The Pittsburgh Steelers will be without some key players this Sunday as safety Troy Polamalu and guard Chris Kemoeatu have been ruled out of Sunday’s gamje agaisnt the Baltimore Ravens. In addition, cornerback Keenan Lewis has also been ruled out of the Sunday contest.
Meanwhile, linebacker James Harrison has been listed for questionable for the game. [...]
With the Steelers season and hopes of the playoffs all but over, the team seems to be ready to start sitting players that are already nursing injuries. Today coach Mike Tomlin said that safety Troy Polamalu and left guard Chris Kemoeatu will sit out Sunday’s game against the Packers.
Polamalu will miss his fifth straight [...]
According to Jim Wexell of Steelers Digest and steelcityinsider.com, Pittsburgh Steelers running back Willie Parker and strong safety Troy Polamalu were both held out of Thursday’s practice. Wexell writes via his Twitter page, “Parker, Johnson, Polamalu did not practice Thursday afternoon. Hartwig did.
Lawrence Timmons will give it a go in today’s game against the Bears, but as of now it’s not clear if he or Keyaron Fox will start at inside linebacker. Strong safety Troy Polamalu (knee) and wide receiver Limas Sweed (foot) won’t play today because of injuries. Also inactive for the Steelers are cornerback Keenan [...]
The news on safety Troy Polamalu is not so good. It looks like the playmaker will be out anywhere from three to six weeks as he has a sprained MCL in his knee. Polamalu left Thursday’s 13-10 defeat of the Titans before halftime. After the game, Mike Tomlin said the diagnosis is preliminary [...]
I think that it is obvious that every NFL team has irreplaceable players – even the lowly Raiders. That’s right – all 32 of them.
And the Pittsburgh Steelers are no different in that respect. Some of the names are obvious: quarterback Ben Roethlisberger, wide receiver Hines Ward, free safety Troy Polamalu – just to name [...]
The Steelers have been a model NFL franchise when it comes to getting their first-round picks inked avoiding a long hold out, and in 2009, that will be no exception. The team Saturday came to terms with first-round pick Evander “Ziggy” Hood on a five-year deal. The money involved in the deal was [...]
While the Steelers will have to pay some attention to the Cardinals running game Sunday in Super Bowl XLIII, there is no question what the Steelers D will focus in on – stopping Kurt Warner and the Cards passing attack. When you have a guy like Larry Fitzgerald who can out-jump two guys to get [...]
A lot of the talk today on the injury front has been about the calf injury that was suffered in the pregame Sunday by safety Troy Polamalu. Mike Tomlin said today that Troy hurt the calf in warmups, and that he will only work out lightly for the first few practices this week before [...]
