Friday, May 25th, 2012 at
4:39 pm
Season 2, Episode 111 of The Terrible Podcast is up and David Todd is off today as he heads up to a class reunion for the weekend. I fly solo for the first part of the podcast as go over a few of my own observations of what was reported about the first OTA session of the 2012 season for the Pittsburgh Steelers. I also make sure to give a shout-out in the first part of the show to the Hungarian Steeler Nation, who sent me a nice email earlier this week. You can visit their fan site at http://steelers.hu/, but they do note that they do not have English content.
After my opening recap I welcome
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Friday, May 25th, 2012 at
1:58 pm
It might have been just Pittsburgh Steelers football in shorts, but it was football nonetheless as the Black and Gold hit the field for their first OTA session of the 2012 season this past week. While these OTA sessions are not filled with huge earth shattering revelations, there were a 10 things that came out of it that warrant notation and I have listed them below. Make sure to add yours in the comments below.
No Real Tackle Clarity – Rookie Mike Adams will miss all three OTA sessions, but should be able to participate in the mini-camp due to Ohio State rules. In the mean time we were treated
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Friday, May 25th, 2012 at
1:21 pm
Pittsburgh agent Ralph Cindrich, who represents former Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker James Farrior, said on Friday in an interview with 93.7 The Fan that his client is in discussions right now with the Steelers about his retirement.
Farrior is currently a free agent following his release from the Steelers this off-season and he appears not to have received any real offers to play elsewhere.
Farrior had a great run with the Steelers from 2002-11 after being signed as an unrestricted free agent. He earned both a Pro Bowl nomination and All-Pro selections in 2004 and 2008. In 2004 Farrior was
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Friday, May 25th, 2012 at
9:50 am
By Christopher DiMarino
There has been more than enough wide receiver talk within the Pittsburgh Steelers organization lately. One of the key players left out of most of these conversations is Emmanuel Sanders. Looking forward, he is slated to become a restricted free agent at the end of the season. Looking back, he entered the 2010 season primed to be the Hines Ward replacement with his solid route running skills and consistent hands. Yet now he’s somewhere in between. How did so much change? He went from being the next big Steeler wide receiver to a guy that only some Steelers fans know. The
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Friday, May 25th, 2012 at
12:55 am
Does the name Sean Pamphilon ring a bell? It should because he was the filmmaker that released the damning, profanity-laced audio tape of former New Orleans Saints defensive coordinator Gregg Williams' speech to his players before prior to their playoff game against the San Francisco 49ers on Jan. 14.
At the time, Pamphilon was doing a documentary on retired special teams standout Steve Gleason, who now battles amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, for his The United States of Football film, Gleason's remains connected to the Saints and that allowed Pamphilon to be in the room with the Saints defense
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Thursday, May 24th, 2012 at
11:11 pm
The Pittsburgh Steelers wrapped up their first OTA session of the 2012 season on Thursday, and while nothing earth shattering came to light, we now know what the initial pecking order will be in the Steelers secondary as we inch ever closer to the start of training camp.
Gone from the roster now are veterans William Gay and Bryant McFadden. McFadden was the week one starting left cornerback last year against the Baltimore Ravens and was quickly hooked in favor Gay. When the Steelers would go to their defensive sub-packages Gay kicked inside to play nickel and Lewis played outside. Lewis amassed
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Thursday, May 24th, 2012 at
6:09 pm
The Pittsburgh Steelers wrapped up their final day of their first OTA session of the 2012 season and below is a recap of news and information that surfaced on Twitter and the web today.
Brett Keisel returned to make the final practice after attending a family function. Jonathan Dwyer was excused to attend a family graduation. Ben Roethlisberger, Troy Polamalu, James Harrison, Ike Taylor and Jerricho Cotchery all were reportedly given the day off. Remaining sidelined were Rashard Mendenhall (knee), Casey Hampton (knee) and Jason Worilds (hand/wrist?). Of course David DeCastro (school), Mike Adams
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Thursday, May 24th, 2012 at
4:06 pm
Joe Fortenbaugh of the National Football Post let us all know on Thursday that Cantor Gaming in Las Vegas released its 2012 NFL season win totals for all 32 teams on Wednesday. Those odds show that over/under total wins for the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 2012 season opened at 10. The Baltimore Ravens also have a total win over/under line of 10 as well.
