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 [...]

Former Steelers running back and current ESPN NFL analyst Merril Hoge shared his thoughts on the Steelers this morning on the Mike and Mike radio show. The great Craig Wolfley was on the 105 The X morning show this morning with Tim Benz to also talk about the Steelers 17-10 loss to the Texans. Ed Bouchette was on 93.7 The Fan this morning to give his breakdown of the loss to the Texans and talked about the state of the lockerroom following the loss. If you missed the post game Q & A with Ben Roethlisberger after the game, you can see the interview here on steelers.com. I have the coverage Read more [...]

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 [...]

David Todd and I recorded a new episode of The Terrible Podcast this morning and discussed the play against the Redskins last Friday and talk about a few roster battles that are left to be settled. Hines Ward says he is focused on just one thing right now and that is playing Baltimore in week 1. He says he even watched their first preseason game against the Eagles and focused on their new cornerback Jimmy Smith as well. Doug Legursky, Ramon Foster and Keenan Lewis all addresses the media after Monday morning's walk through and the interviews are all up on Steelers.com. Legursky and Foster Read more [...]

Steelers linebacker James Harrison released an apology type statement last night and several teammates have started to show their support of him. The two sides agreed to rookie wage scale on Thursday and the lockout is getting ever so closer to ending. They also reached a tentative agreement to make the 2011 salary cap $120 million. Steelers.com has another in a series of stories up chronicling the 52 playoff games in Steelers history and this week Craig Wolfley writes about the 1984 AFC Divisional Round win versus the Denver Broncos. Adam Schein writes on FoxSports.com that the Rooneys Read more [...]

I wrote Friday about the possibility that free agents Ike Taylor and William Gay could land with the Arizona Cardinals, should they trade cornerback Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie to the Philadelphia Eagles for Kevin Kolb. Ron Wolfley of 620 KTAR said yesterday thinks Ike would be the perfect guy in the Cardinals system. Pick up the talk on Taylor at around the 13 minute mark below. Ron is the brother of Steelers radio man, Craig Wolfley. [audio:http://icestream.bonnint.net:8000/az/audio/2011/06/p_Doug_and_Wolf_20110627_8am.mp3] Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reporter John Harris thinks like many of Read more [...]

Mike Tomlin met with reporters on Monday and gave answers to several questions. He stated he is not close to hiring a secondary coach yet and hasn’t given up on Keenan Lewis or Limas Sweed as of yet. Ed Bouchette has the full Q & A also on his blog. Steelers linebacker James Harrison underwent successful lower back surgery to remove a piece of herniated disc off a nerve on Monday. Dr. Joseph Maroon was allowed to live. Harrison was to have the surgery last week, but had to wait until a fever went down. We wish him a speedy recovery. Although no details were once again given, Steelers Read more [...]

Quarterback Ben Roethlisberger addressed the huge media gathering before Wednesday afternoon's practice at the Steelers South Side facility. Quite a playful and long interview. Check out the sweater question as well. The Steelers Packers Super Bowl XLV pregame release and notes is now available on Steelers.com in PDF format. Craig Wolfley breaks down the big third down play to Antonio Brown that sealed the deal against the Jets and defends the play calling of Steelers offensive coordinator Bruce Arians in the process. Speaking of Brown, Randy Covitz has a great story on Eddie Brown, the Read more [...]

Post Gazette beat writer Gerry Dulac blogged that defensive end Aaron Smith will not play this week in the AFC Championship game and you can kind of read in-between the lines and draw the same conclusion from his interview in the locker room on Wednesday. Steelers right tackle Flozell Adams talked with 93.7 The Fan about sitting out the 2nd half against the Ravens sick and how he tried to go back in when Jonathan Scott went down with a stinger. The Patriot-News also has a good read on Flozell as does Craig Wolfley on his blog. Santonio Holmes had his news conference yesterday and had some Read more [...]

The Steelers are AFC North Champs after taking care of business on Sunday and you can get shirts, hats and other AFC North Champion merchandise and gear right here. Video of Mike Tomlin greeting his players at the lockerroom door after clinching the AFC North Division title. After allowing the Cleveland Browns to rush for only 43 yards on Sunday, the Steelers run defense set two franchise records for allowing the fewest yards rushing in a season and fewest yards per game. Hats off to Dick LeBeau and defensive coaching staff as well. Tunch Ilkin and Craig Wolfley of the Steelers Radio Network Read more [...]

Might be hard to watch so soon, but here are the highlights of the 22-17 loss to the New York Jets. Steelers Radio Network broadcasters Tunch Ilkin and Craig Wolfley discuss the loss to the New York Jets yesterday. Dale Lolley agrees with what I posted in my recap that the Steelers might consider replacing left tackle Jonathan Scott with Trai Essex next week against the Panthers to see if he can do any better. ESPN North blogger James Walker writes that the Steelers look ordinary without safety Troy Polamalu and very beatable and also has some other notes from the Steelers loss. Jets Read more [...]

Defensive end Aaron Smith had an MRI on his torn left triceps and has since been cleared by team doctors to start lifting weights and head coach Mike Tomlin is optimistic that Smith could return in time for the playoffs. In the latest episode of Chalk Talk, Bob Labriola and Tunch Ilkin break down some of the key plays from the Steelers 13-10 win against the Baltimore Ravens. The Steelers Bengals week 14 pre game release and notes are now up on Steelers.com. [phpbay]Steelers edition, 3, "", ""[/phpbay] Craig Wolfley has his Steelers Ravens II wrap-up podcast up for your listening pleasure Read more [...]

Steelers linebacker James Harrison said that he did nothing wrong on the play that resulted in a personal foul penalty yesterday on the hit of Bills quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick. The league will surely be reviewing the hit and you can see it slow motion right here. Hopefully you caught the NFL Today piece yesterday on the Steelers and their commitment to the memory of the heroes on board United Flight 93 who made the ultimate sacrifice on September 11, 2001. You can watch the full segment here. Tunch Ilkin and Craig Wolfley of the Steelers Radio Network discuss Sunday's overtime win against the Read more [...]

My podcast partner David Todd from The Hammer Speaks was on the Craig Wolfley podcast yesterday. Make sure to give it a listen along with our episode 1 of The Terrible Podcast. We will be hopefully doing 3 podcast a week of 30 minutes each. Tunch & Wolf also had quite a few guest on their radio show yesterday as Antonio Brown, LaMarr Woodley and Bryant McFadden all were on for interviews on Monday. Steelers WR Emmanuel Sanders talked to 93.7 The Fan beat reporter Jon Burton about his break out performance he had Sunday against the Raiders. [phpbay]Steelers mini helmet, 3, "", ""[/phpbay] Raiders Read more [...]

Steelers linebacker James Harrison said he believes the league should suspend Raiders Richard Seymour for what he did to quarterback Ben Roethlisberger. Chris Hoke, Maurkice Pouncey, Lawrence Timmons, Ziggy Hood, Emmanuel Sanders, Troy Polamalu, James Farrior and Mike Wallace all have post game interviews up on Steelers.com following the win. Starting next Sunday, new sod will be laid on Heinz Field after the West Virginia-Pitt game Friday and four WPIAL championship games Saturday take place. Both the Raiders and Patriots complained to the league about the field conditions. [phpbay]Steelers Read more [...]