There are just 5 days left in the 2011 Pro Bowl voting and the latest update of votes shows that Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Mike Wallace has fallen out of the top 10 since we last updated on December 1st. Quarterback Ben Roethlisberger remains in the top 10, but has slipped down to 10th place in overall votes with 745,835. Center Maurkice Pouncey still leads the AFC center voting with 301,423 votes and safety Troy Polamalu leads the AFC safety voting with 191,550. Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers leads all vote getters with 1,263,045 votes and New England Patriots quarterback Read more [...]

There are 3 weeks of Pro Bowl voting left now and Steelers wide receiver Mike Wallace is 8th overall in total overall votes with 575,821. He is second in the AFC receiver race behind Wes Welker of the Patriots. Quarterback Ben Roethlisberger is right behind Wallace in overall votes in 9th place with 565,378 votes received. He is however behind the Patriots Tom Brady as far as the AFC quarterback voting goes. Brady has 873,424 votes. Center Maurkice Pouncey leads the AFC center race with 228,297 votes and safety Troy Polamalu leads the AFC safety position with 146,989 votes. Make sure you Read more [...]

Episode #59 of The Terrible Podcast is up and David Todd and I find a few football things to talk about during this current dead period. After a 30 second update on the labor situation --- the next hearing is this Friday June 3-- we get into the problems at Ohio St. and give our thoughts on Jim Tressel, Terrelle Pryor and paying college athletes. After that we talk about James Harrison and his comments regarding the new rules and we discuss my upcoming post on offensive line penalties that you can find shortly on SteelersDepot.com. It's really interesting stuff that you should definitely check Read more [...]

The Steelers have to learn from the 2009 collapse and not let a repeat of start Sunday against the Raiders. The Oakland Raiders are a better team then the won that beat the Steelers last season. This week and next week in Buffalo are really must win games if you look at the December schedule. Below are what we deem to be 7 keys to the game for the Steelers to beat the Raiders in week 11. Just Run Stop, Baby - Only 3 teams are running more than passing in the NFL and the Raiders are one of those teams. They are averaging 162.2 yards rushing per game this season, which is second in NFL and have Read more [...]

The most significant thing that came out of the Steelers Friday Night Lights practice in Latrobe last night was that punter Daniel Sepulveda was allowed to show what he could do on kickoffs. Sepulveda has been working on kickoffs for years now, and head coach Mike Tomlin finally let him show off what he had in relief of regular kicker Jeff Reed. Sepulveda kicked off four times during the second special teams period, to the liking of Tomlin. "Sepulveda may provide us with a legitimate option there," Tomlin said. Sepulveda slipped on his first attempt and still sent it eight yards into the end zone Read more [...]

Today may seen like a normal offseason Friday, but July 15th is the deadline for franchise tag players to have new deals signed or they must play for the one-year tender amount offered by the team. Such is the case with kicker Jeff Reed who was given the franchise tag in February to keep the eight-year veteran from becoming an unrestricted free agent. Reed and his agent, Don Henderson were looking for a multi-year deal in the neighborhood of 4 million dollars a season, much like kicker Sebastian Janikowski received from the Raiders this offseason. With no salary cap in place and a future CBA still Read more [...]