It was announced late Monday night that Pittsburgh Steelers tight end Weslye Saunders has been suspended for the first four games of the 2012 season by the NFL for reportedly violating the league's policy on performance-enhancing substances. Since that time the speculation of course has been rampant as to what the substance was. The initial "rumors" were that it was a failed illegal drug test, but Scott Brown reports this morning that it is believed that Saunders had taken a stimulant prescription drug unknowingly or without receiving a medical waiver from the NFL. Dejan Kovacevic added in his Read more [...]

Pittsburgh Steelers running back Jonathan Dwyer posted today on Twitter that he is in his last week of rehab, presumably for his broken left foot that he suffered late in the game against the Cincinnati Bengals in week 13. The foot required surgery and Dwyer was placed on injured reserve in the early part of December as a result. When he finishes up his rehab he will be off to his hometown of Atlanta, Georgia for the offseason according to his Twitter feed. The Steelers former 2010 6th round draft pick dressed for 7 games in 2011 and carried the ball 16 times for 123 yards. His most extensive Read more [...]

When the Pittsburgh Steelers take on the Denver Broncos this Sunday in their AFC wild card matchup they will do so with all undrafted running backs in uniform. Starter Rashard Mendenhall was officially placed on injured reserve Tuesday with a torn ACL in his right knee that he suffered in the final regular season game against the Cleveland Browns and that means Isaac Redman, the Steelers undrafted running back out of Bowie State, will make his second career start. Redman was originally signed as an undrafted free agent in 2009 after offensive coordinator Bruce Arians saw him on tape after a Read more [...]

The Pittsburgh Steelers filled their two open spots on the practice squad Monday morning by signing defensive tackle Elisha Joseph and running back Chad Spann. The spots on the squad were created when the Steelers promoted linebacker Mortty Ivy and safety Da'Mon Cromartie-Smith to the 53 man roster on Thursday to fill the spots of nose tackle Chris Hoke and running back Jonathan Dwyer after they both were placed on injured reserve. This is the second time Joseph has been on the practice squad this season. He was last released on November 2nd. Spann is a running back out of Northern Illinois Read more [...]

The Pittsburgh Steelers take on the Cleveland Browns tonight at Heinz Field as week 14 in the NFL gets underway. The Steelers look to move to 10-3 on the season with a win tonight. The final injury report on Wednesday had 5 Steelers players listed as out and 1 as doubtful, but since then two of those 6 players have been placed on injured reserve in the form of nose tackle Chis Hoke and running back Jonathan Dwyer. Linebacker Mortty Ivy and safety Damon Cromartie-Smith were promoted from the practice to take the place of both Hoke and Dwyer on the roster and both will be active for the Steelers Read more [...]

The Steelers placed nose tackle Chris Hoke and running back Jonathan Dwyer on injured reserve today and promoted linebacker Mortty Ivy and safety Damon Cromartie-Smith from the practice squad to take their places on the 53 man roster. Hoke will undergo neck surgery next week after never recovering from his latest stinger suffered against the Jacksonville Jaguars. Dwyer suffered a foot injury of some kind against the Cincinnati Bengals last week. Ivy has been on and off the Steelers practice squad and active roster this season while Cromartie-Smith spent the entire 2010 season on the Steelers Read more [...]

The Pittsburgh Steelers take on the Cleveland Browns tonight at Heinz Field as they look to move to 10-3 on the season and inch even closer to a playoff birth. The short week went by fast and the Wednesday injury report shows that five players were ruled out and one player as doubtful. That makes the inactives for Thursday night very easy to predict with the only real choice being the 7th inactive. As I do every week, here is the prediction of the 7 game inactives and a few notes on each of the players. The official list will be announced 90 minutes before kickoff. LB LaMarr Woodley - Woodley Read more [...]

