PITTSBURGH — The Steelers expect a physical brawl with their rival Baltimore Ravens on Sunday, a week after encountering a physical brawl with their other rival last Sunday.Might that be a bit much?“When you have everything on the line, nothing else matters,” said right tackle Marcus ...
PITTSBURGH — In Artie Burns’ first NFL start, he intercepted a pass.He tried to intercept two, but as he put it “I got a little greedy” and he made a mistake.Ninety-five yards later, Mike Wallace had the Baltimore Ravens ahead 7-0 on their way to a 21-14 win.“It wasn’t him,” ...
Here are the highlights of Mike TomlinĢƵ press conference Tuesday, with my takeaway in italics:n “DeAngelo (Williams) wasn’t played in the (last) game because he had some swelling in the knee. Maybe it was the accumulation of the weekĢƵ work. Maybe it was the result of the plane flight. ...
PITTSBURGH — The task is easy to identify, tough to accomplish.The Steelers need to beat the Baltimore Ravens on Sunday.If they manage that, they’re in the playoffs and can spend that last week of the season preparing to put the finishing touches on an 0-16 season for the Cleveland Browns. ...
CINCINNATI — Vontaze Burfict and James Harrison led their respective defenses with nine tackles. But while Harrison did his the quiet way, there was nothing quiet about Burfict.The man who ended the 2015 seasons of Antonio Brown and Le’Veon Bell, and could’ve ended Ben RoethlisbergerĢƵ ...
BUFFALO — In the fourth quarter of what became a 27-20 Steelers win over the Buffalo Bills, Steelers tackle Marcus Gilbert turned to teammate Ramon Foster and asked him about the NFL record for rushing yards in a single game.Gilbert thought Le’Veon Bell had to be getting close.“I don’t ...