 sacks in the regular season against Steelers quarterbacks, more than any other opposing player, at least since the sack became official in 1982.

"No man owns anybody, but, if there is anybody that can bring him down by themselves, it's definitely me," Suggs said Wednesday about Roethlisberger.

"I am pretty sure he has something in store so I don't have a good day."

Suggs, on a conference call with the media in Pittsburgh, tried to explain why he plays so well against the Steelers.

"I consider Heinz Field my Madison Square Garden, in my eyes.

"If you are an opponent and you want to go into a hostile environment, what better place than Heinz Field? I am definitely the bad guy.

"I think throughout the league, with your guys' fans, I don't think there is a player that they hate more than me. But I love that. I love playing at Heinz Field, even though the fans hate me. Everything about the game, they bring it. They are a big part of the game. We are even looking forward to that song [Renegade] in the fourth quarter. It's going to be fun."

Suggs said he loves the rivalry between the teams.

"I am expecting a straight up, gang fight and brawl. ... We aren't going to be surprised if we go out there and get into a scuffle or a brawl. This is definitely football. It's football at its finest.

"It's definitely the most physical game of the year out of all 32 teams. We are looking forward to it.

"Tell 86, I hope he plays because it wouldn't be Baltimore-Pittsburgh without him. I would be really disappointed if 86 didn't play."

Ward says he will return

No. 86 laughed about Suggs' comments.

"I think you have to play in this rivalry for awhile to understand it," Hines Ward said.

"You have to understand the magnitude of it, what it means. ... They whipped our butt the first game. There's nothing we can really do about that; now we get a chance Sunday night in Heinz Field."

Ward promised he would play after missing the New England game last week with a sprained ankle.

"I wouldn't miss this for the world."

Casey at the bat

Casey Hampton issued a guarantee about the game Sunday, but not in any Joe Namath/Anthony Smith manner.

"I can't see that happening again," he said of Baltimore's 35-7 thrashing of the Steelers in the season opener. "If they beat us, they're going to beat us, but it's not going to be an out-tempo thing, where they're playing faster and with more intensity.

"I guarantee you that."

Hampton, who said after that opening loss that Baltimore's chop-blocking techniques took him by surprise, said he is more prepared for the Ravens if they use that kind of blocking scheme again Sunday.

"I haven't seen them doing it against a whole lot of people besides us. It worked last time, so I don't see why they would go to something different if it worked the last time."

Quick hits

• The Steelers will wear the throwback uniforms they have worn in recent years. Players also have been warned they are subject to fines if they continue to wear the pink (shoes, towels, gloves, etc) they sported during Breast Cancer Awareness Month in October.

• The Steelers signed receiver Jamar Newsome to the practice squad and released defensive lineman Elisha Joseph.

• Receiver Emmanuel Sanders was in Texas, where his mother died this week. He also has a knee injury, and his status is unknown for Sunday.

• Besides Farrior, Harrison and Woodley, those listed as having a limited participation in practice were Ward and offensive tackle Jonathan Scott (ankle).

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