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Archive for June, 2007

Arena Ball Coming Back to Steel Town?

The Arena Football League could be returning to one of its charter cities. The Pittsburgh “Post-Gazette” reports that the league has been in talks with several potential ownership groups and owners about returning the sport to Pittsburgh once the new Downtown arena is built. The AFL is looking for a 20th franchise for [...]

Posted by Matt Loede on Jun 19 2007

Barlow Should Get First Crack at Backup RB Spot

While the Steelers get set for camp in about 5 weeks, one big question will be what back gets the task of spelling feature running back Willie Parker. The choices seem to be between Najeh Davenport, Verron Haynes and Kevan Barlow. So far I would have to say based on these choices that Barlow is [...]

Posted by Matt Loede on Jun 18 2007

Steelers Will Have New Look Defense in 2007

Look for the Steelers defense to look at lot different when the team takes the field in the opener vs the Browns in Cleveland on September 9th. The team has been working hard under new head coach Mike Tomlin to put a lot of different looks into the defense, and not everything will look like [...]

Posted by Matt Loede on Jun 17 2007

Tomlin Likes What He Sees From Big Ben

New Steelers coach Mike Tomlin said recently that he liked what he has seen so far from quarterback Ben Roethlisberger. The QB took part in a recent mini-camp, and has been at each and every practice of the Steelers offseason program. “He’s a tremendous competitor,” Tomlin said in Friday’s Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. “He’s, of [...]

Posted by Matt Loede on Jun 15 2007

Timmons Sits out Camp; Hopes to be Ready to Go in July

I know that rookie linebacker Lawrence Timmons really needs to be on the field to learn the Steelers system and what not, but I like the decision by Mike Tomlin to sit him this week at camp to rest his injured groin. Timmons tried to practice this week, but the coach said “no” as [...]

Posted by Matt Loede on Jun 15 2007

Steelers Set their Depth Chart - For Now

The Steelers be all means have many question marks as they get set for Mike Tomlin’s first training camp in a month. On Thursday, some of the starting positions were a bit of a shock, and I think that we will see some of these change as we get into camp and the team [...]

Posted by Matt Loede on Jun 15 2007

Hall of Fame celebrates the Steelers 75th Anniversary season

The Pro Football Hall of Fame celebrates the Pittsburgh Steelers’
75th Anniversary season!
New Steelers’ Exhibit – Visit the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio to experience a new 2,500-square-foot exhibit chronicling each decade of the Pittsburgh Steelers’ 75-year legacy. See one-of-a-kind artifacts from Steelers greats of [...]

Posted by Matt Loede on Jun 14 2007