The Steelers resumed practice preparations on Thursday for their Sunday night home game against the New England Patriots. S Will Allen (concussion), DE Brett Keisel (hamstring), G Chris Kemoeatu (knee,ankle), TE Heath Miller (knee) and DE Aaron Smith (triceps) did not practice on Thursday. Smith of course has long been ruled out and it is not looking good for Kemoeatu to play this week. He will be replaced by Ramon Foster at left guard. Allen had practiced fully on Wednesday and may have had a setback with his concussion. Miller and Keisel look questionable right now. RB Mewelde Moore (concussion) Read more [...]

The Steelers started their practice preparations on Wednesday for the week 10 home game Sunday night against the New England Patriots. DE Aaron Smith (triceps) remains sidelined and will not play again this week. G Chris Kemoeatu (knee,ankle) also sat out on Wednesday and is not looking like he will be ready for Sunday by the early reports. If he can not go, Ramon Foster will likely get the start at left guard. DE Brett Keisel (hamstring) did not practice on Wednesday. Also sitting out were K Jeff Reed (illness) and TE Heath Miller (knee). By all accounts, RB Mewelde Moore, RB Isaac Redman and Read more [...]

Audio from Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin press conference on Tuesday November 9th, 2010. Tomlin met the media on Tuesday for upcoming week 10 game against the New England Patriots and goes over the upcoming Sunday night game. Tomlin takes questions from the local media and goes over the injuries. Check out our notes and recap below as we add them. Will be updated over next hour. [audio:http://www.steelersdepot.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/mike-tomlin-press-conference-nov-9-2010-full.mp3|titles=Steelers HC Mike Tomlin Press Conference Tuesday November 9th Week 10 Patriots] Good to go on Read more [...]

Audio from Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin press conference on Tuesday September 28th, 2010. Mike Tomlin met the media on Tuesday for upcoming week 4 game against the Baltimore Ravens and goes over the upcoming game, injuries and recaps the week 3 Buccaneers game. Tomlin takes questions from the local media. Check out our notes and recap below as we add them. [flv:http://prod.video.steelers.clubs.nfl.com/PIT/video/news_conference/092810_tomlin_presser.flv 550 345] [audio:http://www.steelersdepot.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/mike-tomlin-press-conference-sep-28-2010.mp3|titles=Mike Tomlin Tuesday Read more [...]

The 2010 Steelers are 3-0 and headed back home for their first division game against the Baltimore Ravens next weekend. Lost in the 3 wins to start the season is the depth of the roster and the amount of players that have contributed to their 3-0 start. Through 3 games, the Steelers have had 54 different players on the active roster and of those 54, only 3 have not seen any playing time. Those 3 players are Byron Leftwich and rookies Jonathan Dwyer and Crezdon Butler. Even practice squad defensive lineman Steve McLendon, who was activated for the Titans game, played and contributed greatly in the Read more [...]

The Steelers beat the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 38-13 in the 3rd game of the 2010 season. Below are my recap notes and nuggets I kept on the game along with my observations. I have much more coming on this game and am working through the night. These are initial reactions of mine as I am about to watch the game a second time and begin working up tape selections. Below are the notes I compiled throughout the game. remember these are initial reactions one time through the game. What can you say about Charlie Batch? As I showed you last week, he played a good game. This week the receivers caught the Read more [...]

How nice was it to see a kickoff returned by us for a touchdown instead of the opposing team? This play set the tone for the day and immediately took the crowd right out of the game. Special teams coach Al Everest is already paying dividends and the speed of Antonio Brown can not be ignored in the return game going forward. Below we have the aerial view breakdown of the touchdown return by Brown against the Titans this past Sunday and the players involved. Read more [...]

