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It’s pretty safe to say that a huge segment of Steeler Nation still loves the running game. It’s Steelers football. It’s our identity. If you make any case for why franchise quarterbacks and passing the football are the way to win in today’s NFL, you’d probably get five counter-arguments from Steelers fans emphatically stating that…
*** Discuss this article and more at our Pittsburgh Steelers forum *** After I spent much of last week lamenting the fact that there wasn’t much going on in April; events have conspired to make a liar out of me. I wouldn’t say that there have been many really big stories since last weekend, but…
*** Discuss this article and more at our Pittsburgh Steelers forum *** Easter and Passover greetings everyone. If you read my last post you may question how many really big stories have transpired over the last week, but there has been some news. Like last week I want to begin with something that on first…
It was unlikely that anything could match last week for the number of blockbuster news items during the doldrums of the NFL offseason, but we didn’t suffer a shortage of news this week either. And there was a lot of Steelers news as well. Let’s start with a feel good item from late last week…
It has become blatantly apparent that Mike Wallace either has to get the franchise tag or sign a new contract before the start of free agency or there is a damn good possibility he will be in another uniform next season. It did not matter which channel I turned on or which site I looked…
I thought it would be interesting to have a look at the Offensive Coordinator position around the league. As I suspected, there has been a fair amount of liquidity, you might say. There are several teams that do not have an OC as such. In Cleveland, Dallas, and Arizona the head coach also serves as…
Lawrence Tynes kicked a winning 31-yard field goal in sudden-death overtime and New York beat the San Francisco in the NFC championship. Source: Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
*** Discuss this article and more at our Pittsburgh Steelers forum *** Alex Smith completed a 14-yard touchdown pass to Vernon Davis with 9 seconds left just after Drew Brees had put the high-powered Saints ahead, and resurgent San Francisco capitalized on five New Orleans turnovers for a thrilling 36-32 playoff victory Saturday. Source: Pittsburgh…
Reggie Wayne always will remember the winning catch. The man with the expiring contract caught a 1-yard touchdown pass from Dan Orlovsky with 19 seconds left Thursday night, giving the host Indianapolis Colts their only lead in a 19-16 victory against AFC South champion Houston. Source: post-gazette.com – Steelers/NFL
Mike Tomlin amused many at his news conference while talking about Cleveland’s Joshua Cribbs Monday. “We cannot let Josh Cribbs do what he’s done to us time and time again in the past. We’ve been dead Indians in his cowboy movie enough,” Tomlin said in a not-quite-PC comment because the coach apparently wasn’t talking about…