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Mike Tomlin Interviewed Todd Haley Today For Steelers Offensive Coordinator Position


Jason La Canfora reported last night that Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin was looking into former Kansas City Chiefs head coach Todd Haley as a possible candidate for the open offensive coordinator position and now we have confirmation from Bob Labriola that Tomlin interviewed Haley today at the team’s practice facility. Haley, the son of former Steelers Director of Player Personnel Dick Haley, was hired to be the Chiefs head coach in 2009 and was fired late this past season. Prior to coaching the Chiefs, Haley was the offensive coordinator for the Arizona Cardinals under former Read more [...]

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Art Rooney II Talks About Bruce Arians Decision & Passing Game Evolution

Bob Labriola recently sat down for the second part of his one-on-one interview with Pittsburgh Steelers President Art Rooney II and Rooney answered questions about full time officials, the new Steelers NIKE uniforms for 2012 as well as new throwback uniforms for next season as well. Labriola made sure to hit on the recent departure of offensive coordinator Bruce Arians, and while Rooney seemed to dance around the question at first, he then seemed comfortable pinning the reasoning on the Arians on again, off again retirement talk. He did however state how they were looking to improve the offense. Read more [...]

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Steelers Six From Around The Web – January 11th – Offseason In Full Swing Episode

The last episode of of Agree To Disagree with Bob Labriola and Mike Pristua is now up on steelers.com as they argue about the playoff loss against the Denver Broncos and try to predict if Joe Flacco will lead the Baltimore Ravens to the Super Bowl. Speaking of the Ravens, several of their players took great joy in the Steelers loss this past Sunday as you would expect. Who the hell is Arthur Jones and why is he talking? Hines Ward gave a very candid interview to Tunch Ilkin and Craig Wolfley yesterday and tells about his plans for the offseason that includes having some bone spurs removed Read more [...]

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Steelers Six From Around The Web – December 28th – Bengals Sellout Edition

The pregame release for the Steelers game Sunday against the Cleveland Browns is now up on steelers.com and there are several milestones that can be reached by several players in the game. This is a must read every week for the true Steelers fan. It took a few special promotions and some late hours from the Cincinnati Bengals ticket sales team, but the Bengals final home game this Sunday against the Baltimore Ravens has finally been declared a sellout as of this morning. Pretty sad considering the Bengals hold their own destiny in their hands. Bob Labriola and Tunch Ilkin break down a few Read more [...]

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Report: Gilbert Was Late For Meeting After Falling Asleep In Players Lounge

Some new details are now coming out about what may have led to Pittsburgh Steelers rookie right tackle Marcus Gilbert being benched Saturday against the St. Louis Rams. Steelers Digest editor Bob Labriola said today on his podcast that Gilbert had arrived to the Steelers facility early one morning this past week and had some breakfast prior to a scheduled meeting. When Gilbert finished his breakfast it was still not time for the meeting to start so he went down to the players lounge, sat in a chair and subsequently fell asleep. Labriola reports that was where Gilbert was when the meeting started. Read more [...]

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Steelers Six From Around The Web – December 14th – Ike Taylor Talks Deebo Edition

Ike Taylor was in studio yesterday with John Harris talking about the James Harrison hit and suspension and Taylor was as entertaining as ever and on point. Harrison spoke to Jerome Bettis following his suspension and said he won’t change the way he plays in light of his one-game suspension. Bettis was on NFL Live yesterday. Do you remember what got Green Bay Packers defensive end Charles Martin suspended 25 years ago? That’s Church certainly does and she has the video up of Martin body slamming Chicago Bears quarterback Jim McMahon to the ground. Not really a tackle as most called it in Read more [...]

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Steelers Six From Around The Web – November 30th – Woodley Man Of Steel Edition

Linebacker LaMarr Woodley took advantage of the Steelers bye week by visiting his old school in Michigan, and celebrating Thanksgiving by donating household goods to 500 families in need back. The cameras were there to capture that as well as him and his family reminiscing about his upbringing and that episode will be up Thursday on NFL.com. Woodley and Trib Live Radio host Michael Grau also broadcasted live last night at Monte Cello’s and below is video of some of the interview as they talk about sacks and fines. The game release for the Steelers Sunday game against the Bengals is up now Read more [...]

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Steelers Six From Around The Web – November 15th – Roethlisberger Wants Luck Edition

Bob Labriola and Tunch Ilkin breakdown 4 key plays from the Steelers win this past Sunday against the Bengals in the latest edition of Chalk Talk. Former Steelers running back Jerome Bettis joined the “Around the League” crew yesterday to give his thoughts on the Steelers after the win against the Bengals. Steelers safety Ryan Clark joined NFL Network yesterday via phone to talk about how the Steelers defense has been able to improve over the last month. Ben Roethlisberger was on 93.7 The Fan to talk about the weapons he has on offense and the challenge of spreading the ball around. He Read more [...]

