Tough times at Heinz Field right now. Ben Roethlisberger appears to have injured his left ankle after getting sacked by the Browns’ Scott Paxson in the 2nd quarter. The lower part of Roethlisberger’s leg was rolled up on by Paxson and bent in a way that it isn not supposed to.  Roethlisberger walked off the […]

-B- First off, if you are in Pittsburgh, you should be trying to go to the game tonight. The combination of a Thursday night kickoff, Pens/Flyers and a ‘poor’ matchup against the Browns has ticket prices around $60 lower than average. Our boys at TiqIQ can hook you up with some solid deals on E-Tickets. -B- Mike […]

-B- Not only is Sidney Crosby back on the shelf, but LB LaMarr Woodley is out for tomorrow’s game against the Browns. Woodley reinjured his hamstring during his return last week. Hopefully one more week off will do the trick. Emmanuel Sanders, Jonathan Dwyer, Chris Carter and Arnaz Battle have been ruled out as well.  […]

Sad news from the Steelers today: longtime defensive lineman Chris Hoke, 35, is going to have season-ending neck surgery and is likely to retire after this season. That makes him the second defensive lineman to have season and likely career-ending surgery this year after Aaron Smith bowed out several weeks ago.  Heading into this season, […]

After a poor offensive effort against the Kansas City Chiefs last week, the Steelers felt like they had something to prove against a Bengals defense that hadn’t allowed a TD in Pittsburgh since 2009. The Steelers didn’t mess around this time. They put up 4 touchdowns in the 2nd quarter and the game was over […]

On Tuesday, ESPN’s DJ Gallo introduced a new statistic called Total GunslingR, designed to measure the gunslinging ability of a quarterback. This immediately brought two questions to mind. First, Gallo claims that Brett Favre is the classic gunslinger (which I would agree with), but is Favre really among the leaders in this statistic? Second, who […]

-B- Ed Bouchette penned a great piece today on the mysterious nature of Troy Polamalu’s latest injury — did he or did he not sustain a concussion? Mike Tomlin hasn’t said yes or no. Neither has Polamalu or anybody employed by the team.  Polamalu has a LONG history of concussions, going back to when he […]

The Steelers offense was awful. Maurkice Pouncey left the game with an illness. Troy Polamalu left the game with an injury. Lots of things went wrong in Kansas City tonight, but the Steelers managed to come away with a win against a Kansas City team lead by former Pitt QB Tyler Palko. Palko was putrid […]

In the spirit of Thanksgiving, here are 5 things Steelers fans should be thankful for heading into this week’s game against the Chiefs: 5. Kansas City is 30th in the league in total DVOA.The Chiefs have performed 26.6% worse than an average team this year, worse than a couple of 2-8 teams (MIN and CAR) […]

Food, friends and family are the greatest parts of Thanksgiving, but football is probably number four for most sports fans.  While a great slate of NFL games on Thanksgiving is the highlight of the football weekend, my favorite part has always been the WPIAL football championships played at Heinz Field annually the day after Thanksgiving, […]

-B- Joe Flacco might look like Joe Montana when he plays the Steelers, but he is playing like Joe(y) Harrington against everybody else. Flacco threw the ball 52 times against Seattle yesterday. He only completed 29 of those passes and finished with a putrid 4.9 yards per attempt. Flacco continues to dump the ball off […]

Pittsburgh jumped out to a 14-0 lead early in this one and it looked like a blowout, but — as only the Steelers can do — they allowed the Bengals to climb back into the game before a William Gay interception late in the 4th quarter finally ended it.  Ben Roethlisberger was on fire early, […]

So, the preview is going to be shorter than usual this week. As luck would have it, I am in Cincinnati, playing in this chess tournament (if I run into any Bengals players, I’ll make sure to direct them to the nearest bar). Therefore, I don’t have as much time to write as I normally […]

Not Steelers related, but we love WPIAL football… Hopewell senior RB and Pitt commit Rushel Shell broke Jeremiah Young’s PIAA rushing record tonight against Franklin Regional. Young (Steelton-Highspire) had 8,435 yards in his career, 3 ahead of the previous state career rushing record of 8,432 yards by East Stroudsburg’s James Mungro. Shell is possibly the […]

In case you were wondering what former Steelers and 49ers kicker Jeff Reed was up to these days, he surfaced tonight at Consol Energy Center taking in the game between the Penguins and Dallas Stars. How do we know this? Reed and his friends were involved in some freak accident that occurred during the game. […]