The Steelers wrapped up their on-field practice preparations on Wednesday in preparation to play the Cleveland Browns Thursday night at Heinz Field and the game will be broadcast on the NFL Network. The final injury report of the week is now out and it shows that nose tackle Chris Hoke (neck), linebacker Chris Carter (hamstring), running back Jonathan Dwyer (foot), wide receiver Arnaz Battle (hamstring) and wide receiver Emmanuel Sanders are all listed as out as expected. Hoke will be placed on injured reserve very soon thus ending his season and perhaps his career. Dwyer injured his foot against Read more [...]

The week 13 offensive line breakdown report for the Steelers win over the Cincinnati Bengals is now complete and what a great game collectively by the offensive line. While there were 3 sacks in the game, only one of those goes on the line as the other two were results of the quarterback holding the ball too long. The run blocking got stronger as the day went on as the forced their will on the Bengals defensive front. TOTAL POSPLAYER PLAYSGOOD BADGOOD % SP H LTJonathan Scott 330 100%00 0 CMaurkice Pouncey 52493 94%00 0 G/CDoug Legursky 59545 Read more [...]

The Pittsburgh Steelers hit the practice field Tuesday for the first time this week in preparation for the week 14 Thursday night game at Heinz Field against the Cleveland Browns. The Tuesday practice was a walk-through and the team was not in pads today. The injury report is now out and it shows linebacker LaMarr Woodley (hamstring), wide receiver Emmanuel Sanders (foot), running back Jonathan Dwyer (foot), nose tackle Chris Hoke (neck) and linebacker Chris Carter (hamstring) all sat out today. Offensive coordinator Bruce Arians said earlier in the day that Sanders will likely sit out against Read more [...]

The Steelers first injury report for the week is up for their week 14 game Thursday night against the Cleveland Browns. The Steelers did not practice today so the first injury report is a speculative one based on if the Steelers would have practiced. Listed on the Monday speculative report is wide receiver Arnaz Battle (hamstring), linebacker Chris Carter (hamstring), safety Ryan Clark (shoulder), wide receiver Jerricho Cotchery (knee), running back Jonathan Dwyer (foot), linebacker James Farrior (thumb), linebacker Larry Foote (hamstring), guard Ramon Foster (ankle), linebacker James Harrison Read more [...]

Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin met the media on Monday for his weekly press conference and it was a day early because of the short week ahead for the Steelers. Tomlin talked about the 35-7 win yesterday against the Cincinnati Bengals, gave an injury update and talked about the upcoming game Thursday night against the Cleveland Browns. As far as injuries go, Tomlin said right guard Ramon Foster (ankle) came out of the game yesterday with a left ankle sprain and characterized him as questionable at this point and they will see where the week takes his status. Wide receiver Arnaz Battle (hamstring) Read more [...]

The Steelers are back from their bye week now and ready to take on the Kansas City Chiefs Sunday night at Arrowhead Stadium. The Friday injury report showed 3 players as being questionable and I fully expect all three to be inactive this week. Let's have a look at the injured players and predict the other remaining inactives this week as the Steelers look to move to 8-3 on the season. 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. OLB LaMarr Woodley - Woodley was limited all week in practice as he continues Read more [...]

The Steelers go on the road to play the AFC North leading Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday and they will do so with just 4 healthy wide receivers as Emmanuel Sanders and Arnaz Battle were both ruled out as expected on the Friday injury report. Also ruled out as expected was outside linebacker LaMarr Woodley. Let's have a look at the injured players and predict the other remaining inactives this week as the Steelers look to bounce back from their loss last week against the Ravens. 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 Read more [...]

There was some thought that the Steelers might promote wide receiver Tyler Grisham today from the practice squad for the game Sunday against the Cincinnati Bengals with wide receivers Emmanuel Sanders and Arnaz Battle out this week, but that was not the case as Grisham did not make the trip to Cincinnati today. This means that the Steelers will only dress 4 wide receivers for the game tomorrow. Veteran wide receiver Hines Ward practiced fully all week after suffering a concussion last week early in the game against the Ravens and Jerricho Cotchery practiced fully on Thursday and Friday after suffering Read more [...]