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Tomlin confirms Redman will start

Mike Tomlin was more forthcoming than normal Tuesday, probably because his players had already revealed items after an unusual "bonus" practice on Monday.Tomlin confirmed at his weekly press conference that:A. Isaac Redman will start at running back.B. Fullback Will Johnson is iffy this week ...

Steelers need to grow like ‘Hogs’

It was 1981 when Joe Gibbs and Joe Bugel became coach and offensive coordinator of the Washington Redskins, who lost their first five games but rallied strong to finish 8-8.The key to the rally was probably the coming together of an offensive line that included "basically four rookies," as ...

After his deep crop of linebackers played so well in the first preseason game, Steelers linebackers coach Keith Butler was asked how he would eventually thin the herd.Butler could only defer to the special-teams coach.鈥淚t鈥檚 going to come down to who Danny Smith likes,鈥 said Butler.That ...

Do Rookies Really Help?

A local DJ was talking about Le'Veon Bell on his morning show the other day, and I thought he was going to cry.His commentary was pretty intense, and I wanted to bring it here, but the best I could replicate from a search on the Internet was a headline to another story that went like ...

View from the couch, clicker in hand

From the notebook of a sportswriter who knows he must take caution in rip, rip, ripping indiscriminately, because, after all, it鈥檚 only a preseason game:n But someone鈥檚 going to pay for a caution that鈥檚 forcing me to watch this mess twice.n Why does Jon Gruden keep saying that Markus ...

Another player-coach soap opera

Do a Google search on these three words: Roethlisberger Haley relationship.You now have 105,000 stories from which to choose.The headlines in the first three ended with:1. Takes Hold2. Getting Better3. Drinking Beers and Watching Shark WeekAnd the two individuals -- offensive signal-caller Ben ...