Here we are and here we go. One more win and the Steelers capture their 7th championship, but to do so they must get past another storied and classy franchise in the Green Bay Packers. The Packers deserve to be in this game and have made the run as the 6th seed much like the Steelers did back in 2005. The Packers have an offense that can go vertical through the air and strike with the big play behind the arm of Aaron Rodgers. The Steelers 2010 defense has been consistent all year, and very strong against the run. The Packers coaching staff is also littered with several former Steelers players and Read more [...]

The Steelers wrapped up their Friday practice indoors at Texas Christian University and the news is as expected as C Maurkice Pouncey (ankle) was not able to go on Friday with his high ankle sprain and has been ruled out for Super Bowl XLV Sunday night against the Green Bay Packers. The Steeler will turn to 2008 undrafted free agent Doug Legursky who will make his first career start at center in place of Pouncey. DE Aaron Smith (triceps) was also ruled out on the final injury report and will not make it back from a ruptured triceps Oct. 24 against the Miami Dolphins. The Steelers will have a Saturday Read more [...]

Audio from Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin press conference on Friday February 4th, 2011. Tomlin met the media on Friday for the upcoming Sunday Super Bowl game against the Green Bay Packers. Tomlin takes questions from the local media and gives a brief Maurkice Pouncey injury update and what the agenda is for today and the rest of the week. [audio:http://www.steelersdepot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/mike-tomlin-press-conference-feb-4-2011.mp3|titles=Mike Tomlin Press Conference Friday February 4th Super Bowl Steelers Packers] PITTSBURGH STEELERS HEAD COACH MIKE TOMLIN Super Bowl XLV Read more [...]

The Steelers practiced again on Thursday in preparation for Super Bowl XLV against the Green Bay Packers Sunday night in Dallas. The Thursday practice was inside the Sam Baugh Indoor Practice Facility of Texas Christian University, almost 40 miles west of Dallas. The injury and participation report was the same as Wednesday as C Maurkice Pouncey (ankle) remains sidelined with his high ankle sprain. Pouncey needs to get reps in on Friday in order to have a chance to play. DE Aaron Smith (triceps) remains limited and it is not looking good for him to play Sunday as expected. Friday should tell us Read more [...]

Did you miss any Steelers press conferences from Super Bowl Media Day or from Wednesday? We have all the transcripts for you of both. Joe Starkey checks in on legendary Steelers head coach Chuck Noll who isn't doing particularly well these days with a "horrific" back condition. Noll will be watching Super Bowl XLV from his home in Florida. Limas Sweed said he is still about five weeks away from full recovery after tearing his left Achilles' tendon and will be ready to go for next season, his last on contract with the Steelers. He is a long shot to make the 53 man roster right now. If you Read more [...]

Below are links to all of the Wednesday press conference transcripts of the Steelers players and coaches. Mike Tomlin Press Conference Transcript Wednesday Super Bowl XLV Dick LeBeau Press Conference Transcript Wednesday Super Bowl XLV Ben Roethlisberger Press Conference Transcript Wednesday Super Bowl XLV Byron Leftwich Press Conference Transcript Wednesday Super Bowl XLV Rashard Mendenhall Press Conference Transcript Wednesday Super Bowl XLV Hines Ward Press Conference Transcript Wednesday Super Bowl XLV Emmanuel Sanders Press Conference Transcript Wednesday Super Bowl XLV Antonio Read more [...]

The Steelers got their first on field practice work done on Wednesday in preparation for Super Bowl XLV against the Green Bay Packers. They practiced at Texas Christian University indoors and only listed two players on the Wednesday injury report. C Maurkice Pouncey (ankle) remains sidelined and had his ankle out of the boot on Wednesday afternoon. Pouncey says he has to work on Friday in order to be able to play Sunday and will wear the walking boot in the evening. DE Aaron Smith (triceps) remains limited and was supposed to have another MRI after practice to determine where he is at. Thursday Read more [...]

