LATROBE 鈥� As Doran Grant glided into the end zone untouched for a 39-yard pick-six in the second quarter against the Lions on Friday, it brought about flashbacks to his days at Ohio State.Grant was a ball-hawking defensive back who started all 15 games for the 2014 national champions, and in ...
PITTSBURGH 鈥� Did you watch the Steelers鈥� preseason opener on Friday?Ben Roethlisberger, Antonio Brown and Le鈥橵eon Bell did. If the Steelers had a starting tight end, he probably would have watched from the sidelines, too.It wasn鈥檛 the Steelers vs. Detroit Lions as much as it was Guys ...
LATROBE 鈥� Carnell Lake has done this. He鈥檚 made the move from another position in college and started his rookie opener at safety.If only he could teach others to do it as easily.Lake, of course, is the defensive backs coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers, and some might say he has a real mess ...
PITTSBURGH 鈥� The Pittsburgh Steelers had trouble getting off the field on third down and their star-depleted offense couldn鈥檛 stay on it in a 30-17 loss to the Detroit Lions in the preseason opener Friday.All three phases of the Steelers鈥� performance received criticism from the coach:n ...
Where was everybody?The Steelers played the Detroit Lions in an exhibition game Friday night and hardly anybody showed up. Oh, the box score said 44,000 and change but somebody made that number up. When the Lions kicked off at 7:05 there were at least twice as many empty seats as people.There ...
Steeler fans, rejoice!After nearly seven months since its loss to Denver in the AFC playoffs, your favorite team will be back for your viewing excitement on Friday with its first preseason game of 2016 against the Detroit Lions. Even though there will be no Ben Roethlisberger, Antonio Brown, ...
