When your quarterback gets his face busted a minute into the game and doesn’t miss a beat, it says something to your team. If that didn’t get a player ready to take the field, that player should be cut. We’re all looking forward to hearing what the league has to say about the shot on […]

Here’s an example of parity in the NFL. It really does exist. Despite being the league doormat this season, the Bills have either won or gone to overtime in their last five games. It’s a team that’s very close to being good. If it weren’t for Stevie Johnson’s drop in overtime, they’d have an extra […]

This week the Pittsburgh Steelers (7-3) travel to Ralph Wilson Stadium to play the Buffalo Bills (2-8) in what looks to be a very uneven match-up. The Bills are coming off a huge come from behind win against Cincinnati last week. While the Steelers simply embarrassed the visiting Raiders last week…even with 163 penalty yards […]

(Note: Apologies for the weird update schedule lately. There have been problems with emails getting to and from each of our writers and we’ve lost an article or two, including this past week’s pick’em standings. On top of that, Bam is taking a well-deserved vacation of sorts so we’re down one administrator. We should have […]

Normally you don’t have such a bad taste in your mouth after a 35-3 win. If you know anything about me, it’s that I do my best to give referees the benefit of the doubt when it comes to questionable calls. But there was no question about the officiating today. The Steelers were not supposed […]

Today Steeler Nation bids farewell to their second-leading scorer in franchise history, trailing only Gary Anderson. We all have opinions about Jeffrey Montgomery Reed, most of them negative, but he still deserves recognition for what he has done with this franchise. Reed had been known as “Mr. Dependable” at time during his career, making a […]

Well that was a close one. That game should have been over in the first quarter, but the late-game defense maddens us all. Some of us have a lot of exams to study for. The rest of you, read after the jump. FIRST QUARTER Jason Worilds recovers a fumble on the opening kickoff. Awesome. “Heath” […]

Well, let’s be honest here. That game was well-officiated. The play-calling was acceptable if you ask me (execution is another story). The Saints played very well. There really just isn’t much to complain about after that. The Steelers are 5-2; still among the top of the AFC (and NFL since the NFC is pathetic this […]

23-22 is an ugly score. But it’s still a win. That Miami team is better than their record, and the Steelers had some lucky breaks. Wouldn’t have been surprising to see the Dolphins with a minor upset, but our boys got out of South Beach with an all-important W. As usual, whenever the Steelers win, […]

Colt McCoy came into this game and every expectation was that he would be demolished. The kid played all right for a rookie against the Steelers, but he was still a rookie against the Steelers. Once Josh Cribbs was out of the game, you knew it was over. Even if Peyton Hillis is 500% of […]

Not much you can say about this game. Jeff Reed missed some field goals. Mendenhall ran on the Ravens. Batch looked like his savvy, veteran self. From the outset, this week didn’t feel much like Ravens week. I think everyone knew the Steelers’ offense wouldn’t be able to really put up points without Ben (Tampa […]

Wow. After everyone assumed Charlie Batch wouldn’t even make the team this summer, here he is shredding the undefeated Buccaneers with a three-digit passer rating. The defense was dominant for yet another week, giving up one touchdown in garbage time. We shouldn’t read too much into a win against Tampa Bay, but as it stands, […]

Ben Roethlisberger is still serving a four game suspension. Byron Leftwich has or had a sprained knee and has never proven to be particularly good at recovering in his career. Dennis Dixon tore a ligament in his left knee, the same one that claimed his senior season at Oregon. Charlie Batch is like 47 years […]

This game played out the way we expected, really. Neither offense got any touchdowns. There were hits, turnovers, and bad blood. So while that one annoying Titans fan you know spends the rest of the day trying to show you that picture of LenDale White stepping on a terrible towel (to which you should just […]

All summer, all we’ve had to hear about regarding the 2010 Steelers is the indisputable fact that without Ben Roethlisberger, the Steelers would lose 16 games. This was not debatable. There is no one else who plays football in Pittsburgh. They have no defensive players, running backs, nor receivers that can help an inexperienced backup. […]