Steelers rookie center Maurkice Pouncey told Chris Berman of ESPN he has a 75% chance to play Sunday in Super Bowl XLV against the Green Bay Packers. Pouncey told Berman on Tuesday Media Day that he feels good since getting the left ankle out of the cast and that is still a nasty purple color. He says it is just a pretty bad high ankle sprain and that he hopes to get on the bike and in the pool later today to rehab it more. Video of the Pouncey interview below. If you read this and believe in the power of prayer, I would pray even harder. Saying that it is still a nasty purple on Tuesday, makes Read more [...]

The legendary coach Bill Walsh wrote in his book, Finding The Winning Edge, that a team needs to generate explosive plays to gain an advantage over their opponent. Walsh described an explosive play as any offensive play that gains 20 or more yards. At the time Walsh wrote that the current stats at the time showed that teams that had a two or more explosive plays than their opponent did, won the game 80-85 percent of the time. In the tables below, I have broken down both the Steelers and Packers explosive plays by week and by run and pass for both the offense and defense. You will also see the Read more [...]

I thought it would be fun to look at Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers passing stats in the 3 playoff games against different types of rushes. I have the overall totals in the first table and then each game broken down by each time he dropped back in order that it happened. I also logged the scrambles as well as the plays that resulted in a penalty on either the offense and defense. In addition I logged whether or not the opposing team blitzed and the personnel that was blitzing. The numbers are pretty much what you would expect from Rodgers. When teams have only rushed 3 and 4 pass rushers, Read more [...]

On Friday, the Steelers continued their on field practice preparations for Super Bowl XLV down in Dallas next Sunday night against the Green Bay Packers. There was some good news as expected S Troy Polamalu (Achilles), CB Bryant McFadden (abdomen) and WR Emmanuel Sanders (foot) all practiced fully on Friday after sitting out on Wednesday and Thursday. All 3 players enter next week listed as probable. C Maurkice Pouncey (ankle), S Will Allen (knee) and T Jonathan Scott (ribs) all sat out again and Allen and Pouncey end this week as questionable while Scott is probable. DE Aaron Smith (triceps) was Read more [...]

The Steelers continued their on field practice preparations for Super Bowl XLV down in Dallas next Sunday night against the Green Bay Packers. The injury report and practice participation report is the same as the one turned in on Wednesday. C Maurkice Pouncey (ankle), S Will Allen (knee), S Troy Polamalu (Achilles), CB Bryant McFadden (abdomen), WR Emmanuel Sanders (foot) and T Jonathan Scott (ribs) all sat out again and Pouncey is the only player on that list in serious jeopardy of not being ready for Super Bowl. DE Aaron Smith (triceps) was limited once again and there are no signs yet that Read more [...]

It is looking more and more like Doug Legursky will be starting at center for Super Bowl XLV against the Green Bay Packers in place of Maurkice Pouncey. We hope we are wrong and Pouncey is healed by then, but just in case, we are releasing our Super Bowl movie poster of "The Big Legursky". We hope you like it on Facebook and share it on Twitter. Read more [...]

Super Bowl XLV is still more than a week and a half away and already the Steelers are faced with some tough decisions for the game day roster on Super Bowl Sunday against the Green Bay Packers. It is no surprise that rookie center Maurkice Pouncey is looking real doubtful to be ready after his high left ankle sprain suffered in the AFC Championship Game against the New York Jets. The Steelers are treating it very aggressively thus far, by putting the injured ankle in a hard cast and forcing Pouncey to use crutches to keep all the weight off it. ESPN medical expert Stephania Bell said on Wednesday Read more [...]

The Steelers started their on field work on Wednesday in preparation to play the Green Bay Packers in Super Bowl XLV down in Dallas a week from this coming Sunday. Sitting out on Wednesday were C Maurkice Pouncey (ankle), S Will Allen (knee), S Troy Polamalu (Achilles), CB Bryant McFadden (abdomen), WR Emmanuel Sanders (foot) and T Jonathan Scott (ribs). DE Aaron Smith (triceps) was limited. It is looking like Pouncey will not recover in time to play in the Super Bowl according to teammates and currently has his left ankle in a hard cast and is still using crutches. The jury is still out on Smith Read more [...]