With Cecil Fielder celebrating like a fool, the Milwaukee crowd giving standing ovations every time a Brewers player gets a hit and that silly mascot sliding down the slide after every bomb they hit off a beleagured Joe Beimel, you would like to think the Pirates would show some pride, play angry and get some […]

The Steelers sent a strong message to their in-house cornerbacks with their selection in the 4th Round of the 2011 NFL Draft: the competition for jobs in the secondary will be on in training camp. CB Cortez Allen from The Citadel joins 3rd Round pick Curtis Brown as new members of DB Coach Carnell Lake's […]

Coming into the 2011 draft, most Steelers fans would agree that the team's needs were, in order, CB, OL, DL. Turns out, Steelers Director of Football Operations Kevin Colbert got all three of those needs checked off in Rounds 1-3, albeit in reverse order. Welcome to Pittsburgh Cameron Heyward, Marcus Gilbert, and Curtis Brown. Gilbert […]

Normally, when the NFL schedule is released, fans don't need to consider whether the games will actually take place. This is supposed to be the time when vacation days are blocked out across Steeler Nation. Not in 2011. Just a lock-out, no block out. But, assuming the 2011 Pittsburgh Steelers football season does include actual, […]

It's time for the 2011 edition of: "Pittsburgh Steelers Free Agent Signings That Never Ever Would Happen But Let's Speculate Anyway" Of course, with the NFL Lock-Mess monster soon to appear, there won't be any signings across the league for months. All the more reason to drum up fantasy sightings and signings for the Black […]

Media Day jumped the shark years ago in terms of producing actually interesting quotes. But, here were a few that stood out to me from Packers guys after way too much time spent listening and reading to the 2011 version: PACKERS TE ANDREW QUARLESS (on the game plan for Sunday) "There are a couple of […]

Here are some of my early thoughts on the Steelers-Jets rematch after re-watching their Week 15 meeting: The Jets were on edge coming into the previous matchup. They had lost two straight, their offense had scored 1 TD in 9 quarters, and their offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer was getting hammered by fans and the press. […]