Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin held his weekly press conference on Tuesday to talk about the Sunday night loss to the Denver Broncos as well as the upcoming game against the New York Jets. Below are the talking points and audio from the press conference and I will be adding more to it shortly. Tomlin started off by saying that after watching the game tape from Sunday that his opinion hasn't changed. The Steelers lacked significant plays and the Broncos made some. He did say that the quality of execution was not there late in the game. As far as special teams play went, Tomlin Read more [...]

Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin met the media for his post game press conference following the 31-19 opening week loss to the Denver Broncos Sunday night. Below is the recap of the presser along with the audio. Tomlin said that it was a tough defeat, but that in a nutshell the Broncos made the significant plays in the second half, particularly down the stretch in all three phases of the game. Tomlin said the team lacked those type of game-defining plays. Injury wise, Tomlin said that guard Ramon Foster had an eye injury of some kind and that tackle Marcus Gilbert suffered Read more [...]

Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin held his first regular season press conference on Tuesday in preparation for the Sunday night opener in Denver against the Denver Broncos. Below are the key talking points from the presser along with the audio. Tomlin opened by saying that they are excited about getting the 2012 season started in a hostile environment, but that they do respect it the challenge that lies ahead in the Broncos. Tomlin went through his normal praising of the opponent on all sides of the ball, including coaching, and said that Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning needs Read more [...]

Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin held his post game press conference following the 17-16 win over the Carolina Panthers in the fourth and final preseason game of the 2012 season. Tomlin said that rookie linebacker Sean Spence is currently at a local hospital with a significant left knee injury that he suffered late in the 3rd quarter of the game. The coach also said that outside of a few other bumps and bruises that undrafted free agent safety Robert Golden suffered a hamstring injury of which he did not know the degree of seriousness of and that cornerback Curtis Brown also suffered Read more [...]

Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin addressed the media Saturday night following the 38-7 win over the Buffalo Bills in the third game of the preseason and announced that the right knee injury suffered by rookie right guard David DeCastro is potentially severe and that the first round draft pick will have an MRI done when the team gets back to Pittsburgh to see what it says. Tomlin also said that defense end Brett Keisel suffered a mild high ankle sprain and that they held him out as a precaution. Tomlin made it sound like Keisel should be ready to go for the opener at Denver. Tomlin Read more [...]

Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin held his press conference on Thursday to talk about the upcoming preseason game Saturday night against the Buffalo Bills and below is the audio along with the talking points. Tomlin said that the starters on both offense and defense will play at least a half against the Bills and that he would see where it goes from there. As far is injured players go, Tomlin said that running back Jason Ford (hamstring), linebacker James Harrison (knee), running back Rashard Mendenhall (knee) and linebacker Stevenson Sylvester (knee) all will not make the trip to Read more [...]

The Pittsburgh Steelers beat the Indianapolis Colts 26-24 Sunday night at Heinz Field in their second preseason game of the year and head coach Mike Tomlin met the media afterwards for his post game press conference to discuss the game. Tomlin said after the game that there is still a lot that needs to be corrected and that is part of August football. He noted that he thought the defensive turnovers were big as was the punt block by Mortty Ivy. Tomlin noted that he did not like what he saw in the return game Sunday night and called it below the line. Offensively Tomlin said that he liked Read more [...]

Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin met the media Friday morning for his pregame press conference for the game Sunday night against the Indianapolis Colts at Heinz Field. Tomlin refused to rule out any players for the game, but it is obvious that both tackle Max Starks (knee), punter Jeremy Kapinos (back) and running back Isaac Redman (groin) will not play. Kapinos, who reportedly was kicking around a socccer ball on Thursday, might even kick a football on Friday according to Tomlin. Tomlin also said that linebacker Sean Spence (ankle) is expected to practice on Friday. When asked Read more [...]

Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin addresses the media for his post game press conference following the 24-23 loss Thursday night to the Philadelphia Eagles. Injury wise, Tomlin said fullback David Johnson suffered a severe knee injury that will be further evaluated when the team gets back to Pittsburgh. Tackle Mike Adams suffered a less significant knee injury according Tomlin and it happened on the play that he tried to pick up the fumble and run with the ball. Running back Jonathan Dwyer suffered a sprained shoulder that does not sound like it is serious in nature. Defensive end Brett Read more [...]

Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin announced during his Tuesday press conference that rookie offensive linemen David DeCastro and Mike Adams will start at right guard and left tackle respectively against the Philadelphia Eagles Thursday night. Tomlin also stated that guard Willie Colon will not play Thursday night as he continues to recover from his ankle injury. Ramon Foster will start at left guard in the place of Colon. Also not playing Thursday night on the defense will be defensive end Cameron Heyward. Quarterback Ben Roethlisberger is expected to start and play in a limited Read more [...]

