January 26th, 2012 
Russ Loede 
Posted in Pittsburgh Steelers nose tackle Casey Hampton will undergo surgery to repair a torn ACL in his left knee, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports. Hampton suffered the injury in the Steelers’ 29-23 overtime loss to the Denver Broncos. The 34-year-old nose tackle has undergone two previous surgeries to repair a torn ACL and Friday’s procedure will be the second [...]
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Defense Could Get Beat Up in Free Agency
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 [...]
Failure in Denver; Steelers Lose Chance to Advance in Shocking 29-23 Loss to Broncos
Failure from top to bottom. The Steelers played a team Sunday in the postseason that they were four games better than in the win column, but in the end, they failed in just about every area, losing to the Denver Broncos 29-23 in OT to wrap up the 2011 season. The year ends with a [...]
Hampton Expected to Practice This Week; Could Possibly Go vs Pats
With two of the biggest games on the slate coming up for the Steelers, their defense looks like it’s finally on the path to getting healthy. Mike Tomlin said today that nose tackle Casey Hampton is expected to return to practice, and he could go Sunday if he can have a good week of practice. [...]
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 [...]
Friday Steelers-Jaguars Injury Report
Jacksonville Out: RB Montell Owens (knee), LB Clint Session (elbow), C Jason Spitz (quadriceps) Doubtful: CB Derek Cox (groin) Questionable: T Eugene Monroe (shoulder), WR Kassim Osgood (hamstring) Probable: DT Tyson Alualu (knee), CB Drew Coleman (head), S Courtney Greene (neck), WR Jason Hill (thigh), DE Aaron Kampman (knee), TE Zach Miller (shoulder), LB Daryl [...]
Hampton Wonders if League is Doing Enough About Chop Blocks
After giving up 170 yards on the ground to the Ravens in Week 1, including 103 in the first half, players on the Steelers defense is wondering if the league is doing enough to protect players from cut and chop blocks, writes Mark Kaboly of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. “You can get hurt from an illegal [...]
Leftwich Lost; Steelers Offense Shines in 34-16 Win Over Falcons
If the Steelers offense is as good in 2011 as it was for the first 30 minutes of Saturday’s preseason game – it’s going to be a very good year. Against a team that won 13 games in the regular season a year ago, the Steelers went up and down the field against the Atlanta [...]
