Archive for April, 2011

The Black and Gold Links of the Week

Here on Steelers Gab, we give our readers some of the better Steeler and NFL related stories out there from the past week. Steelers Meet with Four Prospects – Tribune-Review Former Steeler and Spartan Chandnois dies at 86 – AP More AFC North Fights We’d Like to See – ESPN NFL Draft: Offensive tackles always [...]

Steelers Gab 2011 NFL Draft Prospect Scouting Report – DT Marcell Dareus

By Abe Munch Marcell Dareus, DT, Alabama, 6’4 306 Position Ranking: #2 Strengths: Dareus played in a diverse defensive scheme and adds versatility as either a defensive tackle, nose tackle, or defensive end. Shows very good footwork for a man his size; moves well in short areas. Nimble. Has the strength to anchor consistently at [...]

Steelers HOF RB Franco Harris to Announce Teams 2nd Round Draft Pick

The NFL announced today that alumni from all 32 teams will be announcing their teams 2nd round draft picks. The Steelers pick will be announced by Hall of Fame running back Franco Harris. Here’s the complete list of alumni that will be announcing their teams pick: Arizona Cardinals, Aeneas Williams (CB) Atlanta Falcons, Jessie Tuggle [...]

Ryan Clark Takes Some Time on ESPN to Slam Roger Goodell

No one’s impacted by that uncertainty more than NFL players themselves, and it just so happened that ESPN’s First Take had one on set today – Steelers safety, and players union rep, Ryan Clark. Clark hasn’t been shy about criticizing the NFL in the past, and that continued Wednesday – particularly in his assessment of [...]

Steelers Gab 2011 NFL Draft Prospect Scouting Report – RB Delone Carter

By Jeremy Fuchs DELONE CARTER, RB, SYRACUSE Triangle Numbers: 5-8, 222, 4.56 Scouting Reports: Sideline Scouting: Positives: Very good at holding onto the football, rarely fumbles… Leaves it all out on the football field, constantly giving 100 percent and gets all the tough yards… Great runner between the tackles, keeps his pads low and churns [...]

Polamalu’s Jersey the Best Selling in All the NFL

The NFLShop.com released their list of top selling jerseys for the last year and Troy Polamalu came out on the top of the list. Polamalu, the Steelers fearless safety, who flies around the field throwing his body at opposing teams with his long thick mane of hair flowing out from under his helmet, topped all [...]

Thoughts on the 2011 Steelers Schedule

Well, the NFL is still in lockout mode, but Tuesday night the league still went ahead and got fans excited with the annual release of the schedule. The Steelers are going to be in the prime-time spotlight quite a bit, as they will play five games at night, including three in four weeks starting with [...]

Steelers Announce 2011 Schedule; Open at Baltimore

Sunday, Sept. 11 at Baltimore 1 p.m CBS Sunday, Sept. 18 SEATTLE 1 p.m. FOX Sunday, Sept. 25 at Indianapolis 8:20 p.m. NBC Sunday, Oct. 2 at Houston 1 p.m. CBS Sunday, Oct. 9 TENNESSEE 1 p.m. CBS Sunday, Oct. 16 JACKSONVILLE 1 p.m. CBS Sunday, Oct. 23 at Arizona 4:05 p.m. CBS Sunday, Oct. [...]