Unless something big changes, the Steelers appear more than ready to hand the starting center job to first-round pick Maurkice Pouncey, who has had a great camp and seems to be ready to take on the responsibility of being the center for a team expected to challenge for a division title.
We have talked quite a [...]
Casey Hampton (hamstring) is day-to-day; Jonathan Dwyer and Maurkice Pouncey have mild hamstring strains; Chris Scott (foot) is still on PUP, as is Andre Frazier (knee). Ramon Foster missed practice with a concussion he sustained Saturday. He performed well in all the testing Sunday, and he may get some physical exertion Monday that’s not football-oriented.
Tough day for Steelers all over the place, with the season ending injury to Willie Colon, and now the Post-Gazette is reporting that the home of Casey Hampton was robbed while he was Texas last week.
Pittsburgh police are looking for the person who stole three flat screen televisions and other items from the home of [...]
Former NFL OL Ross Tucker is doing some work for SI, and yesterday he spent the day at Steelers camp, and had some interesting notes. Here’s one on Casey Hampton:
Casey Hampton is the keystone of the defense—no matter how much he weighs. Any team that runs a 3-4 knows it all starts with [...]
Two big name starters are entering the final year of their deals for the Steelers – NT Casey Hampton and Safety Ryan Clark. Both are favorites of Dick LeBeau, but so far there’s been nothing to report about a new deal for either of them.
“I don’t really worry about that kind of stuff, I [...]
ESPN’s Insider section just did a full-scale blowout about the salary cap for each and every team around the league. Here’s what they had to say on the Steelers:
2009 salary cap: $127,195,326
Player with highest cap number: QB Ben Roethlisberger ($13,225,200; 10.4 percent of cap)
Highest cap number for a player no longer with club: G [...]
Post-Gazette writer Ed Bouchette wrote today a good article about the release this past week of Larry Foote, and how it was a gamble for both the Steelers and for Foote, who now has the task of playing for a club that didn’t win a game last season. He goes from the penthouse to the [...]
The transition for the defense is officially underway. First off, Monday the team made the release of Larry Foote official. It’s a shame that Foote couldn’t see the forest through the trees. He’s on one of the best defenses the league has seen in sometime, and has two a pair of Super [...]
Join Site Editor Matt Loede for this AFC Championship Edition edition of “Steelers Gab” radio show, heard Monday’s from 10-11am on 660AM Pittsburgh. Today Matt talks about the win over the Chargers, and a look ahead at the AFC Title matchup vs the Ravens this Sunday. Matt also takes you to the locker [...]
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 [...]
