From the notebook of a sportswriter who just watched a miserable Steelers run defense but who doesn鈥檛 have to knock it all that much as the team heads into the playoffs:n 鈥淢issed tackles, the scheme,鈥� was how Lawrence Timmons explained away the season-high 231 rushing yards put up by the ...
Here are the highlights of Mike Tomlin鈥檚 press conference Tuesday, with my takeaway in italics:n 鈥淒eAngelo (Williams) wasn鈥檛 played in the (last) game because he had some swelling in the knee. Maybe it was the accumulation of the week鈥檚 work. Maybe it was the result of the plane flight. ...
Following are the highlights of Mike Tomlin鈥檚 weekly press conference on Tuesday, with my commentary in italics:n 鈥淥ur willingness and ability to spread (the Buffalo Bills) out and make them defend the field both horizontally and vertically at the early stages set the stage, in terms of ...
From the notebook of a sportswriter who predicted a shootout but is once again writing about the Steelers defense:n Who figured such a defensive stretch after that Dallas game? I remember being asked if the Steelers gave up the last two touchdowns on purpose in that game. That鈥檚 how bad the ...
From the notebook of a sportswriter who just watched the post-apocalyptic Steelers without Ben Roethlisberger, and the experience was as deflating as expected:n This was the 1980s all over again. The radio waves rustled with talk of promoting a backup quarterback, the performance was adequate ...
From the notebook of a sportswriter who鈥檚 just going by what he鈥檚 seen and heard to tell you what I know about ...- <strong>Ladarius Green.</strong>There鈥檚 been so much back and forth written about him that no one, I鈥檓 sure, knows what to believe. But I will ...
