PITTSBURGH 鈥� When the Steelers visit Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia on Sunday, Tyler Matakevich will return to a place the Steelers rookie linebacker holds dear.Matakevich was a four-year starter at Temple and a core leader of a movement that revolutionized the program from the ...
PITTSBURGH 鈥� Ben Roethlisberger remembers the last time he played in Philadelphia. How could he forget?鈥淎 lot of sacks, painful,鈥� he said. 鈥淏ut it was a long time ago.鈥漅oethlisberger was sacked eight times in a 15-6 loss on Sept. 21, 2008, or exactly seven years prior to Wednesday.He ...
Someone asked Mike Tomlin to make a player comparison for Carson Wentz, the rookie quarterback of the 2-0 Philadelphia Eagles, the team to which the 2-0 Steelers travel to play next Sunday afternoon.Tomlin said, 鈥淚 don鈥檛 have to cite examples. I can read his stat line.鈥漈hat line reads: 71 ...
PITTSBURGH 鈥� Todd Haley didn鈥檛 mean to sound trite, but he says it鈥檚 true.鈥淓verybody says you win in the trenches,鈥� the Steelers offensive coordinator said last week, 鈥渂ut you really do.鈥滲en Roethlisberger and Antonio Brown, the best QB-receiver duo in the NFL, were fantastic in ...
PITTSBURGH 鈥� Given DeAngelo Williams鈥� production through the first two weeks of the season, would it be smart for Todd Haley to implement a two-back system when Le鈥橵eon Bell returns?After the Steelers鈥� Week 3 game in Philadelphia, Bell will be eligible to return from a three-game ...
PITTSBURGH 鈥� Steelers receiver Markus Wheaton was held out of the Sunday鈥檚 Bengals game while still recovering from a shoulder injury that kept him out for the most of training camp and the entirety of the preseason, even though Wheaton was a full participant in practice on Wednesday and ...