As far as the AFC goes, the New England Patriots lead the pack with a projected 12 wins while the Houston Texans are at 10 like the Steelers and Ravens. The rest of the AFC North division checks in with the Cincinnati Bengals at 7.5 and the Cleveland
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Thursday, May 24th, 2012 at
1:10 pm
One of the concerns of Steeler Nation that seems to be surfacing coming out the Pittsburgh Steelers first OTA session this week is the weight of third year running back Jonathan Dwyer. His weight has been a concern of Steelers General Manger Kevin Colbert as well, who said back in late February on SiriusXM NFL Radio, “He's a big guy and you know sometimes he's a little too big quite honestly. He has to keep his weight in check, but he's 245 to 255 and he can run.”
Dwyer participated in the first two days of the OTA session this week and was excused Thursday so that he could attend his brother's
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Thursday, May 24th, 2012 at
10:52 am
The big news from day two of the Pittsburgh Steelers first OTA session of the 2012 season that everyone is buzzing about today seems to be the announcement that David Johnson is no longer considered a tight end now, but a fullback instead. There are even some clamoring that he needs to hurry up and change his number to one in the 40's as well. The truth is that Johnson is no stranger to lining up in the backfield with his hand in the dirt through his first three seasons in the league.
I went back and did a quick check of our game participation charting from last year, and during the regular
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Thursday, May 24th, 2012 at
1:26 am
Thanks to several player interviews, and great reporting by the Pittsburgh media during the first week of OTA's, we are starting to see certain elements of what the new Rosseta Stone offense that Todd Haley is implementing come into better focus. Along with that we have a much better grasp of what the Pittsburgh Steelers offensive line will look like in addition. It is not like Haley is reinventing the wheel here, but below are several things I think we can look forward to after digesting several player comments and grasping the personnel on the roster.
Lots Of Power - 22-Double, 14-Straight,
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Wednesday, May 23rd, 2012 at
6:54 pm
The Pittsburgh Steelers have completed their first two OTA practices of the 2012 season and quite a good bit of information has come out since the team has reassembled this week in Pittsburgh. The past few days we received confirmation on what we already knew heading into the week and that is that there are two fullbacks on the roster in the form of David Johnson and Will Johnson. Running back Jonathan Dwyer let us know this on our podcast just prior to this week and fellow running back Isaac Redman confirmed it to the media on Wednesday.
While training camp is still a good two months away from
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Wednesday, May 23rd, 2012 at
1:42 pm
Wednesday marked day two of the first OTA practice session of the 2012 season for the Pittsburgh Steelers and we have quite a few nuggets to pass along via the media reports today.
Not participating again on Wednesday were Ramon Foster (hamstring), Brett Keisel (family function), Casey Hampton (knee), Rashard Mendenhall (knee) and Jason Worilds (hand), David DeCastro (school), Mike Adams (school), Alameda Ta'amu (school) and Mike Wallace (holdout). Ike Taylor was present on Wednesday after missing Tuesday because he arrived in town late. Taylor did tell the media that he may not be present for
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Wednesday, May 23rd, 2012 at
12:49 pm
By Christopher DiMarino
For any of you that have read my work on Steelers Depot, you may know a few things about me. The one that relates to this article is how I like writing analysis pieces about articles on NFL.com. While I am a fan of football and a connoisseur of its subtle nuances, a better word to describe me is a critic. More accurately a hater. When I say hate, I don’t mean it in a derogatory manor but more as an art form. I just have passions about what players don’t do well. I also believe that consistency in play and playing to your “abilities” are underrated. As a result,
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Wednesday, May 23rd, 2012 at
11:41 am
The Pittsburgh Steelers have wrapped up day two of their first OTA session of the 2012 season and running back Rashard Mendenhall talked to the media afterwards. Dejan Kovacevic of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reports via Twitter that Mendenhall said that he is still experiencing swelling and soreness in his surgically repaired knee and said that week 1 was a best-case scenario for his return to action. Mendenhall also fully expects to play in 2012 according to Kovacevic.
Mendenhall: Still swelling and soreness in knee, calls best-case scenario "Week 1" for his return. Fully expects to play
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