Posts Tagged ‘limas sweed’

Sweed speaks out; back at practice for the first time since disaster of 2009

Now with an opening at the wide out spot, one has to wonder if Limas Sweed is finally going to step up and earn his keep on the Steelers roster. Last season was a disaster for the former second-round pick, as a drop in week three in Cincy set off a terrible season that ended [...]

Sweed Doesn’t Make Excuses for Drops

Limas Sweed didn’t speak to the media on Wednesday, but did yesterday, and the Tribune Review reports on it today: A day after declining to speak to reporters, Steelers wide receiver Limas Sweed talked before practice Thursday. He just didn’t say a whole lot about his struggles catching the football, a problem that could get [...]

Sweed May Sit the Bench After Latest Blunder in Cincy

A lot of fans (even here on Steelers Gab) are still fuming at the latest drop of WR Limas Sweed, a sure touchdown Sunday that for sure would have put the game away. The ball was right in his hands, and Mike Tomlin was peeved as well with the drop. Now it looks like Sweed [...]

Sweed to Practice Wednesday; Tomlin Says Team in Good Health

The word is third WR Limas Sweed, who missed the game Sunday in Chicago, will be back on the practice field Wednesday and should be ready to go for a big early AFC North game in Cincy this Sunday. A foot injury is what kept Sweed out of the game, but he did some running [...]

Roethlisberger’s Comments Following Preseason Game #1

Big Ben spoke out following his 4-of-6 for 33-yard outing vs the Cardinals on Thursday night at Heinz Field: On the Offense’s performance: Overall without looking at film, I think it was OK. I think we had a couple plays with few breakdowns, but it just felt good to go against someone other than our [...]

Roethlisberger Makes It Known He’s at Camp to Play Football

Ben Roethisberger could have shown up in Latrobe and made excuses for being distracted considering he’s facing a civil lawsuit. Instead, the two-time Super Bowl winning QB made it clear that he’s focused on one thing – playing football and playing winning football in 2009. Here’s some quotes from the Steelers QB as camp opened [...]

Ward Looking to Lead Steelers Young WR’s by Example

The Steelers official website has an interesting piece today about Hines Ward helping out the youth of the team, and also talks in detail about the Steelers lack of depth at the wide receiver position. Ward talks about the fact that if he or Santonio Holmes goes down with an injury, it will be up [...]

Don’t Even Think About It!

Checking out some of the national websites and rumor mills today, and there is one thing that popped out at me that almost made me laugh on ESPN. That one thing was a reader mailing AFC North writer (and really good guy) James Walker about this: Would the Steelers have interest in recently released WR [...]