PITTSBURGH -- So Mike Tomlin came out and said it -- the Steelers are aware they play the New England Patriots on Dec. 17.Coaching rhetoric being as guarded as it is, this was seismic news.Tomlin was interviewed by Tony Dungy for the NBC-TV pre-game show on Sunday and admitted what everyone ...
Apparently, the New England Patriots will not be going 16-0 this season. The Kansas City Chiefs took care of that Thursday night in Foxboro. Despite a ridiculous number of penalties and losing the turnover battle, the Chiefs won the NFLĢƵ season opener, 42-27.Tom Brady played his first game ...
The NFL has a problem.More and more players are showing their support for Colin Kaepernick by following his lead and sitting or kneeling during the playing of the National Anthem.Seattle Seahawks defensive end Michael Bennett has sat in all three exhibition games and several Browns players ...
“We’ll run him until his wheels fall off.”ThatĢƵ what Steelers coach Mike Tomlin said he planned to do with Willie Parker 10 years ago. It wasn’t long after that that ParkerĢƵ wheels fell off.He had five 100-yard games through Game 7 of the 2007 season and also had a 93-yard game in ...
PITTSBURGH — Steelers fans have reason to be enthused about the way their team addressed its pass-catching problem from a year ago.But what about the defense?What about the rush-and-coverage combination that let the Steelers down in New England to a greater degree than did their ...
This was going to be a column in praise of leadership.Or how the Pittsburgh Steelers focused on drafting leadership, and character and work ethic and all of that good stuff.It was to be juxtaposed against the backdrop of two slappy receivers already on the team involved in a silly fight on ...