September 13th, 2011 
Matt Loede 
Posted in Not that there was ever much doubt, but the season for Steelers tackle Willie Colon is officially over. The black and gold Tuesday placed the 28-year-old on injured reserve, ending his year. The move came a few hours after he underwent surgery to repair a torn right triceps sustained in a season-opening loss to the [...]
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Colon Could Be Lost For a Significant Amount of Time with Arm Injury
The Steelers are licking their wounds after Sunday’s somewhat stunning loss in Baltimore. Not only were they beat up on the field, but it appears they suffered a rather big injury off it. Adam Caplan of The Sideline View is reporting that starting right tackle Willie Colon could be lost for a significant period of [...]
Aaron Smith – the Best 3-4 Defensive End of This Generation?
If you don’t do it already, make Peter King’s “Monday Morning QB” on Sports Illustrated part of your first day back to work reading. King, who I have met and greatly admire as a writer, always has great opinions and insight to the world of the NFL. Today he talks about the Eagles salary cap [...]
Tackle Willie Colon Inks Five-Year Deal Worth $29 Million
The Steelers released tackle Max Starks earlier in the afternoon, so it was apparent they were going to bring back Willie Colon. Colon, projected as the Steelers starting right tackle, signed a five-year contract worth $29 million, according to NFL Network’s Jason LaCanfora. Big Ben must be extremely happy, knowing that Colon is back to [...]
Steelers Release Randle El and Starks; Talking with Colon and Scott
The numbers game caught up with two veteran Steelers Thursday, as the black and gold released offensive tackle Max Starks and wide receiver Antwaan Randle El. Some will right away think releasing Randle El means that the team does have interest in Plaxico Burress, but basically the writing was on the wall after how well [...]
Steelers Unrestricted and Restricted Free Agents; Who Stays and Goes?
Here’s the official list of the unrestricted and restricted free agents for the Steelers as the free agency period kicks off on Tuesday. Unrestricted: Tackle Willie Colon Defensive End Nick Eason Guard Trai Essex Linbacker Keyaron Fox Cornerback William Gay Nose Tackle Chris Hoke Defensive Back Anthony Madison Running Back Mewelde Moore Tackle Jonathan Scott [...]
Colon’s Agent Not Expecting to Hear From the Steelers About Him Coming Back
Willie Colon will be one of the Steelers’ 14 unrestricted free agents once the NFL lockout is over but Colon’s agent doesn’t expect to hear from the Steelers after it is over. “They haven’t called about Willie in three years,” agent Joe Linta told Ray Fittipaldo of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. “I’m not expecting them to [...]
Steelers Place First Round Restricted Tender on Tackle Willie Colon
Last week we had a piece about Willie Colon and how his agent stated he doesn’t think the tackle will be with the Steelers in 2011. Wednesday that prediction may have taken a turn the other way. The team has placed a first-round restricted tender on Colon on Tuesday, according to a league source and [...]
