Day ten of Steelers training camp is in the books and if you missed the day nine recap of the Friday Night Lights session you can read it here. Steelers.com also has some video up now from the Friday night practice at Latrobe Memorial Stadium. Pat Kirwan And Tim Ryan of Sirius NFL Radio were also at practice last night and Kirwan has his Steelers report up on NFL.com. Peter King was at camp Saturday and here is an interview with him. On to the Saturday practice on a soggy day back in Latrobe. Before you read farther, I suggest you listen to the post practice report called into me by Read more [...]

Linebacker James Farrior is not worried about the Steelers having any problems regrouping when the lockout is over, because they have a veteran team. NFL.com Senior Analyst Pat Kirwan looks at three things each team in the AFC North should do following the lockout. Kirwan thinks a 3rd down back is in order for the Steelers as well as a solid veteran back-up safety. He also suggest the Steelers do not overpay Ike Taylor. Hines Ward failed field sobriety test pretty bad according to the police report released yesterday and Ward now has a court date of October 6th. The latest in a series Read more [...]

A group of retired players filed a class-action complaint against the owners and current players in federal court Monday, saying they have been excluded from the mediation sessions taking place in an attempt to end the lockout. Former Steelers running back Franco Harris is one of the named plaintiffs. Albert Breer of the NFL Network brings you up to speed on the labor negotiations that are expected to continue today. Steelers safety Ryan Clark joined 93.7 The Fan this morning to talk about his trip last week to Samoa to help fellow safety, Troy Polamalu, with his football camp. Pat Kirwan of Read more [...]

Several teams might be possible suitors for free agent Willie Colon as he is looking for a fair deal according to Scott Brown. Although Colon would rather stay at tackle, he is not opposed to moving to guard if he returns. Colon, said. "We pull (left guard) Chris Kemoeatu so much that if I was to move to guard, I know I could add some balance. Colon's agent does not expect to hear from the Steelers about a new contract once the lockout ends. Jason La Canfora and Elliot Harrison of NFL.com debate if Troy Polamalu or Ed Reed the best safety in the league. There of course is a reader poll you can Read more [...]

The NFL will hold a crucial owners meeting near Chicago's O'Hare International Airport today, with the lockout now well into its fourth month. Albert Breer has the latest update on what will likely take place over the next few days. Ed Bouchette looks back at the 1982 season when the Steelers changed from a 4-3 to a 3-4 defense. The change over is going on 30 years now. In the latest "Where Are They Now" segment on Steelers.com, Teresa Varley caught up with former Steelers defensive tackle Oliver Gibson. Jory Rand of KDKA was able to get a few minutes with Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger, Read more [...]

Steelers left tackle Max Starks told Pat Kirwan and Randy Cross today on the Sirius NFL Radio show "Movin' the Chains", that his neck injury is now fully healed and the doctor says everything looks excellent. Starks went on to say he has been cleared since January and is back training without limitations. Starks was on to mainly discuss his charity work down in Florida and the recent news about the Max Starks Education and Sports Center he will be building down in Orlando. Starks briefly talked about the fast track that center Maurkice Pouncey made last year as a rookie and how he was willing Read more [...]

The great UFO mystery from the 1979 Steelers Cowboys game at Three Rivers Stadium has been solved as it was only a kite. The aliens were not coming after big headed Roger Staubach like we thought. Nothing more to see here, move along now. Hines Ward said on NFL Total Access yesterday evening that he wants to play until the wheels come off and that likely means two more seasons if he stays healthy. You can watch the sit down here with Rich Eisen. Hines also participated in the live chat on NFL.com on Wednesday and laid a little smack on Baltimore in the process when asked about his thoughts Read more [...]

Steelers receiver Hines Ward was on 680 The Fan radio in Atlanta for an interview you can listen to and said it's difficult to take big hits out of football and suggests flag football and that the new guidelines clash with the physical nature of the sport. He made it pretty clear that he didn't agree with the new rules. The latest episode of The Terrible Podcast is up and David Todd and I talk about the Ohio State mess, the recent James Harrison comments on the new rules and it ends with an interview of Steelers kicker Swayze Waters. NFL.com writers Charles Davis, Jason La Canfora, Vic Carucci, Read more [...]

