The Pittsburgh Steelers head into their Sunday game against the Cleveland Browns looking to get their 12th win of the season. With a little help from the Cincinnati Bengals, they could get a first round bye as well should they take care of the Browns. This is the final regular season game of 2011, so there are also a few milestones in reach for a few Steelers players in this upcoming. Let's have a look at a few obvious and not so obvious ones and the chances each player has at reaching them. Hines Ward - You would have to be hiding underneath a rock to not know that Ward needs just five receptions Read more [...]

Steelers linebacker Lawrence Timmons threw out the ceremonial first pitch in his hometown for the Florence RedWolves Friday night and nearly beaned the RedWolves mascot. Timmons played offense and defense back in high school as he actually was a receiver. Watch the first pitch and interview below. The Peters Township School Board is expected to hire former Steelers linebacker Jason Gildon as the Indians defensive line coach at Monday night's meeting. Gildon has been wanting to get into coaching. [phpbay]Steelers Jason Gildon, 3, "", ""[/phpbay] Here is my rebuttal yesterday to CBSSports.com Read more [...]

Mike Florio was on 93.7 The Fan a week ago and was talking about the LaMarr Woodley contract situation. Florio had a quote that intrigued me when he said, “Is it the system or is it the player? Sometimes they decide it’s the player and they pay the player. Sometimes they decide it’s the system and they let the player walk away.” I went back and compiled the stats of Steelers left outside linebackers going back to 1994 and the numbers have been fairly consistent for the most part over the years. For years that players did not start all 16 games, I added the stats of the players that started Read more [...]