The Monday night game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the San Francisco 49ers will be short several key players as the Steelers will be without center Maurkice Pouncey, linebacker James Harrison and possibly even quarterback Ben Roethlisberger and the 49ers look to be missing their best linebacker Patrick Willis. Should the Baltimore Ravens lose Sunday night to the San Diego Chargers, the Steelers will have a chance to take back over the lead in the AFC North with a win. The 49ers are still fighting to preserve a first round bye in the playoffs and recover from their loss last week against Read more [...]
Season 2, Episode 55 of The Terrible Podcast is up and David Todd and have a little shorter show than normal, but do cram quite a bit of talk in the 30 plus minutes. We start with some recent injury updates today on quarterback Ben Roethlisberger and Maurkice Pouncey and how it looks like both are trending towards playing next Monday night against the San Francisco 49ers. We caution that it is still too early to know for certain though if both will or will not play. We talk about several games around the NFL on Sunday and focus in a little on the 49ers loss to the Arizona Cardinals, as that is Read more [...]
Week 14 is now complete for the AFC and we can take quick look at the current standings and the playoff scenarios going forward.
Houston Texans - (10-3) - The Texans clinched the AFC South on Sunday with their win over the Bengals combined with the Titans loss to the Saints. They will finish no worse than the 4th seed now in the AFC. They close out the season with games against the Panthers, Colts and Titans.
Baltimore Ravens - (10-3) - The Ravens control their own destiny still in the AFC North as well as the 1st seed in the AFC should they win out. They have yet to lock up a playoff spot Read more [...]
The 2011 NFL season kicks-off tonight with the Packers hosting the Saints and it is time once again to throw out my prediction for the entire 2011 NFL standings and records. Last year I sold the Steelers short and had the Packers winning it all over the Jets and you can see that post from last year at this time here.
This year I think the AFC is once again pretty cut and dry with Patriots, Steelers, Texans and Chargers winning their respective divisions with the Jets and the Ravens both earning wild card spots. The Colts are the real mystery here depending on the status of Peyton Manning. Even Read more [...]
Steelers linebacker Lawrence Timmons threw out the ceremonial first pitch in his hometown for the Florence RedWolves Friday night and nearly beaned the RedWolves mascot. Timmons played offense and defense back in high school as he actually was a receiver. Watch the first pitch and interview below.
The Peters Township School Board is expected to hire former Steelers linebacker Jason Gildon as the Indians defensive line coach at Monday night's meeting. Gildon has been wanting to get into coaching.
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Here is my rebuttal yesterday to CBSSports.com Read more [...]
John Clayton had a story that caught my attention the other day on ESPN.com in which he was trying to convey the notion that teams facing true 3-4 defense need bigger backs to get the job done on the ground. Clayton did preface this by saying, "To beat a 3-4 defense on the ground you need a bigger back, or at least a runner who can break arm tackles."
I wanted to take a look myself at the running backs and fullbacks that ran against true 3-4 defenses in 2010 and see how accurate the big back compared to smaller back theory holds up. Clayton notes that 15 teams ran 3-4 schemes last season, but Read more [...]
Jason La Canfora has Steeler Nation all going crazy tonight with his report that the Steelers have serious designs on trading up in the 1st round of the 2011 NFL draft Thursday night to get Mike Pouncey, the twin brother of Steelers center Maurkice Pouncey. La Canfora reports that a league source has informed him that Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin has given an edict to his personnel department to explore all realistic trade options should Pouncey slide down the draft board. In his report, La Canfora mentions the Chargers and Giants as teams that could possibly have their eye on the Florida twin Read more [...]
The NFL handed out 32 compensatory draft picks for the 2011 NFL Draft that are awarded to teams that suffered a net loss of certain quality unrestricted free agents last offseason. The Steelers as expected did not receive any after receiving 3 last year. The compensatory draft picks will supplement the 221 regular picks in the regular seven rounds of the draft this April, with picks positioned within the 3rd through the 7th rounds based on the value of the free agent lost. Below are the compensatory draft picks awarded by round with overall selection in parentheses:
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Steelers practice squad running back Frank Summers, a fifth-round draft pick of the Steelers in 2009, signed a free agent contract with the San Diego Chargers this week. Summers likely sees the writing on the wall that his chances to make the 53 man roster with the Steelers in 2011 was very slim. The move also gets him back closer to his roots in Oakland.
Steelers safety Ryan Clark joined 93.7 The Fan live in the studio to recap the Steelers loss in Super Bowl XLV, the seating debacle and said all the owners offers from the league concerning the labor situation are “totally ridiculous.”
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Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin faced the media following the 35-24 win versus the San Diego Chargers. Tomlin started with saying that the big people on both sides of the ball played well today and noted the play of the Steelers special teams play. Tomlin said there is a very mentally tough group right now in the locker room. Tomlin went on to say that he went into the game wanting to be very aggressive and wanted to establish a tone in the second half of the game. Tomlin said he has great deal of belief in the defensive unit, thus his aggressiveness.
Tomlin went on to say that running back Read more [...]
The Pittsburgh Steelers got off to another slow start against the San Diego Chargers on Sunday night, but rebounded to control the second half and beat the Chargers 35-24. The Steelers running game finally got on track, with running back Willie Parker rushing for 146 yards and two touchdowns. Both the Steelers offense and defense did just enough to attain a 14-10 halftime lead, but the offense opened up the second half with a 13 play drive ending in a Ben Roethlisberger to tight end Heath Miller 7 yard touchdown pass.
The Chargers opened up the game with a 4 play drive ending in a 41 yard touchdown Read more [...]
With the Baltimore Ravens beating the Tennessee Titans 13-10 today, the Pittsburgh Steelers will host the AFC Championship game should they be able to defeat the San Diego Chargers on Sunday. This would set up a third meeting this season between the Ravens and Steelers in which the Steelers have won both games thus far.
This last drive is burned into my memory and I remember it like it was yesterday. Below is the video of the Steelers final four plays of the 1994 AFC Championship Game against the San Diego Chargers on January 15, 1995 at Three Rivers Stadium. The final play is one Steeler Nation will never forget as quarterback Neal O'Donnell had his fourth down pass to running back Barry Foster knocked down by Chargers linebacker Dennis Gibson. The play calling on the final four plays was horrible. I remember after the fourth down play punching a hole in the wall in my house. It was not a fun day to be a Steeler Read more [...]
The Steelers wrapped up practice preparations on Friday for the Sunday game versus the San Diego Chargers. QB Ben Roethlisberger (concussion) was the only player listed on the injury report and was listed as probable. Everyone practiced fully again for the second straight game and the Steelers are the healthiest they have been all season. The Steelers will likely have a team walk through on Saturday morning.
