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Hines Ward’s Future Up In Proverbial Air

By Christina L. Rivers on Friday, February 3rd, 2012 | 3 Comments

Hines Ward’s future with the Steelers is on the decision block and his future with the team will most likely be decided on March 1. 2012, due to a roster bonus he is due. At the Super Bowl media center Thursday, Ward was adamant that he’d be with the Steelers. It’s true that in the last year of Bruce Arians’ offense, Ward was devalued, but Arians is gone and that may or may not bode well for the 14-year veteran out of Georgia. Ward is scheduled to earn $4 million in the last two years of his contract, and has insisted he’s willing to take a cut to stay with the team. According to the Pittsburgh Read more [...]

Bruce Arians Says Wearing Bulls-eye Is Fun As An Offensive Coordinator

By Dave Bryan on Wednesday, February 1st, 2012 | 9 Comments

Former Pittsburgh Steelers offensive coordinator Bruce Arians spoke to the Indianapolis Colts media today after being named the teams new offensive coordinator. Arians talked about returning to Indianapolis, Peyton Manning and the upcoming opportunity to possibly work with a young quarterback. He also took questions about his offensive philosophy and of course about his time in Pittsburgh. Below are the transcribed questions and answers pertaining to the Steelers. Re: On his main philosophy in running an offense Arians: Balance. You cannot be one dimensional. I like to go back and look at Read more [...]

2012 Steelers Mock Draft Version 1.0 – Post Senior Bowl

By Dave Bryan on Monday, January 30th, 2012 | 27 Comments

The Senior Bowl is now in the books and so kicks off the march towards the 2012 NFL draft. The next big event of course is the NFL combine that begins February 22nd and that is followed by the individual college pro days and pre draft visits. I purposely waited to release my first version of the 2012 Steelers mock draft so I could watch the Senior Bowl week coverage and game as to allow me to see several of players play and practice. With that said, I also like to research extensively to get a feel of what rounds players are expected to go in. As we have seen time and time again, several players Read more [...]

The Terrible Podcast – Memphis Tigers Beat Writer Phil Stukenborg & Mark Kaboly Interviews Episode

By Dave Bryan on Friday, January 27th, 2012 | 2 Comments

Season 2, Episode 72 of The Terrible Podcast is up with David Todd tied up in New York, Nick Richetta is back co-hosting as we open up by talking about the recent comments made by Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger in regards to the loss of offensive coordinator Bruce Arians and his desire to talk to Art Rooney II when he gets back to Pittsburgh about the direction the offense will now take. We stay on Roethlisberger and discuss how much playing time is too much for him in the Pro Bowl this weekend. Nick wishes he wouldn’t play at all. What about players being able to tweet on Twitter Read more [...]

Four Steelers Players In ESPN Top 20 Of Any Era NFL Poll Of Pro Football Hall Of Fame Panel

By Dave Bryan on Friday, January 27th, 2012 | 2 Comments

ESPN.com and ESPN The Magazine combined to put out list of the 20 current players who a 20-member Pro Football Hall of Fame panel and ESPN’s very own John Clayton believe could excel in any era of the NFL. The top 20 was finalized today and four current Pittsburgh Steelers players made the top 10. Finishing 10th was linebacker James Harrison, finishing 8th was wide receiver Hines Ward, finishing 3rd was quarterback Ben Roethlisberger and finishing 2nd was safety Troy Polamalu. Harrison finished 4th as far as linebackers went behind Patrick Willis (7th), Brian Urlacher (5th) and Ray Lewis (1st). Read more [...]

Recapping Rooney – No Real Surprises

By Dave Bryan on Wednesday, January 18th, 2012 | 2 Comments

Pittsburgh Steelers president Art Rooney II sat down with a few members of the Pittsburgh media on Tuesday for a half hour interview to discuss the Steelers past season and look ahead to 2012. You can read the question and answers here on the Post-Gazette blog. When you read through everything there were not too many surprises if you ask me, but I will go over the main talking points below with my own comments and view points added to a few of the things that Rooney said. Even though we do not usually learn too much from these interviews every offseason, it is just good to hear some of the things Read more [...]

Breaking Down The Steelers 2011 Wide Receiver Bubble Screens

By Dave Bryan on Tuesday, January 17th, 2012 | 7 Comments

One of the biggest gripes you will hear from Steeler Nation concerning the play calling of Pittsburgh Steelers offensive coordinator Bruce Arians is his use of the wide receiver bubble screen. Everyone screams bloody murder when one goes for negative or minimal yardage and to hear the fan base talk, Arians uses it 10 times a game and 10 times too much. The bubble screen is predominantly used as a run game alternative and is effective in getting the ball in the hands of your best play makers using a high percentage throw. The use of it can help in keeping defenses honest in regards to over-committing Read more [...]

