Former Pittsburgh Steelers offensive coordinator Bruce Arians spoke to the Indianapolis Colts media today after being named the teams new offensive coordinator. Arians talked about returning to Indianapolis, Peyton Manning and the upcoming opportunity to possibly work with a young quarterback. He also took questions about his offensive philosophy and of course about his time in Pittsburgh. Below are the transcribed questions and answers pertaining to the Steelers. Re: On his main philosophy in running an offense Arians: Balance. You cannot be one dimensional. I like to go back and look at Read more [...]

Happy Saturday, or is it? Mark Kaboly reports via Twitter today that a source tipped him to a possible meeting this morning between Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin and former Indianapolis Colts head coach Jim Caldwell presumably about the open offensive coordinators position on the Steelers coaching staff. Kaboly tweeted, "Just got tip that Tomlin had breakfast at Omni William Penn this morning with Jim Caldwell. Source told me "95 percent sure" it was Caldwell." We shall see how this pans out but Caldwell certainly has ties to Tomlin dating back to when both were on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers Read more [...]

ESPN.com and ESPN The Magazine combined to put out list of the 20 current players who a 20-member Pro Football Hall of Fame panel and ESPN's very own John Clayton believe could excel in any era of the NFL. The top 20 was finalized today and four current Pittsburgh Steelers players made the top 10. Finishing 10th was linebacker James Harrison, finishing 8th was wide receiver Hines Ward, finishing 3rd was quarterback Ben Roethlisberger and finishing 2nd was safety Troy Polamalu. Harrison finished 4th as far as linebackers went behind Patrick Willis (7th), Brian Urlacher (5th) and Ray Lewis (1st). 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 [...]

The news officially broke this morning that Pittsburgh Steelers offensive coordinator Bruce Arians will not be back in 2012 according to a statement by head coach Mike Tomlin. With the offensive coordinator position now open I have put together a list below of the likeliest candidates to be the Steelers next offensive coordinator. Tomlin will be down in Mobile, Alabama next week for the Senior Bowl and there could be a few interviews that take place down there, but that is just speculation. Those interviews could include a few coaches not on my list below as well, as the Senior Bowl always is a Read more [...]

By Jeremy Hritz Right now, it still hurts for Steelers fans. Two of our most hated opponents will battle for the AFC crown that we proudly wore last year. And in the NFC, we have to watch the other hated Harbaugh and the Eli Manning-led New York Giants. While Sunday will no doubt be agonizing as it reminds us of what could have been, it is time to move on. And what better way to do so than taking a closer look at the 2012-2013 Steelers' opponents. Opponents’ 2011 Records: 103-105 (.495) 2011 Playoff Opponents on 2012 Schedule: 4 - Baltimore, Cincinnati, Denver, New York Giants Divisional Read more [...]

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 for the vacant head coaching job at Ole Miss following the termination of Houston Nutt early in November. Pittsburgh AP writer Will Graves reported via Twitter this afternoon that Arians said he was flattered today by the speculation but added, "I can't even stand rookies". Arians, Read more [...]

This will upset many of you I know, but Doug Segrest of The Birmingham News reports tonight that Steelers offensive coordinator Bruce Arians could be a potential candidate to replace Houston Nutt at Ole Miss. Segrest says Arians has strong ties to the area after coaching at both Alabama and Mississippi State and goes on to suggest that another connection revolves around Arians being the first quarterback coach for Peyton Manning when was a rookie. Archie Manning just happens to be on the search committee for the University of Mississippi. Ron Cook wrote this morning that Arians told him he Read more [...]

Below are the 7 players that will not dress for the Steelers and Colts tonight at Lucas Oil Stadium. Teams are now allowed to dress 46 players this season as there is no emergency quarterback rule. Inactives are released and announced starting 90 minutes before kick-off. Brett Keisel was ruled out on Friday with a knee injury. For the Colts, Peyton Manning and Ernie Sims were ruled out long ago. Steelers QB Dennis Dixon RB Jonathan Dwyer WR Jerricho Cotchery DE Brett Keisel T Chris Scott CB Bryant McFadden OL Jamon Meredith Colts QB Peyton Manning LB Ernie Sims RG Ryan Diem LB Read more [...]

The Steelers practiced again on Thursday in preparation for their week 3 game Sunday night against the Indianapolis Colts. There was some good news on Thursday as center Maurkice Pouncey (hamstring) practice fully today after being limited on Wednesday. Running back Jonathan Dwyer (shoulder) also practiced fully after being limited yesterday. Defensive end Brett Keisel (knee) remains sidelined and is almost certain to be out Sunday. Ziggy Hood will get the start at right defensive end with Keisel down. Linebacker James Farrior (not injury related), wide receiver Hines Ward (not injury related) Read more [...]

Season 2, Episode 13 of The Terrible Podcast is up and David Todd and I get a great preview of the Baltimore Ravens from John Eisenberg of CSNBaltimore.com. John brings us up to date on everything that has happened with the Ravens from hatchet day when the team released Todd Heap, Derrick Mason, et al, right up to the Ravens practice on Wednesday. There is tons of back-and-forth and John provides some excellent insight into both the personnel groupings and formations we can expect to see from the Ravens on Sunday. This is one of the best team previews we've had, be sure to check it out. You can Read more [...]

The Steelers 2011 season kicks off this Sunday and I have purposely waited until now to post a game by game quick look ahead at the Steelers 2011 schedule. The free agent moves and final roster cuts have taken place around the league and it provides a much clearer look at where teams are at that the Steelers will face this year. I will not go too much into depth with each game and will try to capsulize each. So many things can change the further you get into the season and you never can predict injuries that may occur along the way. With all of those disclaimers out of the way, here is a quick Read more [...]

It did not take Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger to recover as a fan favorite as he is ranked 5th overall in jersey sales according to new data released by NFLShop.com from the period running from April 1-Aug. 30. Troy Polamalu is the top rated Steelers player in jersey sales as he finished 3rd overall behind Aaron Rodgers and Clay Matthews of the Packers. In total there are six Steelers players in the top 20 as Hines Ward, Mike Wallace, James Harrison and Rashard Mendenhall also made the list. The Steelers edged out the Packers in overall jersey sales with the Cowboys finishing 3rd overall Read more [...]

Jeff Pash has said he expects the league and its players to continue working toward separate votes today on a new CBA that would end the four-month-old lockout. He thinks both sides are at the point where they can close. Reading between the lines I see it being Friday. John Clayton posted the cap situations for all 21 teams yesterday and as expected the Steelers are indeed $10 million over. Looking within the division, the Ravens are $5.33 under, the Bengals are $35.9 under and the Browns are $33.3 under. There is a good article on free agent cornerback Ike Taylor up now at Pro Player Insiders. Read more [...]

Former Steelers running back Merril Hoge called the the WDVE morning show to talk about the call James Harrison made to Ben Roethlisberger yesterday. Great interview. Linebacker Lawrence Timmons did an interview with Cybulski & Company yesterday on TSN radio to talk about the Harrison situation and show his support for James. Here is my reaction to the Harrison comments after I had time to digest most of the information that was out there yesterday afternoon. Steve Wyche of the NFL Network caught up with former Steelers running back Jerome Bettis and gets his reaction to the Harrison negative Read more [...]