Yeah, there’s definitely a big battle at center right now between Maurkice Pouncey and Justin Hartwig, but everybody is talking about a potential Byron Leftwich and Dennis Dixon battle at quarterback. Leftwich was thought by most to be the Steelers week one starter, but he didn’t impress Saturday against Detroit ( 6/10, 43 yards, 70.0 rating). Dixon, on the […]

As I sat here chomping down on my delicious 99-cent Jr. Bacon Cheeseburgers from Wendy’s, I debated what to do for tonight’s game recap. It’s no secret that you miss nuances of the game (and I love me some nuances) when you go see it live, so obviously I can’t go into my preferred level […]

7:30 PM : Heinz Field : TV – KDKA The wait is finally over. After months of Big Ben talk and feeling like a sports law blogger, I’m finally sitting down with a huge smile on my face to write a post about an actual game of Pittsburgh Steelers football. Ahhhhhhh. It might only take […]

We’re a day away from the first look at Steeler football in 2010 (excluding our week 17 matchup against the Dolphins on January 3rd, 2010, of course). Are you excited? If you aren’t, leave. For the rest of you however, stick around for our preseason coverage. There won’t be a traditional play-by-play recap, but let’s […]

Well, this might be one of the better pieces of news so far in training camp. From Steelers.com: Sepulveda got a chance to kick off, and he showed himself to be quite accomplished at it. On four kickoffs, Sepulveda’s hang-times were 4.07, 3.93, 3.87 and 3.70. The 4.07 kick also carried 2 yards deep in […]

As a Pittsburgh Steelers fan, August should be a time for my attention to turn toward training camp and the start of preseason football. However, this year it has been very difficult to take my attention away from the NFL draft, and more specifically the ridiculous process that rookie signing has become. Records have been […]

All of the football news the past week or so has been great for a few different reasons. It is always awesome to finally get training camp started and launch a new season, but this season it has felt especially refreshing to watch/talk about real football after the Ben Roethlisberger saga this summer. I’m sure […]

Today the Steelers signed fullback Dwayne Wright, cutting rookie LB/DE/FB hybrid Demetrius Taylor. Wright has bounced around between Buffalo, New York, and Philadelphia since he was drafted in 2007. The Steelers must really have not been impressed with Taylor — or at least saw he had no future at fullback — to cut him on […]

Before we get started, I’ll preface this post by saying I don’t have the means to really attend training camp, so any analysis I can offer is based on what I read in the Post-Gazette, other blogs, or the Steelers official website. That said, here’s my brief take on the goings-on with the Steelers lately: […]

News just broke about 20 minutes ago that the Pittsburgh Steelers reached an agreement with former Pro Bowl LT Flozell Adams. Terms of the deal haven’t been released yet, but Adams is expected to be in Pittsburgh in time for the start of training camp. With Willie Colon on IR, this is a move that […]

Hey, only two days until training camp! Big news floating around the Steelers today. Director of football operations Kevin Colbert inked a new five-year deal. I’m very excited about this. Colbert is one of the better personnel and operational minds in the game and he has helped to continue the long tradition of winning for […]

Three days until training camp begins. Wow.

Four days until training camp gets underway. A few interesting items floating around… The Post-Gazette has a good, blog-like story on five things to watch during training camp. Is this Face Me Ike’s last training camp in Pittsburgh?  I certainly hope not, but I would be surprised to see the Steelers hand a 31-year old […]

First round draft pick Maurkice Pouncey has been named in one of the many NCAA investigations going on this summer. There aren’t any Reggie Bush-like allegations but Pouncey is alleged to have received $100,000 prior to playing in the Sugar Bowl this past January. This will not effect his status with the Steelers and the […]

If you follow baseball more than casually, you’ve probably heard of “sabermetrics”, the use of statistics to analyze some of baseball’s long-held questions. Well, it’s taken hold in football, too, with all its acronym-ridden glory. One of the pioneers of the new brand of football statistics is Football Outsiders, whose numbers I will be using […]