Mike Tomlin held his post game press conference following the Steelers 17-13 win this afternoon at home against the Jacksonville Jaguars. Tomlin said it was great to get the win but not the type of finish they were looking for. Obviously they will take it. Tomlin acknowledges they did not play the style of football they like to play in the second half. Did not get off the field enough and gave them an extra possession on the roughing of the punter and the offense was not good enough on 3rd downs to sustain drives. Tomlin gave a post game injury update and said Doug Legursky suffered a dislocated Read more [...]

Steelers offensive coordinator Bruce Arians talked to the media today per his normal Q & A Thursday session and talked about the play of the offensive line last week against the Titans. He also discussed the Jaguars linebackers and the health of the Steelers running backs heading into week 6. Arians does not seem too positive about Mewelde Moore playing this week and he did not hesitate to say that Rashard Mendenhall will be the starter this week. Arians also commented on how he is not a fan of Maurkice Pouncey having to wear a mic this season and gave his reasons why. He answered several other Read more [...]

It is Tuesday and that means Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin met the media today for his weekly press conference to discuss the win over the Titans this past Sunday and give a look ahead at the upcoming game against the Jacksonville Jaguars this coming Sunday at Heinz Field. Tomlin updated the injury status of several players in addition. Below is the audio of the presser and the talking points from today. Injury wise, Tomlin said Mewelde Moore (ankle) continues to work his way back from his left high ankle sprain. Tomlin says he is questionable. Maurkice Pouncey (knee) has a right knee Read more [...]

Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin held his post game press conference following the Steelers week 5 win against the Tennessee Titans at Heinz Field. Tomlin opened by saying it was a good bounce back week for the team coming off the loss last week and he thought it was the appropriate response and that they played together today. He thought they played well in all three phases and made necessary plays when they were needed. Tomlin updated the injuries suffered in the game. James Farrior (shoulder), Heath Miller (shoulder), Maurkice Pouncey (right knee), Hines Ward (chest) and Isaac Redman (leg Read more [...]

Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin met the media today for his weekly Tuesday press conference to discuss the loss to the Texans this past Sunday as well as the upcoming game against the Tennessee Titans this coming Sunday at Heinz Field. Tomlin also provided an injury update on all of the walking wounded. Below is the audio of the presser and the talking points from today. Outside linebacker James Harrison will be out several weeks with a right orbital fracture around his eye and will have surgery on Wednesday. Lawrence Timmons will take his spot and Larry Foote will assume the Timmons spot Read more [...]

Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin met the media for his post game press conference following the Steelers 17-10 loss to the Houston Texans this afternoon down in Houston. Tomlin updated the condition of several injured players and said linebacker James Harrison had some blurred vision for a while but came back into the game. Running back Rashard Mendenhall has a right hamstring injury and quarterback Ben Roethlisberger suffered a left foot injury and was getting X-rays after the game. Defensive end Aaron Smith suffered a mid-foot sprain while linebacker Jason Worilds also suffered a left quad injury. Read more [...]

Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin held his regular weekly press conference on Tuesday to talk about the win this past Sunday night against the Colts and give a preview of the upcoming Sunday game against the Houston Texans. Tomlin also updated the injury condition of several injured Steelers players. Below is the audio from the press conference today along with the main talking points from the presser. Tomlin opened up with the injury report and said linebacker Chris Carter (hamstring) had soreness and should be able to participate this week. Right tackle Marcus Gilbert (left shoulder) appears Read more [...]

Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin held his post game press conference following the Steelers 23-20 win over the Indianapolis Colts tonight on the road at Lucas Oil Stadium. Below is the audio from the presser and a short recap. As far as injuries go Tomlin said Doug Legursky and Marcus Gilbert both had shoulder injuries, but did not elaborate on the seriousness of them. He also said Arnaz Battle suffered a hamstring injury and was not able to finish. He did not have an injury update on Jonathan Scott. Tomlin said Mewelde Moore was in the game late instead of Rashard Mendenhall because they Read more [...]

Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin held his weekly press conference on Tuesday to talk about the win this past Sunday and give a preview of the upcoming Sunday night game against the Indianapolis Colts. Tomlin also updated the injury condition of defensive end Brett Keisel along with a few more injuries. Below is the audio from the press conference along with the main talking points from the presser. Tomlin opened by saying it was great to get first win, but that is now in the rear view mirror. As far as injuries go, Tomlin said defensive end Brett Keisel has a grade 1 PCL sprain of his Read more [...]

Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin held his post game press conference following the Steelers 24-0 win over the Seattle Seahawks today. Below is the audio from the presser and a short recap. Tomlin said quarterback Ben Roethlisberger will be fine after suffering a knee injury and once he was cleared to return he was back in. Tomlin said that the play today was appropriate considering how they played last week against the Ravens Brett Keisel has a grade 1 PCL knee injury and he potentially could have gone back in, but they have capable young guys to play in his place. Tomlin said the Read more [...]

Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin met the media on Tuesday for his second regular season press conference in preparation for the Sunday game against the Seattle Seahawks at Heinz Field. Below are the talking points from the presser along with audio. Below is a recap and talking points from the press conference today. Mike Tomlin opened by saying he still has no explanation for how they preformed Sunday against the Ravens. Tomlin confirmed torn triceps of Willie Colon and says he will "probably go on IR." Colon had surgery this morning. Marcus Gilbert will start at right tackle. Tomlin Read more [...]

Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin held his post game press conference to discuss the Steelers 35-7 loss to the Baltimore Ravens on the road in Baltimore. Tomlin said the Steelers were beat in all three phases of the game today. Tomlin said linebacker James Harrison suffered a knee contusion late in the game, but he did not think it will be serious. Tomlin also said that James Farrior was not injured and that the game plan was to get Larry Foote in the game today because he thought he earned it during the preseason. Below is the audio from the press conference and I will have a recap of the game Read more [...]

Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin met the media on Tuesday for his first regular season press conference in preparation for the Sunday game against the Baltimore Ravens. Below are the talking points from the presser along with audio. Tomlin opened up by saying it is an awesome challenge this week. Tomlin says he is a little more uneasy than he normally is about this game because of all the new players the Ravens have. He said the Ravens might now more about us, than we know about them heading into this game. Tomlin did normal praising of Ravens offense and defense and said he expects Read more [...]

Mike Tomlin held his post-game press conference following the Steelers 33-17 win over the Carolina Panthers Thursday night on the road in Charlotte. Tomlin said in 47 seconds that he was impressed by the effort tonight and virtually came out of the game injury free. Tomlin said he exercised caution with all of the players that were nicked up with minor injuries as he wanted to take a look at unproven players tonight anyways. Tomlin said he acknowledges that they go to Baltimore next week. This was the shortest Steelers post game presser ever. Enjoy! Below is the audio of the press conference. Read more [...]

Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin held his pregame press conference today prior to the Thursday night game against the Panthers at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte. Audio is below: Tomlin opened by saying this is the last opportunity for a few players to make their case to make the 53 man roster. Ike Taylor, Chris Carter and Jerricho Cotchery will not play Thursday night and several players like James Farrior, Troy Polamalu, Casey Hampton, Bryant McFadden, Maurkice Pouncey and a few others could be regarded as questionable right now. Tomlin said Charlie Batch will start with first Read more [...]

Mike Tomlin held his post-game press conference following the Steelers 34-16 win over the Atlanta Falcons Saturday night at Heinz Field. Tomlin said quarterback Byron Leftwich broke his left arm and will be out for an extended amount of time. Tight end Miguel Chavis tore his left pectoral muscle. Center Maurkice Pouncey aggravated his left ankle, but the injury is not deemed serious. Cornerback Keenan Lewis will be reevaluated on Sunday with a left knee injury, but Tomlin did not seem to think it is serious. Other injuries were not deemed serious. Below is the audio of the press conference. Read more [...]

Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin held his pregame press conference today prior to the Saturday night game against the Falcons at Heinz Field. Audio is below: Tomlin says he is excited to play a quality team like Falcons as it will be a good test especially against the four man front of Falcons defense. Tomlin said the clock is ticking if you will on some players making a statement or making a move and they are well aware of that and he is anxious to see what they are capable of doing. Ike Taylor is the only player ruled out right now for Saturday night. Tomlin did say that some guys Read more [...]

Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin said in his post game press conference following the 24-14 win over the Eagles that he liked what saw tonight and that they got better in some areas. As far as injuries go, tackles Jonathan Scott (knee) and Marcus Gilbert (knee) both hyper-extended their knees and Tomlin thought Scott would be fine. No word on Gilbert. Isaac Redman (ankle) suffered an ankle injury, but returned and they shut Jerricho Cotchery (hamstring) down after his hamstring tightened up on him. Tomlin was asked about Tony Hills play tonight and he said he liked his energy of Hills, but that Read more [...]

Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin held his pregame press conference this morning in preparation to play the Eagles Thursday night. Here is your presser audio and recap and main talking points from this morning. Tomlin ruled out Emmanuel Sanders, Cortez Allen, Crezdon Butler, Bryant McFadden, Chris Kemoeatu, Ike Taylor and Mario Harvey this week against the Eagles. He said Troy Polamalu and James Harrison will play this week. Aaron Smith, Brett Keisel and LaMarr Woodley are scheduled to work today. Limas Sweed is scheduled to work today as well as long as he does not have a set back with his Read more [...]

Mike Tomlin held his first official press conference of the preseason today and here are the highlights and talking points from today as the Steelers get ready to face the Redskins on Friday. Tomlin opened by saying that they are really going to take a simple approach to this game as far as the evaluation of the players. He said they will see who can block under those conditions, tackle, run, pass and kick. There are no hard core plans as far as things they want to specifically see from people. Tomlin expects starters to play around 10 snaps or less. 7 players have already been ruled out Read more [...]