Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger recently did a sit down interview with his mentor Merril Hoge for ESPN. Roethlisberger reflects on his troubled past several months and admitted he even contemplated giving up football. Head coach Mike Tomlin says Ben Roethlisberger looked sharp in his first week back of practice. Quarterback Charlie Batch, defensive end Aaron Smith, wide receiver Hines Ward, linebacker James Farrior and right tackle Flozell Adams were all given time off this week. Defensive tackle Steve McLendon was waived on Thursday as the roster exemption for the returning Ben Read more [...]

Time again to read the tea leaves for who will be inactive for the week 4 game Sunday at Heinz Field against the Baltimore Ravens. We nailed last weeks prediction and this week is a bit easier to predict with both Chris Hoke and Trai Essex ruled out on the injury report. Below are the eight players we expect to see on the Steelers inactive list released 90 minutes before kickoff on Sunday. NT Chris Hoke - Hoke sustained a MCL sprain late last week against the Buccaneers and did not practice at all this past week. He was ruled out on the Friday injury report and the Steelers were forced to activate Read more [...]

Audio from Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin press conference on Tuesday September 28th, 2010. Mike Tomlin met the media on Tuesday for upcoming week 4 game against the Baltimore Ravens and goes over the upcoming game, injuries and recaps the week 3 Buccaneers game. Tomlin takes questions from the local media. Check out our notes and recap below as we add them. [flv:http://prod.video.steelers.clubs.nfl.com/PIT/video/news_conference/092810_tomlin_presser.flv 550 345] [audio:http://www.steelersdepot.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/mike-tomlin-press-conference-sep-28-2010.mp3|titles=Mike Tomlin Tuesday Read more [...]

The Steelers beat the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 38-13 in the 3rd game of the 2010 season. Below are my recap notes and nuggets I kept on the game along with my observations. I have much more coming on this game and am working through the night. These are initial reactions of mine as I am about to watch the game a second time and begin working up tape selections. Below are the notes I compiled throughout the game. remember these are initial reactions one time through the game. What can you say about Charlie Batch? As I showed you last week, he played a good game. This week the receivers caught the Read more [...]

Time again to read the tea leaves for who will be inactive for the game Sunday down in Tampa against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The list remains hard to nail down in two spots mainly because of the unknown future status of Dennis Dixon and his prospects of being placed on injured reserve and the expected heat down in Tampa. The Steelers get back Max Starks this week, but lose Trai Essex to an ankle injury. The Steelers rotated in every dressed lineman last week in the Nashville heat and they very well could dress all healthy linemen this week just in case. What we know for sure is that Dixon, Essex, Read more [...]

How nice was it to see a kickoff returned by us for a touchdown instead of the opposing team? This play set the tone for the day and immediately took the crowd right out of the game. Special teams coach Al Everest is already paying dividends and the speed of Antonio Brown can not be ignored in the return game going forward. Below we have the aerial view breakdown of the touchdown return by Brown against the Titans this past Sunday and the players involved. Read more [...]

Steelers.com has several post game interviews posted up on the website now with Charlie Batch and several members of the defense. The great and legendary Tunch Ilkin and Craig Wolfley recap the Steelers 19-11 win over Tennessee on Sunday. The even less legendary Ed Bouchette and Gerry Dulac filed their post game video report following the game. [phpbay]steelers terrible towel, 3, "", ""[/phpbay] Mike Tomlin said in the post game press conference that he was unsure who the quarterback would be next week against Tampa Bay. Mike Bires reports on the opening kickoff return for a touchdown Read more [...]

The Steelers beat the Tennessee Titans 19-11 in the 2nd game of the 2010 season. Below are my recap notes and nuggets I kept on the game along with my observations. I have much more coming on this game and am working through the night. These are initial reactions of mine as I am about to watch the game a second time and begin working up tape selections. Below are the notes I compiled throughout the game. remember these are initial reactions one time through the game. A win in the NFL, is a win in the NFL. Today was a tough earned road win against a great Titans defensive team. Steelers wanted Read more [...]

