8:20 PM | Lucas Oil Stadium | TV: NBC The Indianapolis Colts have long been looked at as one of the model franchises in the NFL along with teams like the Steelers, Patriots and others.  But with Peyton Manning’s injury, the Colts are now a shell of their former selves and are a cautionary tale […]

Yesterday’s 24-0 dismantling of the Seattle Seahawks was refreshing if nothing else. It was nice to see Troy Polamalu running around like a crazy man and Bruce Arians dialing up WR passes.  But it’s hard to avoid putting an asterisk on yesterday’s events. While talented, Seattle is a rebuilding team who was missing an elite […]

The Steelers gave up a lengthy return and were offsides on the opening kickoff of the 2011 season. Ray Rice ran for 36 yards on the first play from scrimmage. Two plays later, Joe Flacco threw a beautiful TD pass to Anquan Boldin. The rest of this opening game went pretty much the same way […]

1:00pm | M&T Bank Stadium | TV: CBS What a way to start the season.  After watching Thursday night’s Kickoff event and seeing nothing but terrible defense for 60 minutes, it is going to be breathtaking to see real, pure football played this afternoon at M&T Bank Stadium. As always, I believe the biggest factor […]

We have a tradition of making a list of bold predictions for each and every Steelers season. Typically, we miss on a lot more than we hit, but it’s always fun to try. Last year 3 out of the 4 writers predicted Green Bay to win the Super Bowl, which unfortunately came true. Here are […]

Over the offseason, our staff at Blitzburgh Blog set out to score and rank the Steelers entire roster. We used a scoring system put together by the excellent scouts and bloggers at UltimateNYG. It’s a simple, 7-tier system where each player is placed on one of these 7 levels: 1 = Consistent All-Pro impact player […]

For the last decade or so, I’ve been into fantasy football as much as anybody. I remember making my parents buy me my first “guide” from the grocery store magazine aisle when I was in junior high. I’ve stayed up late crunching numbers and I’ve gotten up early to make waiver claims. I wasn’t just […]

The 2010 Pittsburgh Steelers simply weren’t good enough.  I remember talking to my dad less than an hour before the kickoff of Super Bowl XLV and saying that I really believed the Steelers were the better team and that if we played the game 10 times the Steelers would win 6 or 7 times. They […]

The Pittsburgh Steelers announced their final roster cuts this afternoon.  P Jeremy Kapinos was among them, making Daniel Sepulveda the starting punter for the 2011 Steelers.  Kapinos and Sepulveda had a tightly contested battle throughout training camp and preseason action. Kapinos had been the first team holder throughout much of the preseason which caused speculation that […]

8:00PM | Bank of America Stadium | TV: KDKA On the surface, this game looks to be tremendously boring before it even starts. Ben Roethlisberger won’t play. Both first teams are expected to only play a couple of series. The Panthers aren’t that exciting to begin with. But if you dig a little deeper, there […]

Since the Pittsburgh Steelers began calling Heinz Field home in 2001 there have been many memorable football games played there, and even though it’s only 10 years old selecting the list of the 10 most memorable Steeler games at Heinz Field was not an easy one with the Steelers being in playoff and Super Bowl […]

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I didn’t get a chance to watch this weekend’s preaseason game until Sunday afternoon as it wasn’t nationally televised. Here are a few quick thoughts and observations I had after watching the game a day later: 1. Lawrence Timmons might be the best player on the Steelers defense. From what Timmons has shown in training […]

7:30PM | Heinz Field | TV: KDKA The Steeler starters on offense and defense will get their most extended action of the preseason tonight against a worth opponent — the Atlanta Falcons. The first teamers are expected to play the entire first half. Since starters only play a series or two during the final preseason […]

I am in the progress of writing a QB-related post that I will have for you in a few days. But first, I can’t resist going all FJM-style (but at about 1/3 the entertainment value) on this Joe Starkey column from Thursday. I actually think he’s baiting the “stats crowd”, but that’s a different topic. […]