We now know the 2012 Pro Football Hall of Fame class, and it even includes a couple of former Pittsburgh Steelers players in center Dermontti Dawson and defensive back Jack Butler. Dawson was one of the 15 modern era finalist, while Butler was one of the two senior finalist that made the 2012 final cut. Of course Dawson and Butler were not the only two former Steelers that were finalist this year as running back Jerome Bettis and linebacker/defensive Kevin Greene were also included in the list of 15 modern day finalist. Neither however made the cut down to 10 this time around. Immediately after Read more [...]

The votes are in and the Pittsburgh Steelers have two more former players elected into the Pro Football Hall of Fame as center Dermontti Dawson and defensive back Jack Butler were named to the 2012 class of the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Dawson and Butler joined Willie Roaf, Curtis Martin, Cortez Kennedy and Chris Doleman as 2012 members that will inducted later this summer. Dawson was drafted by the Steelers in the second round of the 1988 NFL draft and originally played guard alongside fellow Steelers Hall of Famer center Mike Webster in his rookie season and then moved to center in his second Read more [...]

Hall of Fame defensive end Deacon Jones supports the style of play of linebacker James Harrison while speaking this week on radio row. Jones would have been the poster child for fines if he were still playing today. Former Steelers great and Hall of Famer Rod Woodson joined 93.7 The Fan to talk about his experience playing in the Super Bowl, the game Sunday and Bill Belichick. Joe Greene also called in to talk about how difficult it is for him to be in Indianapolis without the Steelers playing. That is not all from Greene as he has come out to say that he is OK with idea of a new offensive Read more [...]

Season 2, Episode 74 of The Terrible Podcast is up and David Todd and get the Super Bowl preview show started by addressing a few reader emails to start off with. Next David and I run down the list of finalist again for the Pro Football Hall of Fame and give our final predictions on who we think will be in the class of 2012 when it is announced Saturday. Do we think former Steelers Dermontti Dawson, Jerome Bettis, Kevin Greene and Jack Butler get in? You might be surprised on our thoughts. We move on from that discussion to start breaking down and previewing Super Bowl XLVI. We look at what Read more [...]

Former Steelers great Jerome Bettis showed up in the latest Papa John pizza commercial on Sunday that was a promo for the Super Bowl XLVI Coin Toss Experience. Peyton Manning also has a cameo as the referee that pokes fun of the Thanksgiving coin toss debacle against the Detroit Lions back on on November 26, 1998. The Benstonium crew already has a Ace Ventura spoof out of the missed kick by Billy Cundiff in the AFC Championship game. This time it is "Laces out, Sam", instead of "Laces out, Dan." This of course would make Cundiff, Ray Finkle and Sam Koch, Dan Marino. Too funny. Speaking Read more [...]

Former Pittsburgh Steelers running back Jerome Bettis, cornerback Jack Butler, center Dermontti Dawson and linebacker Kevin Greene are among the 17 finalists to be considered for election to the Pro Football Hall of Fame when the Hall’s Selection Committee meets in Indianapolis on Saturday, Feb. 4. Bettis was a six-time Pro Bowler and two-time All-Pro and he played for the Steelers from 1996 through the end of the 2005 season. He retired after the Steelers won Super Bowl XL in 2006. His 13,662 career rushing yards ranks sixth in NFL history. Dawson was a seven-time Pro Bowler and six-time Read more [...]

Pittsburgh Steelers defensive captain James Farrior joined Jim Rome on his radio show today for an interview and he was asked about the suspension of fellow linebacker James Harrison, and if he thought the team needed to change the way they play going forward. Farrior was asked specifically if Harrison should change the way he plays despite telling former Steelers running back Jerome Bettis earlier in the week that he wouldn't. Farrior said he hopes so and that he hopes Harrison is not that stubborn to continue doing stuff like that. Farrior was also asked about if the Steelers are being treated Read more [...]

