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Advancing to AFC title game as easy as 1-2-3

PITTSBURGH — Getting to the AFC Championship game is as easy as 1-2-3 for the Steelers as they play the Jacksonville Jaguars this weekend.1. Contain Blake Bortles. HeĢƵ the kind of quarterback whose legs are more dangerous than his arm.2. No big plays. The Steelers defense has been allowing ...

Belichick knows that Kraft doesn’t know

Bill Belichick knows.And Bill Belichick knows that his owner, Robert Kraft, doesn’t know. ThatĢƵ the impression I got from reading Seth WickershamĢƵ piece at ESPN.com on Friday. The headline reads, “For Kraft, Brady and Belichick, is this the beginning of the end.”It goes into detail ...

What will do more harm to Harrison’s legacy?

What do you suppose will do more harm to James HarrisonĢƵ legacy, being a bad teammate, forcing his release and signing with the New England Patriots or breaking down his girlfriendĢƵ door, hitting her in the face and being charged with simple assault and criminal mischief?He admitted to ...

Teammates angry at ‘selfish’ Harrison after signing with Pats

PITTSBURGH — The Steelers aren’t happy about A.) answering questions about James Harrison signing with the New England Patriots, and B.) James Harrison signing with the New England Patriots.Vince Williams tweeted his disgust about it on Tuesday but then deleted it.Maurkice Pouncey said that ...

A Christmas Eve tale

With apologies to Clement Moore, my attempt of an updated version of his classic poem, "A Visit from St. Nicholas," or as the poem is more commonly known, "Twas the Night Before Christmas."'Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the National Football League,Officials, in the booth ...

The NFL got the call right

PITTSBURGH — Sorry, conspiracy theorists. The NFL got it right.The issue on the call that helped send the Steelers to defeat against the New England Patriots was the NFLĢƵ illogical and impossibly-nitpicking rule.That should probably be changed, and maybe it will be addressed the next time ...