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Steelers Six From Around The Web – Tuesday November 1st – Woodley Says Dulac Has Bad Info Edition

Gerry Dulac was on NFL Total Access tonight via Steelers Team Cam to give a preliminary preview and injury update tonight. During the interview linebacker LaMarr Woodley made a surprise cameo to give an interesting twist to the Dulac injury update on him. The Steelers versus Ravens pregame release is up on steelers.com in PDF format and is always a must read for Steelers fans. You might be surprised to know that dating back to 1960, Sunday was the first time that Steelers registered a safety in back to back games. It was only the third time since 1960 that the Steelers recorded two safeties Read more [...]

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Steelers Six From Around The Web – Wednesday October 19th – Building Better Young Money Chemistry Edition

Steelers wide receiver Emmanuel Sanders was on 93.7 The Fan yesterday morning to talk about the win over the Jaguars and the adjustments that offensive coordinator Bruce Arians made to the gameplan after the Jaguars started to role more coverage to Mike Wallace. Sanders says that he and Antonio Brown are working hard this week in practice to improve the chemistry they have with quarterback Ben Roethlisberger. I noted this lack of chemistry earlier in the week. Hines Ward was on NFL Total Access last night and gave his thoughts on the Carson Palmer trade as well as the criticism of the Steelers Read more [...]

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Steelers Six From Around The Web – Monday October 10th – Talking Titans Win Edition

Bob Labriola and Tunch Ilkin have the latest episode of Chalk Talk up on steelers.com and break down four key plays from the Steelers 38-17 win over the Titans yesterday. The even cover the counter pike play I illustrated last night. Tim Benz from 105 The X caught up with linebacker LaMarr Woodley after the game to get his thoughts on his play and the play of the Steelers defense. He also talked to Max Starks after his first game back in black and gold. Linebacker James Farrior was on 93.7 The Fan this morning to break down the win, what Dick LeBeau told the defense on Saturday night and Read more [...]

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Steelers Six From Around The Web – Thursday October 6th – Humble Cam Edition

Rookie defensive end Cameron Heyward was on 93.7 The Fan this morning to discuss his first four regular season games with the Steelers. He goes on to explain how he can improve as a player and what the defense needs to improve on as a unit. Heyward really is a good kid and always humble. Wide receiver Antonio Brown joined Joe Bendel on 970 ESPN for his weekly spot to discuss the Texans game and what the offense needs to do going forward. David Todd and I knocked out a Thursday episode of The Terrible Podcast and it includes my morning interview with Titans beat writer Jim Wyatt. We also discuss Read more [...]

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Steelers Six From Around The Web – Thursday September 22nd – Brett Greenwood Improving Edition

Two former Steelers from training camp are in the news as the family of safety Brett Greenwood says he is improving after suffering a heart attack and cornerback Donovan Warren was released yesterday from the Lions practice squad. Seahawks defensive end Raheem Brock was fined $15K for his hit on Ben Roethlisberger this past Sunday and I have proof that he lunged after hitting the ground. Bob Labriola and Mike Prisuta have their latest agree or disagree segment up on steelers.com as they discuss Isaac Redman and Bryant McFadden along with a few other topics. Scott Brown has the transcript Read more [...]

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Steelers Six From Around The Web – Tuesday September 20th – Greg Lloyd Speaks Edition

Dan Gigler caught up with former Steelers linebacker Greg Lloyd and asked him about the current state of the NFL — specifically in reference to the crackdown on violent helmet-to-helmet hits. Here is some audio from the interview as well. Bob Labriola and Craig Wolfley break down two running plays from Sunday in the weekly Chalk Talk segment on Steelers.com Steelers defensive end Brett Keisel talked to Tim Benz after the game to give the prognosis on his knee he injured. He also talked about what the plan was going into the game for the defense. After further review of the game, Mark Read more [...]

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Steelers Six From Around The Web – August 23rd – Essex Biggest Loser Edition

Bob Labriola and Mike Prisuta have a new episode of Talkin Steelers Football up on Steelers.com and they discuss the new Lawrence Timmons contract among other Steelers tidbits. The Steelers and the mayor are scheduled to hold a press conference on Wednesday to provide details of a new road that will be named for former coach Chuck Noll. Dale Lolley tweeted that the newly re-signed Trai Essex said that he remained unsigned until this week because he had put on too much weight during the offseason. Essex had been recovering from ankle surgery during the offseason, but has lost two babies worth Read more [...]

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