Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin held his usual Tuesday press conference this afternoon to talk about the win Sunday over the New England Patriots and preview the upcoming home game this Sunday night against the Baltimore Ravens. Tomlin also updated the injury report heading into the game. You can hear the audio of the press conference below and I will be updating the post with the main talking points. [audio:http://www.steelersdepot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/mike-tomlin-week-9-ravens-press-conference.mp3] Tomlin said it was good to get a win Sunday against the Patriots and thought that Read more [...]

Gerry Dulac is reporting this morning that a source inside the Steelers organization told him that outside linebacker LaMarr Woodley will not be able to play in Sunday's pivotal AFC North showdown versus the Ravens and could be out the following week as well against the Bengals. Woodley injured his hamstring during the Steelers 25-17 win over the Patriots this past Sunday. Before leaving the game Woodley recorded his fourth consecutive multi-sack game. The absence of Woodley would be devastating to a Steelers team that is already thin at both linebacker spots due to injuries. Outside linebacker Read more [...]

Ed Bouchette reported this morning that inside linebacker James Farrior could be out until December with a torn calf. Farrior was inactive yesterday against the Patriots, so Larry Foote started in his place and Stevenson Sylvester started along side him in the Steelers base defense. Farrior injured his calf against the Cardinals. In addition to Farrior, outside linebacker LaMarr Woodley looks to be questionable this week after suffering a hamstring injury yesterday. Woodley is claiming he will be fine and referred to the injury as a cramp. He remained sidelined however after leaving the game. There 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 [...]

The Steelers wrapped up practice preparations today as they get ready to host the New England Patriots in a few days at Heinz Field. The Friday injury report is now out and it shows that nose tackle Chris Hoke (neck), linebacker James Harrison (eye), guard Doug Legursky (toe) and Jason Worilds (quad) have been ruled out as expected. Hoke was able to get a little work done however. Wide receiver Hines Ward (ankle) did not practice for a third straight day after suffering an ankle injury last week against the Cardinals and is officially listed as questionable. Emmanuel Sanders would start if Ward Read more [...]

The Steelers have wrapped up their Thursday practice in preparation for the Sunday game against the New England Patriots. Not practicing for a second straight day were nose tackle Chris Hoke (neck), linebacker James Harrison (eye), guard Doug Legursky (toe), wide receiver Hines Ward (ankle). Linebacker James Farrior (calf) was limited for a second straight day. Linebacker Jason Worilds (quad) was limited today after not practicing on Wednesday. Nose tackle Casey Hampton (shoulder) practiced fully for a second straight day and is not on the injury report this week. Should Ward end up being down Read more [...]

The Steelers begin practice preparations today for their Sunday game at home against the New England Patriots. The Wednesday injury report is out and it shows that nose tackle Chris Hoke, linebacker James Harrison (eye), guard Doug Legursky (toe), wide receiver Hines Ward (ankle) and linebacker Jason Worilds (quad) did not practice today. Hampton expects to play Sunday after missing the last 3 weeks with his shoulder injury. Harrison told reporters today that when the doctor tells him he can come back, he will be back, but that he still is experiencing some sensitivity to light. Hoke will likely Read more [...]

Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin gave a pretty thorough injury update today during his weekly Tuesday press conference and reading between the lines you can assume that linebacker James Harrison (eye), linebacker Jason Worilds (quad), guard Doug Legursky (toe) and nose tackle Chris Hoke (neck) will all likely be down again this week against the New England Patriots. Harrison and Legursky are pretty much locks and based on how Worilds continues to have setbacks, I suspect they will take it much slower with him this time around in an attempt to get him fully recovered. By the time he is 100%, Harrison Read more [...]

Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin held his usual Tuesday press conference this afternoon down on the South Side to discuss the win the past Sunday against the Arizona Cardinals and look ahead to the New England Patriots game this week at Heinz Field. Tomlin gave an injury report update on several players and fielded several questions from the media. Below is the audio from the press conference along with the main talking points from today. [audio:http://www.steelersdepot.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/mike-tomlin-week-8-patriots-press-conference.mp3] As far as injuries go, Tomlin said Curtis 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 [...]

The Steelers head out west this week to take on the Arizona Cardinals after skating past the lowly Jaguars last week at home. Several key players remain out in Casey Hampton and James Harrison. Doug Legursky is also now sidelined in addition with a dislocated toe. The offense needs to keep their foot on the gas this week and the defense just needs to keep up what they have been doing the last few weeks. As I do each and every week, here are my 7 things to watch for this week against the Cardinals as the Steelers look to move to 5-2 on the season and come back home to Pittsburgh for their tough Read more [...]

Season 2, Episode 33 of The Terrible Podcast is up and being as my co-host David Todd is still out in Las Vegas doing things that grown people do when they go out there, I am joined once again by Nick Richetta. Make sure to follow Nick on Twitter at @SteelCityKid117 and thank him for sitting in this week. Nick and I open the Friday show by going over the final injury report of the week and the promotion of Corbin Bryant to the active roster before the Steelers leave out for Arizona. We both agree it is highly unlikely that Bryant sees the field much, if any, and that that the bulk of the work Read more [...]

The Steelers wrapped up their practice preparations on Friday and will now travel out west to take on the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday. The week ending injury report from Friday is out and as expected, defensive end Aaron Smith (foot), nose tackle Casey Hampton (shoulder), linebacker James Harrison (eye) and guard Doug Legursky (toe) did not practice and have been ruled out this week. Nose tackle Chris Hoke (neck) did not practice for a third straight day and is listed as doubtful. Steve McLendon will likely make his first start at nose tackle on Sunday regardless if Hoke dresses. Linebacker Jason Read more [...]

The Steelers Thursday injury report is out following practice and unfortunantly there are a few new names on it. Center Maurkice Pouncey (elbow), linebacker Jason Worilds (quad) and running back Rashard Mendenhall (knee) were all added today as being limited. Worilds is trying to fight back from the quad injury and apparently had a setback today. The Pouncey and Mendenhall injuries are new and happened today. Nose tackle Casey Hampton (shoulder), linebacker James Harrison (eye), guard Doug Legursky (toe), defensive end Aaron Smith (foot) all were out again today and not expected to play Sunday. Read more [...]