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Accurate comments about the former Steelers' coach. Bill Cowher is a putz. The guy is the biggest phoney there is. He has absolutley no loyalty to the City of Pittsburgh as we saw during the Penguins beat down of the Hurricanes. The guy is nothing but an opportunist who goes what ever way he can to market himself. Thank God he is gone.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 27
3:30 p.m.: James Harrison missed practice today to bring his son home from the hospital. Hallelujah for the boy, and for those of us who don't have to read anymore about off-the-field James.
Funny, but not one of the righteously indignant columnists mentioned that the boy was attacked by the dog the same day Harrison skipped the White House visit. Don't know that it means anything, but it should've been mentioned somewhere, particularly by the guys who waited a week before ripping into Harrison for blowing off the White House -- or, I should say, the guys who waited a week before mailing their columns in.
* Anyone else out there starting to feel the same way about Bill Cowher that the media and team support staff have for the last 15 years? He looked ridiculous with that Carolina mascot while ringing the siren at last night's hockey game. And don't be so surprised by his lack of loyalty. This is the guy who wouldn't root for the Steelers -- his own boys -- in the last Super Bowl because, he said, the other team had a couple of his ex-assistants.
* OTA VII went off without many highlights today. Rashard Mendenhall continues to impress, but the other rookie from last season, Limas Sweed, had two big drops. In fact, the first pass of the day clanged off his hands and bounced to safety Ryan Mundy for a touchdown. Sweed did catch a 50-yarder from Ben Roethlisberger later for a score. Cornerback Fernando Bryant tripped and fell and Sweed was wide open. He took it to the end zone and slam-dunked the ball over the crossbar.
* Sweed won't be the No. 3 receiver this year. The favorite has to be Shaun McDonald. Not that he's showing much, but no one else appears capable of running those inside routes that veteran slot receivers can run.
* I watched Lawrence Timmons pick up a loose ball and throw a spiral 60 yards. I hope Mike Tomlin saw it, in case he ever wants to run a linebacker option pass.
* The punt returners got some real action outdoors today. While Stefan Logan will assuredly pick up some fans in the preseason with his quickness, fifth-round rookie Joe Burnett is showing poise and polish beyond his years. He's a natural punt-catcher and knows exactly what he wants to do with the ball and where he wants to go. I asked an assistant coach if Burnett has a good chance to be the punt returner this year, and he said "Burnett has a GREAT chance."
* After Logan went deep to snag a ball over his shoulder, Tomlin asked him if he ever played baseball, and told him to catch the next deep one like a center fielder. Sure enough, a few kicks later, Logan took his eyes off the ball and turned and ran to a spot, just like he was Willie Mays, and then he turned, picked up the ball and caught it easily. "There you go!" Tomlin bellowed.
* While Sweed made a couple of nifty catches, he lost points for his drops and therefore Catch of the Day went to Heath Miller, who turned safety Roy Lewis around and got behind him to catch a deep pass. On the next play, Roethlisberger scrambled, motioned for Matt Spaeth to break deep, but he couldn't break free from Lewis, who broke up the pass.
* Rookie cornerback Keenan Lewis flashed pro recovery speed to break up a deep pass intended for Brandon Williams, the guy who has the only realistic chance of beating McDonald out for the open slot receiver spot.
* The 6-foot-5 kicker from Poland, Piotr Czech, finished the field goal period by booming a 55-yarder through the skinny goal posts. Speaking of the backup kickers, punter Dirk Johnson played with Aaron Smith at Northern Colorado
3:30 p.m.: James Harrison missed practice today to bring his son home from the hospital. Hallelujah for the boy, and for those of us who don't have to read anymore about off-the-field James.
Funny, but not one of the righteously indignant columnists mentioned that the boy was attacked by the dog the same day Harrison skipped the White House visit. Don't know that it means anything, but it should've been mentioned somewhere, particularly by the guys who waited a week before ripping into Harrison for blowing off the White House -- or, I should say, the guys who waited a week before mailing their columns in.
* Anyone else out there starting to feel the same way about Bill Cowher that the media and team support staff have for the last 15 years? He looked ridiculous with that Carolina mascot while ringing the siren at last night's hockey game. And don't be so surprised by his lack of loyalty. This is the guy who wouldn't root for the Steelers -- his own boys -- in the last Super Bowl because, he said, the other team had a couple of his ex-assistants.
* OTA VII went off without many highlights today. Rashard Mendenhall continues to impress, but the other rookie from last season, Limas Sweed, had two big drops. In fact, the first pass of the day clanged off his hands and bounced to safety Ryan Mundy for a touchdown. Sweed did catch a 50-yarder from Ben Roethlisberger later for a score. Cornerback Fernando Bryant tripped and fell and Sweed was wide open. He took it to the end zone and slam-dunked the ball over the crossbar.
* Sweed won't be the No. 3 receiver this year. The favorite has to be Shaun McDonald. Not that he's showing much, but no one else appears capable of running those inside routes that veteran slot receivers can run.
* I watched Lawrence Timmons pick up a loose ball and throw a spiral 60 yards. I hope Mike Tomlin saw it, in case he ever wants to run a linebacker option pass.
* The punt returners got some real action outdoors today. While Stefan Logan will assuredly pick up some fans in the preseason with his quickness, fifth-round rookie Joe Burnett is showing poise and polish beyond his years. He's a natural punt-catcher and knows exactly what he wants to do with the ball and where he wants to go. I asked an assistant coach if Burnett has a good chance to be the punt returner this year, and he said "Burnett has a GREAT chance."
* After Logan went deep to snag a ball over his shoulder, Tomlin asked him if he ever played baseball, and told him to catch the next deep one like a center fielder. Sure enough, a few kicks later, Logan took his eyes off the ball and turned and ran to a spot, just like he was Willie Mays, and then he turned, picked up the ball and caught it easily. "There you go!" Tomlin bellowed.
* While Sweed made a couple of nifty catches, he lost points for his drops and therefore Catch of the Day went to Heath Miller, who turned safety Roy Lewis around and got behind him to catch a deep pass. On the next play, Roethlisberger scrambled, motioned for Matt Spaeth to break deep, but he couldn't break free from Lewis, who broke up the pass.
* Rookie cornerback Keenan Lewis flashed pro recovery speed to break up a deep pass intended for Brandon Williams, the guy who has the only realistic chance of beating McDonald out for the open slot receiver spot.
* The 6-foot-5 kicker from Poland, Piotr Czech, finished the field goal period by booming a 55-yarder through the skinny goal posts. Speaking of the backup kickers, punter Dirk Johnson played with Aaron Smith at Northern Colorado
(adjusted for inflation)
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