The Pittsburgh Steelers (8-3) versus the Cincinnati Bengals (7-4) today at Heinz Field and below are the 7 players that will be inactive and not dress this afternoon for the Steelers and the Bengals. The Steelers had 2 players listed as out on the week 13 Friday injury report and 1 listed as questionable. Arnaz Battle and Chris Carter were ruled out on Friday. LaMarr Woodley is active today for the first time since injuring his hamstring against the Patriots. Inactives are officially released and announced starting 90 minutes before kick-off. Here are my 7 things to watch in this game along with Read more [...]

The Steelers are coming off of a sluggish win last Sunday night against the Chiefs and can not expect to have the same type of performance this week against a good Cincinnati Bengals team if they expect to complete the season sweep. A solid win will go a long way in ensuring that the Bengals are knocked out of the race for the AFC North crown and will build good momentum for the team heading into a short week. A loss by the Steelers will pretty much mean that they will have to make the playoffs as a wild card team. As I do each and every week, here are 7 things to look for in the game on Sunday Read more [...]

The Steelers wrapped up their Friday practice session today in preparation to host the Cincinnati Bengals Sunday at Heinz Field. The Friday injury report is now out and it shows that linebacker LaMarr Woodley (hamstring), safety Troy Polamalu (head), quarterback Ben Roethlisberger (hand), center Maurkice Pouncey (illness), wide receiver Emmanuel Sanders (foot) and linebacker Stevenson Sylvester (calf) are listed as probable after all practiced fully on Friday. Sanders had sat out yesterday to rest his knee and foot. Roethlisberger had to leave practice early on Thursday after banging his thumb Read more [...]

The Steelers continued their practice preparations on Thursday for their week 13 game this coming Sunday afternoon against the Cincinnati Bengals at Heinz Field and the Thursday injury report is now out following practice. As mentioned earlier today, center Maurkice Pouncey (illness) was limited as he works back from the stomach virus that forced him to exit early from the game Sunday night against the Kansas City Chiefs. The virus caused him to lose 12 pounds, and he is just now starting to regain his strength according to the afternoon reports, and he has gained back 2 of the lost pounds thus Read more [...]

The Steelers were back on the practice field Wednesday to begin getting ready to take on the Cincinnati Bengals for the second time this season Sunday after at Heinz Field. The first injury report of the week as been released today and it shows that both safety Troy Polamalu (head) and center Maurkice Pouncey (illness) both sat out out practice on Wednesday. Polamalu left the Sunday night game against the Chiefs early with a concussion and Pouncey exited early as well with a stomach virus. Polamalu did not talk to reporters today and Mike Tomlin said yesterday he was hopeful to have him available Read more [...]

Below are the 7 players that will be inactive and not dress today in Cincinnati for the Steelers and the Cincinnati Bengals at Paul Brown Stadium. The Steelers ruled out 3 players on the week 10 Friday injury report and they were Arnaz Battle, Emmanuel Sanders and LaMarr Woodley. Inactives are officially released and announced starting 90 minutes before kick-off. The Ravens ruled out Donald Lee on Friday as well. Steelers WR Emmanuel Sanders LB LaMarr Woodley WR Arnaz Battle QB Dennis Dixon T Jamon Meredith DE Al Woods NT Chris Hoke Bengals TE Donald Lee CB Adam Jones LB Dontay Read more [...]

The Steelers are still stinging from their Sunday night loss in the finals seconds to the Ravens, but must regroup quickly for another division game on the road against the AFC North leading Cincinnati Bengals. This is a must game if the Steelers still want to have any shot at winning the division as a loss would make them 0-3 in division play. The Bengals are the surprise team in the division and should not be faulted for playing an easy schedule to start the season. As I do each and every week, here are my 7 things to watch for this week against the Bengals as the Steelers look to move to Read more [...]

Steelers center Maurkice Pouncey and his twin brother Mike Pouncey appear to be set to host a huge VIP party at Desire the Nocturnal Nightclub down in Miami, Florida on April 14th. You can see the promotion poster below for the event. Being as their birthdays are on July 24th, it appears this might be a celebration for Mike as he his set to be drafted just 2 weeks from Thursday. Several Florida alum players look to be at the event as Louis Murphy, Percy Harvin, Carlos Dunlap and Brandon Spikes are all listed as guest for the night. I wonder if Tim Tebow got an invite as well. Hopefully Pacman Jones Read more [...]

