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Steeler teams featuring stat-driven, me-first, fantasy-football-darling diva types such as Antonio Brown & Le'Veon Bell won no championships.
Super Bowl winning Steeler teams were built around a dynamic, in-your-face defense plus blue-collar, hard-hitting, no-nonsense football players on offense such as Hines Ward & Jerome Bettis.
We don't want Juju & Conner to replace what we lost in Brown & Bell.
We are counting on Juju & Conner to return us to the glory we once had with Hines & The Bus.Comment
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It may also have something to do with him publicly telling people he wants out of Detroit and would love to play for a NYC team before the season even started. Do'h... It would be hard for me to plop down that kind of coin for a guy, no matter how great, that's actively lobbying to play in another city.sigpicComment
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No, I wouldn't want to live in Detroit, but for 14, 15 or 16 ,million per year I would be able to keep my mouth shut, do my job and live in the nicest suburbs that my pay check would allow; I'm old school, appreciate what you get, don't bite the hand that feeds you and don't burn a bridge, you just never know.
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The 2025 Pittsburgh Steeler draft
1.21 - Derrick Harmon, DT, Oregon - Nick Emmanwori, S, S. Carolina
3.83 - Kaleb Johnson, RB, Iowa - DJ Giddens, RB, Kans St
3.123 - Will Howard, QB, OSU
4.156 - JJ Pegues, DT, Ole Miss
5.185 - Clay Webb, OG, Jack St
7.229 - Tyrion Ingram-Dawkins, DT, Georgia
"Football is a physical game, well, it used to be anyways" - Mel BlountComment
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You've got to hand it to defensive coordinator Dick LeBeau. He'll do the unexpected at times to get results.
LeBeau had the Steelers play a lot of nickel defense in this game. And early on, when Arian Foster ran for 59 yards on his first five carries, it was looking like folly.
But LeBeau kept shifting and changing, mixing in the base defense at times, even when the Texans stayed with three-wide receiver sets, forcing the Texans to do what he wanted them to do at times.
"That was coach LeBeau's strategy," said Timmons.
It seemed to have worked. After averaging more than 10 yards per carry on the opening drive, Foster had 43 yards on his final 15 attempts.
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Linebacker Harrison coming along slowly since return to Steelers
By Ralph N. Paulk
Friday, Oct. 24, 2014
The Texans' Alfred Blue scores between Steelers linebackers Lawrence Timmons and James Harrison during the first quarter Monday, Oct. 20, 2014, at Heinz Field.
James Harrison has had four games to dust off the cobwebs after re-signing with the Steelers in late September. There has been time enough, too, to lubricate his squeaky wheels.
Or, so it seems.
The 36-year-old linebacker acknowledged it has been difficult to recapture the swagger that made him an intimidating presence on the field. He isn't exploding off the blocks to put any semblance of heat on quarterbacks.
That, of course, must change when the Steelers face Colts quarterback Andrew Luck — one of the league's most proficient passers — on Sunday at Heinz Field. Luck has been sacked only 11 times on 302 pass attempts.
Clearly, it appears a bad time for a former NFL Defensive Player of the Year to wonder if the fear factor is lost.
“I'm not there yet,” he said. “Not even close.”
The numbers are reflective of his struggle to hit his stride. He is without a sack and has only seven unassisted tackles on 116 snaps from scrimmage.
“I'm in the process of going in the right direction and getting back into playing shape,” said Harrison, who will split time with starter Arthur Moats. “I'm basically coming out of preseason right now.
“I feel a lot better than I did four weeks ago. I'm starting to be able to play more because I'm getting more conditioned. I'm seeing things better because I'm moving better.”
Left outside linebacker Jason Worilds are confident Harrison still possesses fight and game.
“If you've been around (Harrison), you know that while some people think they will get better with time, you know he's going to get better,” Worilds said. “We've watched him progressed every week.”
The Steelers could have explored other options before luring Harrison out of retirement. But his knowledge of defensive coordinator Dick LeBeau's defense made him an attractive, if not logical option when second-year linebacker Jarvis Jones suffered a right wrist injury that has him out indefinitely.
“Just having someone who understands the defense makes it a lot easier,” said Harrison, who spent last season with the Bengals. “Some of the new things they do, I've learned since I've been back.”
Admittedly, Harrison never felt at ease playing the Bengals' defensive scheme.
“I never got a chance to get comfortable because I played only in the base defense,” he said. “It got to a point where I was playing only 10 to 12 snaps a game.”
The Steelers will need his pass-rush skills against the usually unflappable Luck.
“They pass a lot more than they run, but what I do depends on what (LeBeau) calls,” Harrison said. “We have to find a way to get consistent pressure on Luck and we have to disrupt the timing of their routes by jamming the receivers.”
Harrison insists the linebackers – mostly Moats and Worilds – will have to hem Luck inside the pocket. If so, the Steelers are willing to concede the short check-off passes to Trent Richardson and Ahmad Bradshaw, who have a combined 43 receptions.
But cornerback Brice McCain said the only sure way to get to Luck is by locking down receivers T.Y. Hilton and Hakeem Nicks.
Yet, with Harrison getting his legs back and playing at full strength, the expectations are he will add something to a rather timid pass rush.
“Luck will stand in there with pressure and take a hit,” Harrison said. “He's not afraid to do the dirty work. So when a guy comes free, he stands in there.”
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...and at this pace by the time Harrison gets back season will be over. It's not a matter of getting his legs back, it is a matter of being washed up. His signing was pure desperation."My team, may they always be right, but right or wrong...MY TEAM!"Comment
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Signing anyone who's available four weeks into the season is an act of desperation. Injuries will happen. We lost two starting LBs in about ten minutes. Who else was out there that we should have signed?Comment
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