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| Preseason finale last shot for some Steelers |
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08/30/2011 |
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PITTSBURGH (AP) - The stars on the Pittsburgh Steelers will be in baseball caps by the second quarter of the team's preseason finale against Carolina on Thursday. Then, the real drama begins. NFL teams must trim the roster from 80 players to 53 this weekend and there are precious few spots available on the veteran-laden defending AFC champions. Wide receiver Tyler Grisham has been in this position before. He's spent time on the practice squad in each of the last two seasons after failing to make the roste |
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| Steelers QB Leftwich breaks arm |
NFL Football |
08/27/2011 |
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| Pittsburgh, PA (MySportsbook) - Pittsburgh Steelers backup quarterback Byron Leftwich broke his left arm during Saturday night's preseason game against the Atlanta Falcons. Late in the third quarter, Leftwich scrambled to his right for six yards. Atlanta linebacker Stephen Nicholas took down Leftwich, who landed on the turf awkwardly. Dennis Dixon will now be the backup to starter Ben Roethlisberger. |
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| Steelers down Falcons; Leftwich, Pouncey hurt |
NFL Football |
08/27/2011 |
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| Pittsburgh, PA (MySportsbook) - Ben Roethlisberger completed 11-of-16 passes for 214 yards and two touchdowns, as the Pittsburgh Steelers took down the Atlanta Falcons, 34-16, in preseason action. Antonio Brown caught both of Roethlisberger's touchdown passes -- 77 and 44 yards. The second-year pro out of Central Michigan ended with four catches for 137 yards. Crezdon Butler returned an interception 95 yards for a touchdown in the victory. The news was not all good for the Steelers, who lost reserve quarterback |
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| Essex rejoins Steelers' jumbled offensive line |
NFL Football |
08/24/2011 |
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PITTSBURGH (AP) - Three Super Bowl appearances over the past six years, three different starting centers for the Pittsburgh Steelers. Three different right guards, left tackles and right tackles, too. In fact, along the Pittsburgh's offensive line, only left guard has had a modicum of stability over the course of Super Bowl wins following the 2005 and 2008 seasons and even through last season's Super Bowl loss to the Green Bay Packers. In a league - and on a team - in which stability, chemistry and cohesive |
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| Butler, Stanfel selected as senior nominees for Pro Football Hall |
NFL Football |
08/24/2011 |
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| e Class of 2012. The Hall of Fame selection meeting will be held on February 4, 2012, the day before Super Bowl XLVI in Indianapolis. Both players were members of the NFL's All-Decade Team of the 1950s. Butler played nine seasons in the NFL with the Pittsburgh Steelers from 1951-59 and was a Pro Bowl choice in each of his final four years. He recorded 52 career interceptions for 827 yards and four touchdowns, including an NFL- best 10 picks during the 1957 season. Stanfel was selected for five Pro Bowls during a s |
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| Kolb's arrival boosts Arizona in weak NFL West |
NFL Football |
08/23/2011 |
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| ns while the Cardinals try to develop second-year pro O'Brien Schofield and rookie Sam Acho at the position. Expect more and unpredictable blitzes from Ray Horton, the third defensive coordinator in Whisenhunt's five seasons, who has installed the Pittsburgh Steelers' scheme. He believes the front three of Darnell Dockett, Dan Williams and Calais Campbell is the defense's strength. Safety Adrian Wilson, trying to avoid surgery, has sat out the entire training camp with a torn right biceps tendon. Whisenhunt |
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| Cowboys high hopes amidst watchful eyes |
NFL Football |
08/23/2011 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Every professional sports league has them - franchises that seem to garner more attention than the rest of the league combined. In Major League Baseball it's the New York Yankees, despite some tough competition from Wisconsin the Pittsburgh Steelers are the toast of the NFL, in the NBA the Los Angeles Lakers steal the limelight, in the NHL the reliable old Detroit Red Wings seem to always be in the mix, even across the Atlantic the media is enamored by one club in particular, Manchester United |
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| Timmons agrees to six-year deal with Steelers |
NFL Football |
08/23/2011 |
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| Pittsburgh, PA (MySportsbook) - Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker Lawrence Timmons has agreed to a six-year contract through the 2016 season. Financial terms were not disclosed, but the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reported the deal to be worth $50 million. Timmons was heading into the final year of the rookie deal he signed after the club selected him in the first round of the 2007 draft. He was the first pick of the Mike Tomlin era. The 25-year-old Florida State product has started 30 of his 62 career NFL games and |
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| Green Bay Packers 2011 Season Preview |
NFL Football |
08/21/2011 |
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| game. The 2011 Packers might just be able to buck that negative trend, however. Only three players (guard Daryn Colledge, defensive end Cullen Jenkins and running back Brandon Jackson) that qualify as major contributors to the group that downed the Pittsburgh Steelers in Dallas last February are no longer with the organization. And Green Bay earned its title the hard way, prevailing in three tough road playoff games to reach the Super Bowl and withstanding a rash of injuries at several key spots on the road to gl |
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| Fitzgerald inks 8-year deal with Cardinals |
NFL Football |
08/20/2011 |
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| gerald one of the most dynamic players in the NFL and said they wanted to get a deal done before the regular season started. "This is a day that I think all of us have been looking forward to," he said. Congratulations poured in on social media. Titans running back Chris Johnson, who is holding out for a big contract of his own, tweeted his congratulations. Fitzgerald replied: "thanks CJ you up next my guy." He also tweeted thanks to Phoenix Suns guard Steve Nash and Pittsburgh Steelers defensive back Ryan Clark. |
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