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The Pittsburgh Steelers knew when they let RB Rashard Mendenhall walk they didn’t have replacement on the roster for him. Isaac Redman and Jonathan Dwyer are role players at best, but for offensive coordinator Todd Haley’s system, it requires a back that can get more that three yards and a pile of dust. Enter second…
There’s been a lot of discussion this offseason about the need for young players and reserves to carve out big roles on a Steelers defense that’s lost veteran leaders like linebacker James Harrison and defensive tackle Casey Hampton. Such needs go beyond those groups of players, however. There’s also a need for some of the…
Much has been made about the changes across the Steelers roster in the last couple of years and linebacker Larry Foote knows that the team is “going through a bit of a transition period” right now. Such a transition period calls for new players to step into roles vacated by veteran contributors, something that will…
Immediately following the 2012 season the Pittsburgh Steelers cut running back Chris Rainey due to off-field issues. Rainey, the Steelers fifth round pick in the 2012 NFL Draft, was a jack of all trades for the team last season returning kicks, catching passes and running the ball. He was supposed to be the team’s new…
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Pittsburgh Steelers center Maurkice Pouncey is the elder statemen on the team’s offensive line with more starts under his belt than anyone in the unit, and he’s ready to take on the next step as a leader on the field and in the locker room. “I definitely will be taking on a leadership role,” Pounceysaid,…
INDIANAPOLIS – If you ask the teams, the coaches and general managers and anyone else in the organization who is closely involved in the draft picks to be made a month from now, it’s the medical i…… Source: Pittsburgh Steelers : News
Pittsburgh Steelers running back Isaac Redman is looking forward to his 4th year with the team after such a dismal 2012. “It was a tough season coming off of a lot of injuries,” Redman said via the Star Ledger. “I was really looking for this season to be a breakout year, but it was derailed a…
The Pittsburgh Steelers believed that they had struck gold in the 2012 NFL draft when they selected running-back/wide-receiver/special teams returner Chris Rainey out of Florida late on. After a disappointing initial season as a professional however, Rainey compounded his poor displays on the field with a major one off of it. The Steelers decided t……
Pittsburgh Steelers receiver Mike Wallace has been relegated to a new role with the for their Sunday matchup with the Baltimore Ravens – “co-starter” along with Emmanuel Sanders. What the team is telling everyone is that the new deisgnation won’t really result in reduced playing time for the slumping receiver. Then why the designation?… Source:…