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Below is the week 10 offensive line breakdown for the Pittsburgh Steelers win over the Kansas City Chiefs. This was a game that looked much, much different on the All-22 as opposed to the regular television feed. My initial thoughts coming out of the game were that the interior of the line really had a […]

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By Jeremy Hritz 2012 Steelers Remaining Schedule Date Opponent Record 11-12 Chiefs 1-7 11-18 Ravens 6-2 11-25 @ Browns 2-7 12-2 @ Baltimore 6-2 12-9 Chargers 4-4 12-16 @ Dallas 3-5 12-23 Bengals 3-5 12-30 Browns 2-7 5 home, 3 away 27-39 It’s hard to believe there are only eight more games to go in […]

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Pittsburgh Steelers running back Rashard Mendenhall is close to returning from the Achilles injury that he suffered back in Week 6 against the Tennessee Titans. Will he be ready for the game Monday night against the Kansas City Chiefs? It\’s hard to say this early on in the week, but when he is ready, he […]

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With Pittsburgh Steelers running back Rashard Mendenhall set to return this week, running backs coach Kirby Wilson talked Wednesday about how much work he would get in the game Sunday against the Philadelphia Eagles. Wilson told Mike Prisuta of DVE Radio that Mendenhall won\’t get 55 snaps in the game on Sunday, but added that […]

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The Pittsburgh Steelers have now wrapped up day two of training camp in Latrobe and here is your daily recap of the day. The morning featured a walk-thru practice that was closed to both the media and the public. In regard to the morning session, left guard Willie Colon said, “The morning session is good […]

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Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin is back home in Virginia for his annual youth football camp and he sat down with Bruce Rader of WAVY-TV for an interview to discuss several topics that include leadership on the team. Mike Wilkening of Pro Football Weekly talked recently to running back John Clay about the upcoming […]

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The Top 100 Players of 2012 rolled on last night with Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger ranking 30th and outside linebacker James Harrison ranking 29th on the list that none of the players seem to admit voting for. Emmanuel Sanders joined 93.7 The Fan to talk about how the learning of the offense is going […]

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The Sideline View is reporting via Twitter that Pittsburgh Steelers running backs coach Kirby Wilson will return to work on Monday. While there is no name attached to the tweet, it is assumed that the source is Lance Zierlein, co-owner of the site and son of former Steelers offensive line coach Larry Zierlein. Pittsburgh Steelers […]

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Season 2, Episode 94 of The Terrible Podcast is up and with David Todd start off by talking about the visit that running backs coach Kirby Wilson made to the Steelers facilities this past week and how uplifting that must have been. we also talk about Ramon Foster signing his restricted tender offer and also […]

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Some great news from steelers.com last night as a Q & A was posted that was done recently with Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin. In the interview Tomlin was asked about the condition of running backs coach Kirby Wilson, who was badly burned in house fire just before the Steelers Wild Card game against […]

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There has been quite a bit of sad news this week in Steeler Nation as we have seen several long time veteran players such as Hines Ward, Aaron Smith and James Farrior get released, but there is some positive news to report. Pittsburgh Steelers tackle Marcus Gilbert reported via Twitter today that he visited running […]

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It was announced earlier on Wednesday that the Pittsburgh Steelers had hired Shaun Sarrett as their new offensive quality control coach to replace Harold Goodwin, who left to become the new offensive line coach for the Indianapolis Colts several weeks ago. Since that news was announced I have received quite a few questions as to […]

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Jessica Sinichak from the Plum-Oakmont Patch reports tonight that investigators have determined the early morning fire that severely burned Pittsburgh Steelers running backs coach Kirby Wilson was caused by a grease fire. Sinichak points to a State Police report that said Wilson had been cooking chicken in his kitchen at about 2:45 a.m. on January […]

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Alby Oxenreiter, Sports Director for WPXI, tweets this afternoon that it is his understanding that former Kansas City Chiefs head coach Todd Haley is the frontrunner for the Pittsburgh Steelers open offensive coordinator job. Since it was announced two weeks ago that Bruce Arians would not return for 2012, Haley was the only interview that […]

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The Pittsburgh Steelers have updated the status of running backs coach Kirby Wilson on Wednesday afternoon via a short statement on behalf of the family of Wilson. The Statement reads, “Mr. Wilson remains in serious condition in the Trauma Burn Center at UPMC Mercy in Pittsburgh. His status is stable, and he has started his […]

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Gerry Dulac is reporting tonight that Pittsburgh Steelers offensive coordinator Bruce Arians might not return in 2012. Dulac reports that it is unclear if Arians is retiring or is just not having his contract renewed at this time. Arians has been the Steelers offensive coordinator since 2007 and was the Steelers wide receivers coach from […]

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The family of Pittsburgh Steelers running backs coach Kirby Wilson released a statement today to update everyone on his condition. Wilson, who was severely burned during an early morning fire on Jan. 6 at his home, remains hospitalized in critical condition in the Trauma Burn Center at UPMC Mercy in Pittsburgh according to the release. […]

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Maurkice Pouncey and Jerricho Cotchery were both interviewed on 93.7 The Fan and Pouncey made it very clear several times that he is very tired answering questions about Tim Tebow and that he does not date Tebow. Cotchery talks about being part of the Steelers and the upcoming game against the Denver Broncos. Cotchery also […]

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Pittsburgh Steelers running backs coach Kirby Wilson was badly burned in a house fire in Seven Fields, Butler County according to WPXI TV. He was flown to a Pittsburgh-area hospital and there is no word on his condition. The house fire reportedly started shortly before 3 a.m. on Friday. Wilson was hired on Jan. 29, […]

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It seems that we can put to bed the speculation that Steelers offensive coordinator Bruce Arians could have interest in leaving to coach at Ole Miss, as he pretty much dismissed that speculation today when he talked to the media. The Birmingham News speculated back on the 21st of November that Arians could be candidate […]

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The news surfaced last night that Steelers quarterback coach Randy Fichtner could have interest in the Memphis Tigers vacant head coaching job and now it is being reported that Steelers running backs coach Kirby Wilson will interview for the vacant Illinois Illini head coaching job. Wilson is rumored to be a wildcard in the coaching […]

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Tuesday marked the final practice at Latrobe as the Steelers will break camp on Wednesday in preparation for their second preseason game against the Eagles on Thursday. Steelers cornerback Ike Taylor underwent successful surgery today to repair his broken left thumb suffered last Friday against the Redskins and he anticipates returning before the Steelers play […]

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Mark Kaboly and Ed Bouchette both report via Twitter that the Monday incident of undrafted rookie running back John Clay walking off the field was a simple misunderstanding by Clay. Reportedly running backs coach Kirby Wilson told Clay to leave after making a mistake and Clay thought he meant go to locker room. Clay walked […]

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Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin announced today in his weekly press conference that rookie 6th round draft pick running back Jonathan Dwyer is doubtful to play Saturday night versus the Giants with a shoulder injury he suffered against Detroit last week. Dwyer has not participated in the hitting portions of practice this week and continues […]

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Scott Brown blogged that he too thinks that Hines Ward will make it the Hall of Fame, but not likely on his first try. In my article this past week, I think he needs just 2 more average seasons to be a stone cold, lead pipe lock with the log jam ahead of him waiting […]

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Steelers safety Troy Polamalu gave a great interview to Tom Robinson of the Virginian-Pilot while he was in town for the William and Mary football camp. Polamalu said, owners would be selfish to lock out players for the 2011 season saying, “America needs football. Steelers running back Rashard Mendenhall and running backs coach Kirby Wilson […]

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