The Steelers are half way to playing with house money for the first four games after slipping past Atlanta last week in week 1 of the NFL season. The win was huge and takes a ton of pressure off of the team immediately as they head out for their first road game of 2010. A win in Nashville would be epic and put the Steelers in a fantastic position heading into week 3. Per my usual here, below are 7 keys to the game that I believe the Steelers need to focus on to beat the Titans and a game prediction at the end. No Big Johnson Outside - For me to tell you how dangerous Titans running back Chris Read more [...]

Now that we have the Steelers Friday injury report out, it is time to read the tea leaves and see who may or may not get hats this week for the Steelers. Due to the numerous injuries, there is not too much guess work involved this week in the inactive list. Below is my guess at the Steelers 8 inactives this week. QB Byron Leftwich - As nice that it is to see him back practicing with a knee brace and getting a probable listing this week on the injury report, it is hard to imagine that he will be anything more than a number 3 emergency quarterback this week. It will be nice to see if he indeed Read more [...]

The Steelers wrapped up practice preparations on Friday for the week 2 game against the Tennessee Titans this Sunday in Nashville. T Max Starks (ankle) and NT Casey Hampton (hamstring) both sat out for the third straight day of practice and both are listed as out for this week. NT Chris Hoke will start in place of Hampton while T Jonathan Scott will likely get the nod at left tackle in place of Starks. LB Jason Worilds (shoulder) and WR Emmanuel Sanders (quad) both sat out again and both are listed as doubtful. This means that rookies LB Thaddeus Gibson and WR Antonio Brown will both likely be Read more [...]

Steelers free safety Ryan Clark joined 93.7 The Fan and talked about the Steelers win in week 1 over the Atlanta Falcons as well previewed the Week 2 game against the Tennessee Titans and how the team will handle Chris Johnson, and Vince Young. Jim Wexell goes over the great record that backup nose tackle Chris Hoke has when starting in place of an injured Casey Hampton and how he still feers failure after all of these years. Steelers rookie wide receiver Antonio Brown is playing Titans running back Chris Johnson on the scout team this week to better prepare the Steelers defense for the speed Read more [...]

The Steelers beat the Atlanta Falcons 15-9 in the 1st game of the 2010 season. Below are my recap notes and nuggets I kept on the game along with my observations. I have much more coming on this game and am working through the night. These are initial reactions of mine as I am about to watch the game a second time and begin working up tape selections. Below are the notes I compiled throughout the game. remember these are initial reactions one time through the game. I think you saw more reasons today why Dennis Dixon was behind Byron Leftwich in the pecking order. Very shaky at times and got Read more [...]

Below are the pre-game inactive players list of both the Steelers and the Falcons. The inactive list are released 90 minutes before game time. This list will be updated at 11:30 a.m. eastern time. Please check back at that time. Steelers Inactives QB Byron Leftwich RB Jonathan Dwyer CB Keenan Lewis T Tony Hills G/T Ramon Foster CB Crezdon Butler LB Thaddeus Gibson WR Antonio Brown Falcons Inactives G Mike Johnson WR Michael Jenkins QB John Parker Wilson (3rd) CB Dominique Franks RB Antone Smith LB Spencer Adkins G Joe Hawley T Garrett Reynolds Read more [...]

Steelers safety Troy Polamalu said Thursday he doesn't expect to wear a brace on the knee he injured twice last year. "I doubt I would wear a brace unless something serious happened throughout this week," Polamalu said. Polamalu didn't wear a brace this preseason, but has been taping up his knee. Steelers offensive coordinator Bruce Arians talks about the scrutiny and criticism that goes along with his job and talks about the reports that he was going to be fired last year. Speaking of Arians, he said on Thursday that running back Rashard Mendenhall will stay in the game for many goal-line Read more [...]