Hines Ward beat Bengals defensive end Carlos Dunlap in the first round of the Madden 12 cover contest and is now in the Sweet 16 squaring off against 49ers linebacker Patrick Willis with the winner moving on to face the winner of the Andre Johnson, Michael Vick match-up. Make sure to vote for Hines. Ward is winning more than Charlie Sheen as of late as he and his dance partner Kym Johnson also advanced to the next round of Dancing with the Stars. Perhaps Hines is on the Tiger Blood. The Steelers brass were present at the University of Texas Pro Day on Tuesday to get a good look at Aaron Williams, Read more [...]

It's March Madden time. No, not that March Madness , March Madden. Like the video game Madden 12. Steeler Nation can vote online for Hines Ward to grace the cover of Madden 12. EA Sports along with ESPN SportsNation is having a bracket like contest that pits two players against each other, or in the case of the Seahawks, the 12th man. I find that kind of weird. First up for Hines Ward is the Bengals defensive end Carlos Dunlap. Hines is the number 2 seed on his side of the bracket while Dunlap is the 15th. Should Hines advance in round 1, it seems he will face the winner between The 12th Man and Read more [...]

The Steelers allowed 4 sacks Sunday afternoon against the Cincinnati Bengals and we have the breakdowns of all of them below in animated gif form. If you click on any of the images, you can see the full size replay on NFL.com. If you missed are offensive line breakdown grading against the Bengals, you can read the grades here. On the first sack the Bengals rush 5 and blitz a linebacker and safety. Jonathan Scott starts well with Geno Atkins put allows Atkins to get his hands up in his body and is driven back into the pocket. Maurkice Pouncey sees the overload to his right and looks to lend a Read more [...]

Both sides of the ball were very sluggish to start with and it was not the first time we have seen this. The defense seemed confused to start with how the Bengals were lining up the fullback, tight end and extra tackles. Once they got that sorted out after the first drive they calmed down. LaMarr Woodley got of to a rough start starting with the first 3rd down, but he more than made up for it. I do not harp on non-calls that much in these recaps, but the missed holding calls on Woodley and James Harrison were VERY noticeable. I might try to clip gifs of all of these as the week goes. They Read more [...]

The Steelers wrapped the practice week on Friday for their week 14 game Sunday against the Cincinnati Bengals. TE Heath Miller (concussion) and DT Steve McLendon (stinger) have both been ruled out for Sunday after both sat out on Friday. Miller missed the entire week as he recovers from a concussion suffered in the second half of the game last week against the Ravens. T Flozell Adams (ankle), S Troy Polamalu (ankle) and RB Isaac Redman (ankle) all practiced fully on Friday and all three are listed as probable on the Friday injury report. DE Aaron Smith (triceps) is of course ruled out again this Read more [...]

The Steelers continued practice preparations on Thursday for their week 14 home game against the Cincinnati Bengals. WR Hines Ward (not injury related) worked fully and was removed from the injury report after having Wednesday off. DT Steve McLendon (stinger) was added on Thursday as limited with a stinger injury. T Flozell Adams (ankle) practiced fully after sitting out on Wednesday and is vowing to be ready Sunday. TE Heath Miller (concussion) sat for a second straight day as expected. S Troy Polamalu (ankle) also sat out a second straight day, but should be good to go on Sunday. RB Isaac Redman Read more [...]

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has the latest on the Ben Roethlisberger sexual assault allegations and says one more witness remains to be interviewed along with Big Ben. We should know in a few days or so whether or nor Ben will be charged with any crime. The Steelers coaching staff and scouts are down in Florida for the well anticipated Pro Day of the Florida Gators. Tim Tebow, Joe Haden, Carlos Dunlap, Maurkice Pouncey, Brandon Spikes and Major Wright are the big names getting the pre draft attention today. Kevin Colbert admits that the free agency fireworks are likely over for the Steelers Read more [...]