Pittsburgh Steelers offensive coordinator Todd Haley met the media for a press conference to discuss the selection of Florida running back Chris Rainey in the 5th round of the 2012 NFL draft. Haley discussed the skill set that Rainey possesses as well as his ability to help in the return game on special teams.

Below is the audio from the press conference and the transcript will be added later.

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Pittsburgh Steelers defensive line coach John Mitchell addressed the media after the selection of nose tackle Alameda Ta'amu in the fourth round of the 2012 NFL draft. Mitchell talked about the weight concerns surrounding Ta'amu and how he fits on the Steelers defensive line. Below is the audio from the presser and the transcript will be added later. Read more [...]

Pittsburgh Steelers offensive line coach Sean Kugler met the media to talk about the selection of Ohio State tackle Mike Adams in the second round of the 2012 NFL draft. Below is the transcript and the audio will be along shortly. Re: Sean in your wildest imagination did you ever see the first two rounds unfolding like this? Kugler: I certainly didn’t expect it. I feel very fortunate to have two quality players that we thought very highly of, and spent a lot of time evaluating. Im excited to coach both of those guys. Re: Was Adams a first round grade for you guys? Kugler: Yes, he Read more [...]

The Pittsburgh Steelers introduced their 2012 first round draft pick, Stanford guard David DeCastro, to the media today so he could hold his introductory press conference. Team President Art Rooney II introduced DeCastro after the ceremonial presentation of the No. 1 Steelers jersey. After several poses for the camera DeCastro, a man of few works, took the podium to answer questions from the local media. Below is audio from the press conference and I will add the transcript later. Art II: Good afternoon everyone. Thanks for joining us today as we introduce our first round draft pick, Read more [...]

OK here is the audio and transcript of the Kevin Colbert and Mike Tomlin press conference following the selection of Stanford guard David DeCastro with the 24th pick in the first round of the 2012 NFL draft. Kevin Colbert: Good evening everybody. We are very excited to announce our first pick, David DeCastro, guard, Stanford University. He’s a great player, excellent intangibles and character, he’s tough, he’s a leader, he’s smart, everything you could ask for in a player this kid encompasses. We are truly, truly excited that he was available for us at pick 24. Mike Tomlin: The Read more [...]

Pittsburgh Steelers General Manager Kevin Colbert and head coach Mike Tomlin met the media on Monday for their annual pre draft press conference to talk about the upcoming draft. Below is the audio from the press conference and I will be filling in the key talking points from today, albeit not too many. The situation with restricted free agent Mike Wallace was addressed and both Colbert and Tomlin continue to say that they are committed to trying to get Wallace signed to a long-term deal. Tomlin said that they are not worried about all of the recent reports that Wallace intends to not sign his Read more [...]

I could listen to Pittsburgh Steelers defensive coordinator Dick LeBeau talk football for hours, but a close second to him is linebackers coach Keith Butler. I was going back through some post draft interviews tonight of Butler after the draft selections of Jason Worilds, Stevenson Sylvester and Chris Carter to refresh my memory on what he said on each and if I could pick up any clues as it might relate to the draft this year. Yes, I have way too much time on my hands, but it keeps my mind occupied and helps with my OCD battles. Below are the three videos I want you to watch and I want your Read more [...]

Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Hines Ward announced his retirement today during a noon press conference at the Steelers facility after 14 seasons. Ward stated that he could not fathom putting on another uniform and was very choked up when talking about Steeler Nation and the support that he has received following his release. Ward stated that Jerome Bettis helped through his decision making process to get to where he is at right now. Ward said his only regret was contract hold out several years ago. We will have more reaction today about the Ward retirement press conference and you can listen Read more [...]

The Pittsburgh Steelers introduced Todd Haley as their new offensive coordinator on Thursday and here are a few of talking points from the noon presser. Mike Tomlin introduced Haley and said during the introduction that Haley brings some intangibles that he desires. He went on to say that he was impressed with Haley for his resume and love of the Steelers. He added that he did a lot of research and was really impressed by him. Haley took the podium and talked about how the Steelers are a big part of who and what I is after growing up around the organization and that in his mind it's the greatest Read more [...]

Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin met the media Monday for his season ending press conference and he talked about the game yesterday against the Denver Broncos, injuries suffered yesterday and various other talking points. Below is the audio of the press conference and I will continue to add recap notes and talking points over the next hour. Tomlin opened up by saying he is still coming to grips with what happened last night in Denver and kind of how it unfolded. He said they acknowledged that there can only be one and that it is not us this year. There are always tough feelings Read more [...]