Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger is certainly not happy about offensive coordinator Bruce Arians being let go and he has spoke out about today to two different media outlets. Roethlisberger, who is currently in Hawaii practicing for the Pro Bowl game on Sunday, told Fran Charles and Marshall Faulk of the NFL Network in regards to the departure of Arians, "Well, anyone that knows about the Pittsburgh Steelers, it's family, from the top to bottom, from the Rooney's all the way down to the training staff, to equipment staff. Everybody. So when you lose a family member it always tough Read more [...]

Pittsburgh Steelers president and co-owner Art Rooney II talked to the Pittsburgh media today and beat writers Ed Bouchette, Scott Brown and Mike Bires are all relaying the conversation via Twitter for us and I will recap those Tweets below. Rooney II said today that his father Dan Rooney to step down as the Irish Ambassador and rejoin the team in 2012. He also told the reporters that they will add 3,000 seats to Heinz Field after the 2012 season. As far as potential moves go during the offseason, Rooney II called wide receiver Hines Ward an "all-time" Steelers great and hopefully a future Read more [...]

Season 2, Episode 68 of The Terrible Podcast is up and with David Todd tied up in New York, Nick Richetta helps co-pilot the show today and I get the thoughts from Nick from the AFC Wild Card Game against the Denver Broncos from an offensive perspective to start things off with after we get through the latest headlines. Nick and I talk about the offensive line, running backs and wide receiver in addition and get to several questions from Twitter followers and emailers as well. Make sure to follow Nick on Twitter at @SteelerCityKid117 and if you want to buy him a cup of coffee, you can send him Read more [...]

Scott Brown reported this morning that Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger will take quarterback coach Randy Fichtner with him to Hawaii for the 2012 Pro Bowl as a guest. This news means that Roethlisberger likely has every intention of playing in the game right now and it will be interesting to see if he is still forced to wear the special shoe as support for his injured left ankle that hobbled him the final quarter of the season. Roethlisberger suffered the badly sprained ankle against the Cleveland Browns in week 14 and only missed the week 16 game against the St. Louis Rams Read more [...]

Scott Brown reports this afternoon that Pittsburgh Steelers nose tackle Casey Hampton is not scheduled to undergo surgery in the near future to repair the ACL he injured Sunday against the Denver Broncos in the AFC Wild Card game. Hampton only played 2 defensive plays in the game before suffering the injury and did not return to the game. brown reports that Hampton will try to work his way back from an ACL injury with a combination of rest and treatment. Hampton is heading into his final year under contract and is set to count $8.057 million against the 2012 salary cap. He is also believed to have Read more [...]

Scott Brown reports on Twitter this morning that Pittsburgh Steelers veteran defensive end Aaron Smith told reporters this morning that he is completely healthy following the spinal-fusion surgery that he had back in November and that he could play tomorrow if he could. According to Brown he also said that he will decide after the season whether or not he will return in 2012 for his 14th season. He also added that if he indeed does return, it would only be with Steelers as he can't see himself playing anywhere else, and that if were to do that, it would "taint" his career. Smith came into the 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 [...]

The Pittsburgh Steelers continued their practice preparations on Thursday for their upcoming game Saturday at Heinz Field against the St. Louis Rams and the Thursday injury report is now out. Quarterback Ben Roethlisberger (ankle), running back Mewelde Moore (knee) and cornerback Curtis Brown (knee) all sat out out practice again today. Center Maurkice Pouncey (ankle) also sat out on Thursday as well after being limited on Wednesday. Pouncey may have suffered a setback with his ankle and Scott Brown reported via Twitter that Pouncey was a little testy today when asked about his status today. He Read more [...]

Scott Brown is reporting this afternoon via Twitter that Pittsburgh Steelers second year wide receiver Emmanuel Sanders said that he doesn't know 100 percent if he is going to play Saturday against the St. Louis Rams because of his injured right foot. Sanders main goal right now is to be ready for the playoffs, according to Brown, and he said he doesn't want this injury to remain a lingering one. Sanders broke his right foot in the loss to the Green Bay Packers in the Super Bowl back in February and had it surgically repaired quickly. He then had another surgery on his left foot in the spring Read more [...]

Scott Brown is reporting via Twitter that Pittsburgh Steelers offensive coordinator Bruce Arians announced today during his session with the media that veteran Charlie Batch would start Monday night at quarterback against the San Francisco 49ers should starter Ben Roethlisberger not be able to play with his sprained left ankle. Arians also said that Trai Essex would get the start at left guard should center Maurkice Pouncey not be able to play Monday night because of his sprained left ankle. Both Roethlisberger and Pouncey were injured last week in the first half of the Steelers 14-3 win over the Read more [...]

Scott Brown is reporting via Twitter that Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger was not at practice today for the Steelers as they started their preparations for their Monday night game against the San Francisco 49ers. Roethlisberger is still in a walking boot, according to Brown, but was at the practice facility today. His teammates are saying that they expect he will play Monday night. Roethlisberger suffered a high left ankle sprain in the second quarter of the Steelers Thursday night win over the Cleveland Browns after being sacked out of the pocket by Browns defensive lineman Read more [...]

Scott Brown reports via Twitter this afternoon that Pittsburgh Steelers offensive coordinator Bruce Arians told the media today that wide receiver Emmanuel Sanders might sit out the Thursday night game against the Cleveland Browns because his knee is still not 100%. Sanders had minor knee surgery back in early November and he missed the game against Baltimore Ravens in week 9 and the first meeting against the Cincinnati Bengals the week after. Sanders returned to action against the Kansas City Chiefs following the bye week and played again this past Sunday against the Bengals. Arians also Read more [...]

Steelers center Maurkice Pouncey will be back at practice Thursday for the Steelers on a limited basis according to Scott Brown. Pouncey sat out Wednesday as he continues to recover from a stomach virus that knocked him out of the Sunday night game against the Kansas City Chiefs. Brown reports that Pouncey has lost 12 pounds since getting the bug and will need to try to put some of it back on over the course of the next few days. Thus far he has gained back 2 of those 12 pounds lost and told reporters today that he is currently under 290 pounds. Pouncey did say he will definitely play Sunday Read more [...]

Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger and left outside linebacker LaMarr Woodley were both limited today in practice as the team returned to the practice field following their week off for the bye. Roethlisberger, who fractured his thumb on his throwing hand against the Bengals last Sunday, was able to work in individual drills on Monday while wearing a splint and a glove on his injured hand. He did not take any snaps under center and worked only in the shotgun and pistol formations according to reports. He told reporters that he will not get a shot in his thumb before the Sunday night game Read more [...]

Below is the defensive participation chart for the Steelers week 10 game versus the Cincinnati Bengals this past Sunday afternoon. The most noticeable thing this week was that rookie defensive end Cameron Heyward did not see the field on defense for the first time this season as both Brett Keisel and Ziggy Hood played every snap of the game. I asked Steelers beat writer Scott Brown about this tonight on the latest episode of the Terrible Podcast and he has not heard the reason behind that either. Sub-package wise the Steelers only played the dime on a handful of plays as they mostly played Read more [...]