The Pittsburgh Steelers beat the Cleveland Browns Sunday to close out the regular season at 12-4. As I do every week, here are my deeper post game observations after going through the game tape a few more times. The sack by Lawrence Timmons on the Browns opening saw Timmons come on a delayed blitz and he took on fullback Owen Marecic. Marecic did not hold his block long and Timmons spun away back inside for the sack. Jason Worilds should get a little credit on the play for taking right tackle Artis Hicks up the field to open up the lane. Great tackle on Josh Cribbs by Keenan Lewis on the Read more [...]

The Pittsburgh Steelers take on the Cleveland Browns today in Cleveland at Cleveland Municipal Stadium as the Steelers look to move to close out the regular season 12-4. Ben Roethlisberger will get the start today at quarterback and Maurkice Pouncey will get the start at center. The Steelers will dress three quarterbacks today. Chris Kemoeatu will start at left guard and Jason Worilds will start at left outside linebacker. The Steelers ruled out two players on Friday and below are the rest of the 7 inactive players today on the inactive list released 90 minutes before kickoff. Steelers RB Mewelde Read more [...]

It is the final game of the 2011 regular season for the Pittsburgh Steelers as they look to beat the Cleveland Browns before they head into the playoffs. A Steelers win combined with a Baltimore Ravens loss or tie against the Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday would give them the AFC North title along with a first round bye. As I do every week, here are my 7 things to look for against the Browns as the Steelers look to finish the regular season at 12-4. Also included is my score prediction for the game. Healthy Hillis - Last week St. Louis Rams running back Steven Jackson ran for 103 yards on 24 carries Read more [...]

The Pittsburgh Steelers wrapped up their final practice preparations on Friday for their final regular season Sunday game against the Cleveland Browns on the road in Cleveland. The final injury report of the week is out and it shows that guard Doug Legursky (shoulder) and running back Mewelde Moore (knee) have both been ruled out for the game as expected. Legursky suffered a shoulder strain last week against the St. Louis Rams, while Moore is still recovering from an MCL knee sprain suffered in the Monday night game against the San Francisco 49ers. Linebacker LaMarr Woodley (hamstring) is listed Read more [...]

The press conferences of Pittsburgh Steelers 2011 Team MVP Antonio Brown and Chief Award Winner James Farrior from yesterday are up on steelers.com for your viewing pleasure. Bruce Arians and Dick LeBeau both talked to the media on Thursday and here is what they had to say during their Q & A's. Browns defensive coordinator Dick Jauron also talked to the media yesterday and discussed the possibly blitzing Ben Roethlisberger more and how tough it is covering the Steelers receivers. Brian Baldinger does a great job breaking down some of the Steelers favorite plays and how they do it out of Read more [...]

The week 16 offensive line breakdown report for the Pittsburgh Steelers win this past Saturday against the St. Louis Rams is now complete and overall it was a pretty solid performance as everyone scored 86% or higher. The Rams run defense was pretty poor and the Steelers unit was able to push them around on quite a few plays and even get second level blocks on their linebackers, including James Laurinaitis. TOTAL POSPLAYER PLAYSGOOD BADGOOD % SP H RT/TEMarcus Gilbert 220 100%00 0 CDoug Legursky 220 100%00 0 C/LGTrai Essex 51465 90%01 0 Read more [...]

The Pittsburgh Steelers were back on the practice field on Thursday as they continue to prepare the Cleveland Browns this Sunday on the road in Cleveland. The Steelers look to move to 12-4 on the season with a win in their final 2011 regular season game. The Thursday injury report is out now and it shows that guard Doug Legursky (shioulder), running back Mewelde Moore (knee) and safety Troy Polamalu (knee) all did not practice again today. Legursky and Moore were practically ruled out on Tuesday by head coach Mike Tomlin. The status of Polamalu is unknown right now and Friday will be a key day Read more [...]

The Pittsburgh Steelers announced today that rookie right tackle Marcus Gilbert was voted the teams 2011 Rookie of the Year and inside linebacker James Farrior won the Chief Award for his cooperation with the local media. Gilbert was drafted by the Steelers in the second round this past April out of Florida and started 13 games at right tackle this season. Gilbert was thrust into action as a starter in week 2 against the Seattle Seahawks after starter Willie Colon was lost for the season in the opening game against the Baltimore Ravens with a torn right triceps. Center Maurkice Pouncey won the Read more [...]