Pat Kirwan had an article on NFL.com back in 2008 entitled, "First-down success is the key to third-down conversions" and I rediscovered it by going through some of my old bookmarks recently. The article is pretty straight forward with quite an obvious tone. The more yards you get on first down the better the chance you will stay out of 3rd and long or avoid 3rd downs as often as possible. Not really an earth shattering revelation by any means, but not necessarily a measure of success though as you will see in the tables below. First let us start with the 2010 conversion rates like Kirwan did Read more [...]

Steelers Director of Football Operations Kevin Colbert was on “Movin' The Chains” on Sirius NFL Radio this afternoon to talk to Pat Kirwan and Tim Ryan about the Steelers draft this past weekend. After discussing Cameron Heyward, Marcus Gilbert, Curtis Brown, Cortez Allen and Chris Carter, Ryan asked the thoughts of Colbert regarding the recent capture and killing of Osama bin Laden. Colbert said the event was a great moment for our country, for our President, for our government and our military and anybody that works in the field of bringing down terrorism. Colbert called it great moment in Read more [...]

The latest Hearing from Coach Tomlin segment is up on Steelers.com and Mike Tomlin talks about pre draft visits, the draft process and other draft topics. Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger and offensive coordinator Bruce Arians would pass even more if it were up to them. According to ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter, Judge Susan Richard Nelson told the NFL and NFL players that she will impose forced mediation on them early this week. Scott Brown reports that Steelers president Art Rooney II remains "optimistic" the 2011 season will not be interrupted by the league's first work stoppage Read more [...]

Former Steelers receiver Dallas Baker will sign with the Montreal Alouettes today of the CFL. Baker was drafted by the Steelers in the seventh round (227th overall) of the 2007 NFL Draft. No, this is not an April Fools joke. In the latest two round mock draft put out by NFL.com Senior Analyst Pat Kirwan, he has the Steelers selecting Derek Sherrod in round 1 and Christian Ballard in round 2. Bob Labriola continues on with his series of stories chronicling the 52 playoff games in Steelers history and the latest is about the 1974 AFC Divisional win against the Buffalo Bills. Mike Tomlin Read more [...]

Scott Brown has the run down of running back Rashard Mendenhall and his support via his Twitter account of Vikings running back Adrian Peterson and his analogy between the NFL and the slave trade. I have a sneaky feeling that Mendenhall will soon disappear from Twitter like Ryan Clark did a short time ago. 140 characters is hard to get your point across in. The media loves that kind of stuff. Pat Kirwan has the Steelers taking old man Danny Watkins in his latest mock draft and Steeler Nation heads exploded around the world. I wrote a piece for the haters last night on Watkins and whether or Read more [...]

I was doing some research on 1st round underclassmen cornerbacks that have been drafted over the years and came across this article a few years back by Pat Kirwan on NFL.com. Kirwan looked at the risk involved by position of the underclassmen drafted in the 1st round going back ten years at the time. I am focusing on cornerbacks here, so went right to his risk grade of 2 of that position. It happens to be the highest risk according to him by the positions that received a grade in his article. I wanted to take a closer look using the Pro Football Reference Approximate Value (AV) method that Read more [...]

I missed posting it the other night but Pat Kirwan has a great read on the Steelers defense and what they might of learned from the Bears Packers NFC Championship Game. also two great videos in this piece as well I suggest you watch. Elizabeth Merrill of ESPN has a great piece on Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin and his journey to where he is now. During Super Bowl week, the NFL assigns a single pool reporter to cover a team's practices leading up to the game. This was the Steelers practice report filed by Peter King on Thursday. [phpbay]Mike Tomlin Steelers, 3, "", ""[/phpbay] Executive Read more [...]