Check out this epic video from Chris Benson AKA Benstonium that previews the 2011 Steelers season as a Batman-eque movie trailer. Never did I expect the Joker, Joe Buck, Batman, Ben Roethlisberger and Al Michaels to come together in the same 2 minute video clip.  The trailer is guaranteed to give you […]

Like many Pittsburgh sports fans, I spent last evening watching most of the doubleheader between the Pittsburgh Pirates and Milwaukee Brewers at PNC Park. As is often the case, games the Pirates play against Milwaukee make lots of different thoughts and questions race through my mind. Am I wasting my time? How far will Braun/Fielder […]

It looks like Marcus Gilbert and Jonathan Scott’s injuries suffered last week in the preseason game against the Eagles aren’t going to be serious. But the Steelers are at least worried enough that they signed former Steeler Trai Essex to a 1-year deal this afternoon. Essex has been a very reliable backup throughout his career […]

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The Steelers lost a meaningless football game to the Washington Redskins last night, but the biggest loss of all from the game may be cornerback Ike Taylor, who broke his thumb during the game’s first series and will be out of action for an undetermined amount of time.  Taylor is currently the only cornerback on […]

Nobody knows if Randy Moss is *really* retired or not. I’m guessing he probably is. Brett Favre has made a joke out of retirements lately and everybody now seems to assume that “retired” means “waiting for the right situation. Plenty of players have quietly retired a la Moss shortly before the start of NFL training […]

This is a few days old now, but it definitely deserves its own post. Despite all of the brokering, discussions and haggling that took place this summer, the Steelers are still not happy with the NFL’s new collective bargaining agreement.  They are unhappy enough with it that they were the only NFL team not to […]

It was reported today that several of the Pittsburgh Steelers will get their shot at acting as they will make cameo appearances in the latest Batman film which is being filmed in Pittsburgh. “The Dark Knight Rises” features a football scene between the Gotham Rogues and the Rapid City Monuments.  I wrote about this earlier […]

If the recent offseason issues of Ben Roethlisberger, Santonio Holmes, Hines Ward, Rashard Mendenhall, James Harrison, and other Steelers have taught me anything, it’s that all I really care about as an NFL fan is winning games and championships. Fan and media reaction to each player’s issues differed, but a least a decent chunk of […]

I’m not a training camp veteran and I’m far from an expert on Latrobe, but I try to make it down to St. Vincent every summer for training camp. I went with parents a lot when I was younger and our staff has a lot of experience going as well. Here’s a running list of […]

Almost every summer, some player on the Steelers roster comes out of nowhere and starts impressing fans. More often than not, the player is a ‘training camp star’ and nothing more, but every once in a while a diamond in the rough truly emerges. A couple of years ago, fans were comparing Isaac Redman to […]

A quick programming note: I will be appearing on TribLive Radio this afternoon talking free agency, training camp and all things Steelers with Chris and DD from Pittsburgh Sports Depot.  You can listen to the show online at http://sportstalk.triblive.com/  

Plaxico Burress has signed a 1-year contract with the New York Jets, hours after he visited the Steelers and hours after it was reported that he wouldn’t meet with the Jets on Sunday.  The Steelers clearly wanted Burress to come back, especially Bruce Arians and Ben Roethlisberger, who began reaching out to Burress a few […]