August 25th, 2008 
Matt Loede 
Posted in In getting ready for Tuesday’s roster cutdown, the Steelers made some moves today to get ready. The team put punter Daniel Sepulveda on the Reserve/Injured List, and also Additionally, the Steelers released quarterback Mike Potts, wide receiver Jeremy Bloom and defensive lineman Martavius Prince. The team has 77 players on their roster due to the [...]
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Steelers Wait on the Status of Foote
The Steelers are hoping that further tests on the injured knee of linebacker Larry Foote. Foote left Saturday night’s exhibition game with the Minnesota Vikings with the injury that Coach Mike Tomlin categorized as fairly minor. The Steelers scraped out a 12-10 victory over the Vikings on a 47-yard field goal with four seconds remaining [...]
Steelers Sloppy But Survive Tough Outing in Minnesota 12-10
The Steelers have come to count on Jeff Reed’s leg over the years to come through in the clutch, and even in the preseason he showed why again he’s one of the better clutch kickers in the league. Reed’s fourth field goal, this one from 47 yards out with just 4 seconds left, was the [...]
Does Farrior Signing Say Something about the state of the Steelers?
I think it does! Think about it, Gene Upshaw was the biggest roadblock in CBA extensions and talks because of rookie pay scales. Most players and team owners are in agreement that the rookie payscale needs to change, and veterans need to be rewarded once they have “earned” the money. (See: Roethlisberger, Ben) Do you [...]
Steelers Sign Farrior To Extension
The Pittsburgh Steelers on Tuesday retained one of their top linebackers as according to John Clayton of ESPN.com, the team signed James Farrior to a 5-year, $18.25 million including a $5 million signing bonus. With the signing, the Steelers have one of the deeper linebacker corps in the NFL; the team believes that Farrior has 3 [...]
Batch Back to Work
Steelers backup quarterback Charlie Batch was back in the Steelers training facility on the Southside on Wednesday beginning rehabilitation on his throwing shoulder where he suffered a broken collar bone in the team’s opening preseason game against the Philadelphia Eagles. Batch had the shoulder pinned back together so that the healing process would be advance [...]
Hartwig Gets the Call at Center Again Staurday
The Steelers will go with Justin Hartwig at center again this Saturday when they take on the Vikings at the Metrodome. Hartwig, who the team signed this offseason after he was released from Carolina, started at center last week in the teams loss to the Bills, and played well. Sean Mahan was the starter at [...]
Polamalu Finally Back on the Field for Steelers
On their first day back in their Southside training facility, the Steelers removed safety Troy Polamalu from the physically unable to perform list and say that the Pro Bowl defender could see action Saturday night in the team’s third preseason game. Polamalu was placed on the PUP list on the first day of training camp [...]
