July 30th, 2008 
Matt Loede 
Posted in As if the Steelers don’t have enough issues this early into camp, today one of their newest weapons, second round pick Limas Sweed, couldn’t finish practice due to cramping. Don’t fret Steeler fans – he’ll be okay. “We took him off to protect him,” coach Mike Tomlin said. “He’s a guy who’s run all day, [...]
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Sepulveda Tears ACL – Punter Likely Done for the Year
It has been a rough few days for the Steelers at camp, as today the team lost their second-year punter, as Daviel Sepulveda tore his ACL in his right knee and will miss the season. It’s the second time in three seasons he has tore the ACL in his knee. The injury took place on [...]
Polamalu and Kemoeatu Join Hampton on the PUP List
One day after stating Casey Hampton was headed for the PUP list basically becuase he was overweight and not in shape, the Steelers today put two players on the list the hard way – with legit injuries. The one injury that already has Steelers fans talking is the one to Pro Bowl safety Troy Polamalu, [...]
Tomlin Chases Media from Practice
Mike Tomlin ruffled the feathers of some members of the media Sunday when he chased them from the practice field before the team opened camp with its traditional run test. Tomlin said that he felt the test was part of the registration for camp and not a part of football drills and thus excluded the [...]
Overweight Hampton on PUP List After Failing Run Test
Known as one of, if not the best nose tackles in the league, the Steelers have always been able to count on Casey Hampton to be a force on their D-line. That is until today. The Pro Bowl NT was placed by the team on the PUP (physically unable to perform) list after showing up [...]
Taylor Restructures Deal to Give Steelers Some Cap Help
The Steelers got a little cap help on Saturday, as the Tribune-Review confirmed that cornerback Ike Taylor has restructured his contract. Taylor will reduce his base salary of $4.1 mil this season by $3 mil. He will get a signing bonus of $3 mil in return spread out over the next three seasons. Taylor had [...]
Got Em; Mendenhall and Sweed Both Sign Deals
The Steelers have their two newest weapons under contract as they look to revamp and have a more explosive offense in 2008. Today the team signed their first and second round picks, RB Rashard Mendenhall, and WR Limas Sweed. The word is that Mendenhall gets a deal that will pay him $7.125 mil in guaranteed [...]
Latrobe Prepares for Steelers Arrival
For members of the Steeler nation the NFL season officially begins on Sunday when the Steelers report to St. Vincent College for the start of Mike Tomlin’s second training camp at the helm of the Steelers. Tomlin told reporters earlier in the week that he will make some changes to camp from last season but [...]
