January 22nd, 2012 
Matt Loede 
Posted in Look for the Steelers to drop the hammer before March 13 on as many as four players who opened the season as starters according to Ed Bouchette of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. The defense that yielded the fewest total yards, total points and total yards passing will take the biggest hits all over the next few [...]
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Smith to Go for Surgery on His Neck; Career Likely Over
Steelers defensive lineman Aaron Smith will need neck surgery, which all but ends his career with the Steelers. The Steelers put the 35-year-old Smith on injured reserve on Saturday. He hasn’t played since injuring his foot Oct. 2 against Houston and the neck problem was discovered by doctors while he was out with that injury. [...]
Steelers DL Aaron Smith out for season
Steelers veteran defensive end Aaron Smith has been placed on injured reserve, the team announced on Saturday. Smith has missed the last two weeks, and was ruled out for Sunday’s game clash the Cardinals, with a foot injury. The 35-year-old Smith has struggled with injuries the last three seasons, with shoulder, triceps and this year’s [...]
Steelers at Cardinals Friday Injury Report
Pittsburgh Out: NT Casey Hampton (shoulder), LB James Harrison (eye), C/G Doug Legursky (toe), DE Aaron Smith (foot) Doubtful: NT Chris Hoke (back) Questionable: LB Jason Worilds (quadriceps) Probable: RB Rashard Mendenhall (knee), C/G Maurkice Pouncey (elbow), WR Mike Wallace (hamstring) Arizona Out: S Kerry Rhodes (foot) Questionable: TE Jim Dray (pectoral), TE Todd Heap [...]
Tomlin expects Roethlisberger to play Sunday vs. Titans; DE Smith, RB Mendenhall doubtful?
Steelers superstar signal caller Ben Roethlisberger’s left foot is good enough to play. The club’s head coach Mike Tomlin said Tuesday he expects Roethlisberger to be under center when his struggling 2-2 squad faces the surging 3-1 Titans on Sunday at Heinz Field. Roethlisberger sprained his left foot in the fourth quarter of Week four’s [...]
Aaron Smith – the Best 3-4 Defensive End of This Generation?
If you don’t do it already, make Peter King’s “Monday Morning QB” on Sports Illustrated part of your first day back to work reading. King, who I have met and greatly admire as a writer, always has great opinions and insight to the world of the NFL. Today he talks about the Eagles salary cap [...]
Smith is Back on the Field – Can He Stay There?
There’s no question that when healthy, Aaron Smith is one of the best defensive players on the Steelers roster. The problem is, Smith can’t seem to stay on the field. Such was the case again in 2010, when Smith was hurt during the teams October win in Miami. It was a torn triceps; the season [...]
Ranking the Steelers: 19-15
Today it’s our seventh installment of ranking the current Steelers 1 through 50. If you want to check out numbers 24 through 20, check it out HERE. Today we give you 19 through 15. 19. Aaron Smith Defensive End I could see Smith being even higher on the list, but based on the fact he’s [...]
