The Pittsburgh Steelers face the San Francisco 49ers tonight at Candlestick Park as both teams look to move to 11-3 on the season. The Steelers control their own destiny as far as home field advantage goes throughout the playoffs thanks to the loss by the Baltimore Ravens and Houston Texans on Sunday. The pre-game inactives have been released and quarterback Ben Roethlisberger is active tonight. The Steelers are also dressing three quarterbacks tonight so Dennis Dixon is dressed. The Steelers ruled three players out on the Saturday injury report and of course linebacker James Harrison has been Read more [...]

Scott Brown is reporting via Twitter that Pittsburgh Steelers offensive coordinator Bruce Arians announced today during his session with the media that veteran Charlie Batch would start Monday night at quarterback against the San Francisco 49ers should starter Ben Roethlisberger not be able to play with his sprained left ankle. Arians also said that Trai Essex would get the start at left guard should center Maurkice Pouncey not be able to play Monday night because of his sprained left ankle. Both Roethlisberger and Pouncey were injured last week in the first half of the Steelers 14-3 win over the Read more [...]

The Pittsburgh Steelers take on the Cleveland Browns tonight at Heinz Field as week 14 in the NFL gets underway. The Steelers look to move to 10-3 on the season with a win tonight. The final injury report on Wednesday had 5 Steelers players listed as out and 1 as doubtful, but since then two of those 6 players have been placed on injured reserve in the form of nose tackle Chis Hoke and running back Jonathan Dwyer. Linebacker Mortty Ivy and safety Damon Cromartie-Smith were promoted from the practice to take the place of both Hoke and Dwyer on the roster and both will be active for the Steelers Read more [...]

The Pittsburgh Steelers take on the Cleveland Browns tonight at Heinz Field as they look to move to 10-3 on the season and inch even closer to a playoff birth. The short week went by fast and the Wednesday injury report shows that five players were ruled out and one player as doubtful. That makes the inactives for Thursday night very easy to predict with the only real choice being the 7th inactive. As I do every week, here is the prediction of the 7 game inactives and a few notes on each of the players. The official list will be announced 90 minutes before kickoff. LB LaMarr Woodley - Woodley Read more [...]

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 back home this week to host the Cincinnati Bengals at Heinz Field. The final injury report on Friday showed two players ruled out in Arnaz Battle and Chris Carter. Larry Foote was listed as questionable, while LaMarr Woodley, Troy Polamalu, Emmanuel Sanders, Ben Roethlisberger, Stevenson Sylvester and Maurkice Pouncey were all listed as probable. Let's have a look at the injured players and predict the other remaining inactives this week as the Steelers look to move to 9-3 on the season and 2-2 in the AFC North. The official inactive list are released 90 minutes before kick-off Read more [...]

Below are the 7 players that will be inactive and not dress tonight in Kansas City for the Steelers and the Kansas City Chiefs at Arrowhead Stadium. The Steelers had 3 players listed as questionable on the week 12 Friday injury report and all three are inactive tonight in the form of LaMarr Woodley, Stevenson Sylvester and Arnaz Battle. Inactives are officially released and announced starting 90 minutes before kick-off. Steelers LB Stevenson Sylvester LB LaMarr Woodley WR Arnaz Battle QB Dennis Dixon T Jamon Meredith DE Al Woods NT Chris Hoke Chiefs G Ryan Lilja QB Kyle Orton CB Read more [...]

The Steelers are back from their bye week now and ready to take on the Kansas City Chiefs Sunday night at Arrowhead Stadium. The Friday injury report showed 3 players as being questionable and I fully expect all three to be inactive this week. Let's have a look at the injured players and predict the other remaining inactives this week as the Steelers look to move to 8-3 on the season. The official inactive list are released 90 minutes before kick-off and I will have them up on the site as soon as they are announced. OLB LaMarr Woodley - Woodley was limited all week in practice as he continues 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 go on the road to play the AFC North leading Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday and they will do so with just 4 healthy wide receivers as Emmanuel Sanders and Arnaz Battle were both ruled out as expected on the Friday injury report. Also ruled out as expected was outside linebacker LaMarr Woodley. Let's have a look at the injured players and predict the other remaining inactives this week as the Steelers look to bounce back from their loss last week against the Ravens. The official inactive list are released 90 minutes before kick-off and I will have them up on the site as soon as they are Read more [...]

Below are the 7 players that will be inactive and not dress tonight for the Steelers and the Baltimore Ravens. The Steelers ruled out 3 players on the week 9 Friday injury report and they were Doug Legursky, Emmanuel Sanders and LaMarr Woodley. Inactives are officially released and announced starting 90 minutes before kick-off. The Ravens ruled out Dannell Ellerbe and Lee Evans on Friday as well. Steelers G Doug Legursky WR Emmanuel Sanders LB LaMarr Woodley NT Chris Hoke QB Dennis Dixon T Jamon Meredith LB James Farrior Ravens LB Dannell Ellerbe WR Lee Evans WR Tandon Doss CB Read more [...]

The Steelers ruled out 3 players on the Friday injury report in the form of LaMarr Woodley, Doug Legursky and Emmanuel Sanders, none of which were a huge surprise. It looks as if Hines Ward, James Harrison and Jason Worilds will all be active this week and play. Let's have a look at the injured players and predict the other remaining inactives this week as the Steelers take on the Baltimore Ravens Sunday night at Heinz Field. The official inactive list are released 90 minutes before kick-off and I will have them up on the site as soon as they are announced. LB LaMarr Woodley - Woodley injured Read more [...]

Below are the 7 players that will be inactive and not dress today for the Steelers and the New England Patriots. The Steelers officially ruled out James Harrison, Jason Worilds, Doug Legursky and Chris Hoke on Friday. Hines Ward and James Farrior were downgraded to out earlier this morning. For the Patriots, Josh Barrett and Dane Fletcher were ruled out prior to the game. Inactives are officially released and announced starting 90 minutes before kick-off. Steelers WR Hines Ward LB James Harrison LB Jason Worilds G Doug Legursky NT Chris Hoke LB James Farrior QB Dennis Dixon Patriots S Read more [...]

Four players have already been ruled out on Friday for the game against the New England Patriots and it is not looking good for Hines Ward or James Farrior this week either. Let's have a look at the injured players and predict the other inactives this week. The official inactive list are released 90 minutes before kick-off and I will have them up on the site as soon as they are announced. G Doug Legursky - Legursky will be down yet another week with his dislocated toe suffered against the Jaguars a few weeks back. There is still no real time table on his return, but best guess right now is that Read more [...]

Below are the 7 players that will be inactive and not dress today for the Steelers and the Arizona Cardinals. The Steelers ruled out all 3 players listed below on the Friday injury report and they were Casey Hampton, James Harrison and Doug Legursky. Chris Kemoeatu starts at left guard today and Marcus Gilbert starts at right tackle. Inactives are officially released and announced starting 90 minutes before kick-off. Steelers LB James Harrison QB Dennis Dixon RB Jonathan Dwyer G Doug Legursky NT Chris Hoke NT Casey Hampton LB Jason Worilds Cardinals TE Todd Heap S Kerry Rhodes T Read more [...]