Season 2, Episode 62 of The Terrible Podcast is up and David Todd and I dive right into the injury situation following the Mike Tomlin press conference on Tuesday. We discuss the status this week of Ben Roethlisberger, LaMarr Woodley, Maurkice Pouncey and Emmanuel Sanders to name a few. Please keep in mind that this talk too place before the Wednesday injury report came out. After that we talk about the Steelers players that were selected to the 2012 Pro Bowl and discuss who was deserving not only for the Steelers, but for other teams as well. We also talk about a few players who were snubbed Read more [...]

Ed Bouchette reports this afternoon that a few more Steelers players were named as 2012 Pro Bowl alternates on Tuesday. We already knew that outside linebacker James Harrison was named a first alternate for the AFC at outside linebacker and that free safety Ryan Clark and outside linebacker LaMarr Woodley were also named as second alternates. Bouchette reports now that left guard Chris Kemoeatu, cornerback Ike Taylor and defensive end Brett Keisel were named a third alternates and inside linebacker Lawrence Timmons was named a fourth alternate four the AFC squad. The Kemoeatu selection is a Read more [...]

The Pittsburgh Steelers hit the field on Wednesday in preparation for their week 17 game this coming Sunday against the Cleveland Browns. The first injury report of the week has been released and it shows that linebacker James Harrison (neck), guard Doug Legursky (shioulder), running back Mewelde Moore (knee) and safety Troy Polamalu (knee) all did not practice today. Both Moore and Legursky have already been ruled out by Mike Tomlin on Tuesday. Quarterback Ben Roethlisberger (ankle), center Maurkice Pouncey (ankle), wide receiver Emmanuel Sanders (foot) and linebacker Chris Carter (hamstring) Read more [...]

Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger and center Maurkice Pouncey both plan on practicing today according to Twitter reports by Scott Brown, Mark Kaboly and Ed Bouchette. Kaboly reports that Roethlisberger has absolutely no limp at all walking through the locker room today and that he looks 100 percent fine. Brown reports that Pouncey said he is "pain free" and that he is playing Sunday against the Cleveland Browns, and that he means it this time. Both Roethlisberger and Pouncey sat out last week against the St. Louis Rams as they both recover from left high ankle sprains suffered Read more [...]

As announced by the NFL this evening at 7 pm EST, there are five Steelers players who've been selected to the 2012 Pro Bowl. Ben Roethlisberger will serve as the backup quarterback behind New England's Tom Brady. Philip Rivers will serve as the third quarterback on the AFC roster. Mike Wallace who has 71 catches, 1,182 yards and eight touchdowns on the season, will join Wes Welker, A.J. Green and Brandon Marshall in the receiving corps. Wallace was selected as a starter. Antonio Brown was not selected as a receiver, but will serve as a kick returner on the AFC's special teams roster. Strong Read more [...]

The 2012 Pro Bowl 43-man rosters for both the AFC and NFC squads will be announced tonight at 7 p.m. on the NFL Network and the Pittsburgh Steelers look to have a few players that will make the AFC squad as quarterback Ben Roethlisberger and wide receiver Mike Wallace both finished in the overall top 10 of the fan voting that closed last Monday. Center Maurkice Pouncey was also the top vote getter for the center position on the AFC side and Troy Polamalu was the top AFC strong safety vote getter. Roethlisberger finished with 935,535 fan votes, Wallace had 923,073, Pouncey led the AFC centers with Read more [...]

Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin once again met the media for his weekly press conference to talk about the status of the injured players and preview the week 17 game this upcoming Sunday against the Cleveland Browns. Injury wise, Tomlin said running back Mewelde Moore (knee) and guard Doug Legursky (shoulder) are probably on the outside looking in according Tomlin and will be out this week. Moore is recovering still from his MCL sprain while Legursky is probably going to be a week away with his left shoulder sublexation suffered Saturday against the St. Louis Rams. All of the other Read more [...]