The Steelers beat the Tennessee Titans 19-11 in the 2nd game of the 2010 season. Below are my recap notes and nuggets I kept on the game along with my observations. I have much more coming on this game and am working through the night. These are initial reactions of mine as I am about to watch the game a second time and begin working up tape selections. Below are the notes I compiled throughout the game. remember these are initial reactions one time through the game. A win in the NFL, is a win in the NFL. Today was a tough earned road win against a great Titans defensive team. Steelers wanted Read more [...]

Opening Statement: So much has happened since the final 2009 season game against Miami and the start of the season must be a welcome sight for the Steelers players and coaches. The preseason was a bit of a blur and was overall a success until quarterback Byron Leftwich went down with a MCL injury in the final game against Carolina. The roster has been paired down to 53 and features 8 rookie draft picks and 17 players 30 years of age or over, 10 of which are defensive players. The picture heading into the 2010 season is pretty clear for the Steelers as franchise quarterback Ben Roethlisberger Read more [...]

Sunday night the Steelers will travel to Denver to play the Broncos in the third preseason game of the 2010 season. Per my normal routine, I have listed below 10 things to look for Sunday heading into the game. Brown Sanders Flip Flop X & Z - The education of rookie wide receivers Antonio Brown and Emmanuel Sanders continues this week as both will play their opposite positions this week as Brown moves from the z flanker position to the x split end spot and Sanders moves from split end X spot to the Z flanker position. Sanders mostly played the slot and flanker in college and looks to be the Read more [...]

The drama of this week is over before it ever got started, as according to Post Gazette beat writer Ed Bouchette, linebacker Lawrence Timmons told a group of reporters on Monday that free safety Ryan Clark will sit out this weeks preseason game in Denver as a precaution. As I mentioned in my Friday blog post on Clark and his medical history in Denver, it seems he will travel with the team, but will not play. Look for Will Allen to get get the start in the absence of Clark and play most of the first half. The extended time will be good for both Allen and Ryan Mundy, who has been very consistent Read more [...]

The Steelers beat the New York Giants 24-17 in the 2nd preseason game of the 2010 season. Below are my notes and nuggets I kept on the game along with my observations. I have much more coming on this game and am working through the night. These are initial reactions of mine as I am about to watch the game a second time and begin working up tape selections. Below are the notes I compiled throughout the game. The team overall looked a little sluggish getting started. Camp finally breaking and traveling did not help. Let us hope Ike Taylor got that out of his system. Any how I gave Taylor the Read more [...]

Saturday the Steelers will host the Detroit Lions to Heinz Field for the first preseason game of the 2010 season. We have listed below 10 things to look for Saturday heading into the game. Robo Kickoff Guy? - Daniel Sepulveda was allowed to kickoff last Friday under the lights and reportedly Mike Tomlin was happy with what he saw. Preseason is the perfect time to have a live game battle between Jeff Reed and Sepulveda for the rights to kickoff this year. I hope Robo punter gets a chance to become Robo kickoff specialist. Tomlin said it depends on how many kickoffs they get so hope for a ton Read more [...]

The countdown to Latrobe is now just 10 days away and we will now switch gears to start previewing the defensive side of the ball and start with the safety position. From now until training camp we will have a new preview every other day, so stay tuned. Make sure to read our previous position previews linked below. Training Camp Preview – Defensive Line |Training Camp Preview – Safeties |Training Camp Preview – Linebackers | Training Camp Preview – Offensive Line | Training Camp Preview – Tight Ends | Training Camp Preview – Wide Receivers | Training Camp Preview – Running Backs Read more [...]

Steelers safety Troy Polamalu worked with kids attending the Colonial All-Pro Football Camp at William & Mary on Tuesday and said he loves the Steelers being the underdog again. He also goes on to say that quarterback Ben Roethlisberger troubles haven't been a distraction and the Steelers need to get back to playing Steeler football in 2010. Melinda Waldrop has a blog post on him here in the Daily Press and the photo gallery is here. The Steelers defense had a ton of miscommunication last season and Kevin Gorman writes that it has been a focus this offseason on listening and communicating Read more [...]