Ike Taylor was in studio yesterday with John Harris talking about the James Harrison hit and suspension and Taylor was as entertaining as ever and on point. Harrison spoke to Jerome Bettis following his suspension and said he won't change the way he plays in light of his one-game suspension. Bettis was on NFL Live yesterday. Do you remember what got Green Bay Packers defensive end Charles Martin suspended 25 years ago? That's Church certainly does and she has the video up of Martin body slamming Chicago Bears quarterback Jim McMahon to the ground. Not really a tackle as most called it in Read more [...]

26 modern-era semifinalists for the Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2012 were announced on Tuesday and the list includes four former Steelers players. Making the cut were running back Jerome Bettis, center Dermontti Dawson, linebacker/defensive end Kevin Greene and safety Donnie Shell. Jack Butler also remains a senior candidate finalist. Former Steelers head coach Bill Cowher did not make the cut to 26. The semifinalist list is normally limited to 25 players, but this year there are 26 resulting from a tie for the final position according to the press release. The list was narrowed down Read more [...]

Hines Ward is the hot talking point this week after not being in the starting lineup against the Bengals and having his playing time limited. He was asked about it yesterday and gave all the right answers. On Oct. 2, ESPN The Magazine followed Ben Roethlisberger from start to finish in the Steelers game against the Texans and here is a teaser of the article that will appear in the Nov. 28 issue "One Day, One Game" issue of the magazine. James Harrison is on the cover of that issue as well. Speaking of Roethlisberger, AFC North blogger Jamison Hensley shows that he has struggled the most in Read more [...]

Bob Labriola and Tunch Ilkin breakdown 4 key plays from the Steelers win this past Sunday against the Bengals in the latest edition of Chalk Talk. Former Steelers running back Jerome Bettis joined the "Around the League" crew yesterday to give his thoughts on the Steelers after the win against the Bengals. Steelers safety Ryan Clark joined NFL Network yesterday via phone to talk about how the Steelers defense has been able to improve over the last month. Ben Roethlisberger was on 93.7 The Fan to talk about the weapons he has on offense and the challenge of spreading the ball around. He Read more [...]

The NFL TV distribution map for week 4 is up and it looks like most of the country will get the Steelers Texans game this week courtesy of CBS. Ken Laird has the transcript up from his Thursday Q & A with Steelers offensive coordinator Bruce Arians. Arians talks about how many big plays he usually has scripted for wide receiver Mike Wallace and also discusses the offensive line injuries, the strip sack play that was returned for a touchdown and the running back rotation. Mark Kaboly reports that cornerback Bryant McFadden has been running some routes at wide receiver to really test out the Read more [...]

The Pro Football Hall of Fame announced this afternoon that former Steelers head coach Bill Cowher, center Dermontti Dawson and running back Jerome Bettis are among the 103 modern-day nominees for the 2012 Hall of Fame class. This is the first year that Cowher is eligible after leaving coaching following the 2006 season. The selection committee will next choose 25 candidates from the list who will advance as semifinalist nominees. Those nominees will be announced sometime in mid-November and those 25 will be reduced to 15 in early January after the mail ballots are tabulated. Those 15 will then Read more [...]

If you are looking for great pregame reading material, make sure to check out the Steelers Seahawks pregame release in PDF format that is available for download on the Steelers website. Teresa Varley of Steelers.com sat down with punter Daniel Sepulveda in this edition of the Steelers Speak and they talk about his rehab and the battle for the punting job in training camp. Former Steelers running back Jerome Bettis and Steelers defensive coordinator Dick LeBeau were two of eight people inducted into the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame Thursday night. [phpbay]Steelers Jerome Bettis, 3, "", Read more [...]

Here we are three days into training camp and although there has not been much to report on, I figured I would take this time to give a few of my own thoughts of early camp happenings. I am not hopping on the John Clay bandwagon until I see him attempt to do the little things needed to contribute. There is plenty of film on him running through big holes and some more of him fumbling, but there is not much else. He looks like a one dimensional back right now and until I see that he can pick up a blitz or carry out assignments without the ball, I am with holding judgment. Of course if he picks up Read more [...]