PITTSBURGH — The Steelers defense has had a saying under Mike Tomlin: “Defend every blade of grass.”It’s easier when lining up behind Casey Hampton, Aaron Smith and Brett Keisel, but these new Steelers learned Sunday, in the Steelers’ 24-16 win, that they too can defend every blade of ...
What to look for from the Steelers this afternoon at Heinz Field:<strong>ON OFFENSE</strong>The Bengals didn’t want to get beat deep in their last two games against the Steelers, so the Steelers were able to use their tight end and screen game to full advantage. ...
I kind of miss Vontaze already.If you follow the Steelers, there is only one Vontaze and that is Vontaze Burfict, the Cincinnati Bengals’ linebacker who managed to injure Ben Roethlisberger, Le’Veon Bell and and Antonio Brown last season.I don’t miss him because I want to see how many ...
PITTSBURGH — The offensive line was in a meeting, so that meant most of the normal post-practice partying was gone from the Steelers locker room.The defensive line was busy hassling Javon Hargrave about his nameplate, which he had secretly changed from “J. Wobble” to “Hargrave.”The ...
PITTSBURGH — Some 36 hours after complaining about his defense being shut out of sacks during the Steelers’ Monday night win in Washington, Cam Heyward wasn’t about to listen to any excuses, even though:<strong>1.</strong> The Steelers rarely ...
MEMORABLE SERIES MOMENTSteelers 23, Redskins 6Nov. 3, 2008 at FedExFieldA month before Mike Tomlin's infamous rebuke of Willie Parker's complaints about the phasing out of the fullback -- pretty much forever in the Steelers offense -- Parker complained publicly for the first time following this ...
