Archive for November, 2008

When the Steelers 2008 schedule came out, looking at the last five games was like looking at trying to walk over broken glass. You just knew it wasn’t going to be easy. Well, game one of the final five is in the books, and not a lot of people thought the Steelers would [...]

Sunday’s showdown with the Pats starts a brutal four-game stretch for the Steelers, and one that will define the 2008 season. For now, there are some big-time keys to stopping this Pats offense which has been on fire the last two weeks, and things the team must do to cross the goal-line and walk [...]

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SteelersGab is giving away to two lucky fans a FREE 2008 Steelers Yearbook, full of great photos, stats, history and bios on this years team. To get in on the action, simply email the answer to the question below to: matt@nflgridirongab.com
Here is Today’s Question:
What team did the Steelers Trade with back in 2003 for the [...]

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Pats coach Bill Belichick is doing his best to paint a picture that the Steelers defense is unbeatable. “Nobody has gotten 300 yards against them and about half of their possessions are three-and-out,” said Belichick. “They’re really solid across the board. It’s no one-man band. They’re good at everything.” Belichick is the master [...]

It looks as if it’s going to be another one of those types of weeks for the Steelers, as Mike Tomlin told the media today there are a number of starters that may miss the game due to injury. Right now for sure DE Brett Keisel is out with a sprained MCL. He [...]

The Steelers, ranked 31st in the league punting the football, have gone back to their punter from the start of the season – Mitch Berger. The team Monday resigned Berger after a couple weeks of having to put up with the awful Paul Ernster, who was rightfully let go. Berger was having a [...]

Last week we posted the following question and announced we’d have three lucky winners of a FREE GOLD CHAMPION SWEATSHIRT.
After Rashard had fumbling issues early in training camp, what Steeler put a football and a note in Rashard’s locker saying “Take Mendenhall’s ball away and get $100 from him”?
The Answer was: Hines Ward!
Congrats [...]

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Not that it was in nearly as bad a shape as it was last season, the Steelers will get a new field anyway, as they will be playing on a new layer of grass for their last two home games against the Cowboys and Browns in December. A new layer of grass will be [...]

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While the Steelers slept walked through the first quarter on Thursday night, the one thing this years version of this team has is a defense that can allow them to get off to a slow start. Even spotting the lowly Cincinnati Bengals a 7-0 lead 12 minutes into the game, the Steelers offense had more [...]