Season 7, Episode 8 of The Terrible Podcast is now up and in this Monday show, David Todd and I start things off by going over the key injuries the Pittsburgh Steelers suffered during their Friday night preseason win over the New Orleans Saints. Will defensive end Cameron Heyward and tackle Marcus Gilbert be…
The initial snap counts from the Pittsburgh Steelers Friday night preseason win over the New Orleans Saints are now in and here’s a few observations from the numbers. The Steelers starting offensive live sans tackle Marcus Gilbert played 41 snaps Friday night. Gilbert surely would have as well had he…
2016 Preseason Game No. 3 Pittsburgh Steelers (0-2) vs. New Orleans Saints (0-2) Kickoff: 8:00 p.m. ET Site: Mercedes-Benz Superdome (73,000) • New Orleans, La. Playing Surface: UBU Speed Series-S5-M TV Coverage: CBS-TV (locally KDKA-TV, channel 2) Announcers: Bob Pompeani (play-by-play), Charlie Batch (color analyst), Missi Matthews and Rich Walsh…
If things go like we think they will Friday night, new Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Bryn Renner should see some playing time in the second half of the team’s preseason game against the New Orleans Saints. On Wednesday, Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin was asked what it is he likes about Renner and what he looks forward to…
We don’t normally write about this stuff but one of Ed Bouchette’s answers in his chat today caught my attention. It seemed like speculation but Bouchette believes the Pittsburgh Steelers could go into the start of the season carrying just two quarterbacks. From today’s weekly chat on the PPG. VA Beach…
Season 7, Episode 6 of The Terrible Podcast is now up and in this Monday show, David Todd and I start things off by talking about Pittsburgh Steelers running back Le’Veon Bell having his four-game suspension shortened by one game a few days ago. We also talk about Bell’s video response that was soon…
The Pittsburgh Steelers will begin the second half of their 2016 preseason schedule Friday night on the road against the New Orleans Saints and while most of the team’s 53-man roster seems to be etched in stone, seven or eight spots still appear to remain up for grabs. Below is…
With two of the Pittsburgh Steelers backup quarterbacks now dealing with injuries suffered during the team’s first two preseason games, the team decided to sign former undrafted free agent Bryn Renner on Friday with the hopes that he can absorb any remaining mop up playing time under center over the course of…
Now that the Pittsburgh Steelers have wrapped up their 2016 training camp and played their first two preseason games, it’s time to revive the weekly Friday night question post. The Steelers enter the third week of the preseason with a record of 0-2 and are coming off of a shutout…
Now that the Pittsburgh Steelers have played their second preseason game of 2016, it’s time for me to adjust my 53-man roster prediction. It’s worth noting that this is a prediction related to the 53-man roster that shows up in Week 2 against the Washington Redskins as a needed IR…
Training camp has ended, and the Pittsburgh Steelers have reverted back to taking their practices at the UPMC Rooney Sports Complex, formerly known and still referred to as the ‘South Side’ facility of Heinz Field. While training camp might have seen a lot of work put into the team and…
The Pittsburgh Steelers will kickoff their second preseason game of 2016 against the Philadelphia Eagles in about 30 minutes from now and we’re already getting a good idea as to which players will sit out the contest because of minor injuries. According to Missi Matthews of steelers.com, linebacker Jarvis Jones,…
The Pittsburgh Steelers will play their second preseason game of 2016 Thursday night at Heinz Field against the Philadelphia Eagles and that means there will be opportunities for several players who underperformed in last week’s game against the Detroit Lions to show that they can bounce back under the bright…
2016 Preseason Game No. 2 Philadelphia Eagles (1-0) vs. Pittsburgh Steelers (0-1) Kickoff: 7:00 p.m. ET Site: Heinz Field (68,400) • Pittsburgh, Pa. Playing Surface: Natural Grass TV Coverage: CBS-TV (locally KDKA-TV, channel 2) & NFL Network Announcers: Bob Pompeani (play-by-play), Charlie Batch (color analyst), Missi Matthews and Rich Walsh…
The Pittsburgh Steelers launched their 2016 Super Bowl ambitions with a 17-30 preseason thud to the Detroit Lions. Yes. It’s just the first preseason game. No. There’s no reason to panic. Not by any means. But, dang, that was disappointing. With QB Ben Roethlisberger, WR Antonio Brown and RB Le’Veon…