You have to be happy with what Steelers second-year QB Dennis Dixon showed on Thursday night getting quite a bit of playing time vs the Cardinals at Heinz Field. The QB was 10-for-19 for 112 yards, and showed quite a bit of maturity in the Steelers eventual 20-10 win over Arizona.
“I was looking to [...]
It wasn’t pretty, but then again, when is August football betting ever a thing of beauty?
For the defending champion Steelers, it must have been strange to look over across the field and see the same team they beat six months ago for their sixth Super Bowl title. The result of that February game in [...]
There’s been talk about the Steelers going to some kind of “wildcat” offense this year with 2nd year QB Dennis Dixon having more to do with the offense….the Tribune-Review today says that won’t happen:
Steelers QB Dennis Dixon, a running as well as a passing threat in college, said he is open to taking snaps as [...]
Dennis Dixon has had a long road back to trying to make it as a top notch NFL QB. Coming out of Oregon, he was regarded as one of the top prospect QB’s, and now, with his skills he could become the next big thing in Black and Gold. Dixon was the Steelers [...]
On Sunday the Steelers lost out on Byron Leftwich as the backup last season signed with the Tampa Bay Bucs. Now the team has quickly made amends for that, as on Tuesday the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported that the Super Bowl champs agreed to terms with backup Charlie Batch on a one-year, $895,000 contract.
Batch would [...]
The Steelers are still looking at their backup QB slot, and today in the Post-Gazette it was brought up once again about a couple of player that were with the club – Byron Leftwich and Charlie Batch.
Batch didn’t play last season after getting hurt in the preseason and was place on IR. Leftwich was [...]
With free agency upon us in a few days, it’s time to start looking at the roster, and the tweaking that will be done. Here we go with a breakdown of the QB and RB spots:
QB’s
Ben Roethlisberger
Byron Leftwich
Dennis Dixon
Charlie Batch
This is not a real position of need for the team, but the fact that [...]
From: Pittsburgh Tribune Review
Dennis Dixon gave the Steelers’ defense a look at what they will see Sunday against the visiting Browns. Did the rookie quarterback also provide a glimpse into the future for the Steelers’ offense while playing the role of Cleveland’s Joshua Cribbs in practice? Dixon did such a bang-up job of impersonating Cribbs [...]
Now that the Steelers have placed quarterback Charlie Batch on Injured Reserve and ended his season, the coaching staff is said to be mulling another surprise in the lineup. The club is said to be considering a plan that would designate Byron Leftwich as their third string “emergency” quarterback to open the season and designate [...]
With the team placing backup QB Charlie Batch on injured reserve, his career with the Steelers very well may be over. Despite being a great leader in the locker room, Batch’s contract expires at the end of the 2008 season, and with the OK to solid play of backups Byron Leftwich and rookie Dennis Dixon, [...]