Art Rooney II Talks About Roethlisberger, Ward, Mendenhall, Salary Cap & More

By Dave Bryan on Tuesday, January 17th, 2012 | 3 Comments

Pittsburgh Steelers president and co-owner Art Rooney II talked to the Pittsburgh media today and beat writers Ed Bouchette, Scott Brown and Mike Bires are all relaying the conversation via Twitter for us and I will recap those Tweets below. Rooney II said today that his father Dan Rooney to step down as the Irish Ambassador and rejoin the team in 2012. He also told the reporters that they will add 3,000 seats to Heinz Field after the 2012 season. As far as potential moves go during the offseason, Rooney II called wide receiver Hines Ward an “all-time” Steelers great and hopefully a future Read more [...]

Steelers Six From Around The Web – January 17th – Roethlisberger Almost A Giant Edition

By Dave Bryan on Tuesday, January 17th, 2012 | No Comments

Peter King wrote in his MMQB piece how the New York Giants would have been fine drafting quarterback Ben Roethlisberger if San Diego Chargers GM A.J. Smith had played hardball with then-Giants GM Ernie Accorsi as the clock wound down on the fourth overall pick of the 2004 NFL Draft. Hines Ward was on NFL Total Access yesterday and talked about losing to the Denver Broncos and how he still wants to continue to play for the Steelers. Tackle Marcus Gilbert talked with Teresa Varley of Steelers.com at the end of the season about what he learned his rookie season. Mike Bires asked wide receiver Read more [...]

Steelers Six From Around The Web – January 11th – Offseason In Full Swing Episode

By Dave Bryan on Wednesday, January 11th, 2012 | 1 Comment

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 [...]

2012 Steelers Salary Cap – 10 Players Sure To Be Released Or Restructured

By Dave Bryan on Wednesday, January 11th, 2012 | 4 Comments

The Pittsburgh Steelers are already nearly $20 plus million over the 2012 projected salary cap number of $125 million and that is with just 44 players under contract for 2012. The still need to tender contracts to their restricted and exclusive rights free agents and fill the offseason roster to get to the 80 player limit as well. They need to get compliant to the salary cap with their top 51 salaries by the start of the new league year around the beginning of March. Knowing what we have as far as 2012 salary cap figures, it is easy to go through and list the players most likely to be cut or restructured. Read more [...]

Hines Ward Has Nothing To Prove & The Steelers Don’t Owe Him Anything

By Dave Bryan on Wednesday, January 11th, 2012 | 8 Comments

As Ed Bouchette reported this morning, veteran Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Hines Ward has made it clear he wants to come back in 2012 and he is willing to take a pay cut to do so. Ward seems dead set on playing next year and he also made it clear that he will do so elsewhere if the Steelers choose not to bring him back. According to Bouchette, Ward has a clause in his contract that states they must either guarantee his job by March 1st then or release him. There are also reports he has a $1 million roster bonus due at that time, but my records do not match that report. It could be true Read more [...]

Steelers Broncos Wild Card Game Offensive Participation Chart & Personnel

By Dave Bryan on Wednesday, January 11th, 2012 | No Comments

Below are the offensive personnel packages, play counts and participation chart for the Pittsburgh Steelers Wild Card game loss on Sunday against the Denver Broncos. Running back Isaac Redman played 42 of 47 non-penalty plays that a running back was on the field with John Clay seeing just 5 snaps. Hines Ward saw all of 11 non-penalty snaps. Jonathan Scott finished up at left tackle for Max Starks after he went down with his ACL injury right before the first half ended. Package wise, 28 of the 68 non-penalty plays featured 2 or more tight ends on the field. 5 plays had no tight ends on the Read more [...]

Charlie Batch Talks About Future Of Hines Ward, Bruce Arians & Dennis Dixon

By Dave Bryan on Tuesday, January 10th, 2012 | 1 Comment

Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Charlie Batch was on 93.7 The Fan today and was asked about several different topics that ranged from the loss Sunday to the Denver Broncos, offensive coordinator Bruce Arians, the struggles on offense this past season and the future of both Hines Ward and Dennis Dixon. I transcribed the important questions and answers below and you can listen to the whole interview here. RE: On why Bruce Arians is a good offensive coordinator Batch: When you look at what he has done, he’s been able to break down the playbook to exactly what Ben likes. So immediately in 2007 Read more [...]

Hines Ward Has No Plans To Retire Right Now

By Dave Bryan on Monday, January 9th, 2012 | 3 Comments

Immediately after the Pittsburgh Steelers lost to the Denver Broncos in the AFC Wild Card game in Denver, the speculation ran rampant that Ward would likely retire and had played his last NFL game. A CBS Sports report earlier today claimed that a teammate of Ward’s said the expectations around the team was that Ward would soon announce his retirement. Ward announced later today on his Facebook page that he has no plans on retiring right now and that he wants to win another Superbowl. He also said that he does not know where the media is getting their info from, but that rest assured that when Read more [...]

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