May 10th, 2011 
Matt Loede 
Posted in Former Steeler Alan Faneca will go down as one of the best guards in team history. Tuesday he announced his retirement from the game, this after playing 10 seasons with the Steelers, and then a couple more with the Jets and then Cardinals. Faneca left the black and gold after the 2007 season, joining the [...]
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Former Steeler LG Faneca officially available
The Steelers have already gone back to the past a couple times this offseason with players that were with the team returning, and now another player is on the table to return if the team wants, as guard Alan Faneca has been released by the New York Jets. “He gave us two incredible years, but [...]
Former Steeler OG Fancea on the block; want him back?
Just ran across this and thought it would make for some interesting talk the day before the draft. Seems that former Steeler All-Pro guard Alan Faneca is in danger of being let go by the Jets if they can’t find a trading partner for him. Now just like most of you I saw a couple [...]
OL Smith Won’t Allow Lack of Contract Talks to Bother Him
Last season the Steelers had to live with the distraction of O-lineman Alan Faneca basically knowing it would be his last year in Pittsburgh. This years version of that may be OL Marvel Smith, who also will be entering the last year of his contract with no new deal in sight. Despite the facts being [...]
Faneca Leaves Steelers for Mega-Deal with Jets
Not that there was ever much doubt, the but Alan Faneca decade of dominance on the Steelers O-line officially came to a halt on Saturday evening as the lineman agreed a mega-sized deal with the Jets that will reportedly pay him $8 mil per season for five seasons. Faneca’s agent, Rick Smith, told the AP [...]
Faneca Moving On Once Free Agency Starts Friday
Steelers Pro Bowl guard Alan Faneca expects to move on when the NFL’s free agency period begins on Friday. Faneca told the Pittsburgh Post Gazette that nothing was happening between his agent, Rich Smith, and the Steelers meaning Faneca is done after a decade in the Black & Gold. Faneca said the team did make [...]
Starks Gets the Transition Tag from Steelers
With knowing that Alan Faneca is gone, the Steelers Wednesday made a wise move with placing the transition tag on right tackle Max Starks. The tag means that Starks can take offers from other teams once free agency hits at the end of next week, but that the team will have seven days to match [...]
Steelers Want to Sign Guard Kemoeatu to a Long-Term Deal
With Alan Faneca closing in on free agency, the Steelers are working hard to come to terms on a multi-year deal with guard Chris Kemoeatu. The Pittsburgh Tribune Review is reporting in today’s edition that the Steelers and Kemoeatu’s agent are set to talk tomorrow after already talking earlier. Steelers lead negotiator Omar Khan [...]
