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Steelers rookie running back Le’Veon Bell will have to wait to make his NFL debut. Bell, among the primary competitors for carries for Pittsburgh, will miss Saturday night’s preseason opener against the Giants with a left knee injury, Bob Labriola of Steelers Digest reported. Per the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Bell missed last Saturday&#… Source: ProFootballTalk » Pittsburgh…
A major flaw in the Pittsburgh Steelers 2012-13 offense was their inability to run the football. It was disheartening to watch the Steelers backfield rack up injury after injury as they struggled in an area that is usually their offensive strong suit. Offensive coordinator Todd Haley is not looking for a repeat, as he has…
In this next in the series of 93.7TheFan.com Exclusive Web Primers, Andrew Fillipponi will take an in depth examination of the rushers of the Steelers.
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When the Pittsburgh Steelers drafted Michigan State running back Le’Veon Bell in the second round of the 2013 NFL Draft it said a lot about the players on the roster. The Steelers clearly aren’t sold on Isaac Redman or Jonathan Dwyer being their long-term starting running back; so much so, in fact, that they spent…
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The Pittsburgh Steelers might be doing away with some of their old blocking scheme, and from what center Maurkice Pouncey sees so far makes him a believer that it would be best for the team. In the first few weeks of OTAs, offensive line coach Jack Bicknell Jr. has been using an zone, one-cut blocking…
With Rashard Mendenhall now in Arizona, Steelers running back Jonathan Dwyer says the starting job is his to lose right now. “It’s my job right now and it’s up to me whether I want to keep it or not,” said Dwyer, per SteelCityInsider.net. “That’s what I’m going to do. That’s the decision I made at…
When you go back and think about the classic Pittsburgh running game, it’s bruising, physical, power football. There is no finesse to it, and it isn’t rocket science, just move people out of the way. GM Kevin Colber and coach Mike Tomlin dually felt their power running game was quickly becoming a game of flag…
On Saturday, the Pittsburgh Steelers addressed a much needed position in the NFL Draft. A running back. Le’Veon Bell is the man the Steelers decided to invest in. Bell had over 30 career rushing touchdowns at Michigan State and looks to be the starting running back for the Steelers in 2013. In 2012, Jonathan…