Mike Tomlin likes to tell players on the practice squad, 鈥淚f you鈥檙e not getting better, we鈥檙e going shopping.鈥滲ut if they are getting better, they get promoted, as Cobi Hamilton was today by the Pittsburgh Steelers, who in turn released cornerback Al-Hajj Shabazz.Hamilton is a 6-1戮, ...
Boy, have things changed.Last week, after the Jets鈥� head coach Todd Bowles all but surrendered to the Steelers by punting on fourth and two from his 46 and behind 24-13 with 7:30 left in the game, the Steelers didn鈥檛 run out the clock.They passed it out.Remember the good old days when the ...
PITTSBURGH 鈥� Anthony Chickillo called a sack, strip and recovery 鈥渢he greatest play in football.鈥滳hickillo only got two-thirds of that play accomplished last Sunday, but it was enough for Joey Porter to call Chickillo his starting left outside linebacker for his return to Miami on Sunday ...
PITTSBURGH 鈥� Steelers first-round draft pick Artie Burns didn鈥檛 have time to sulk about his snap count dipping from 85 percent two games ago to 22 percent this past Sunday, because Burns has been moved to the first team.鈥淔irst team nickel,鈥� Burns corrected. 鈥淭hat was just the nickel ...
PITTSBURGH 鈥� The Pittsburgh Steelers dropped several passes, but they didn鈥檛 drop the ball.No, the Steelers overcame a handful of big mistakes and still hammered the New York Jets, 31-13, Sunday at Heinz Field.Yet, there was so much they left out on the field. Between Sammie Coates and Ross ...
PITTSBURGH 鈥� The bumblebee uniforms are going out on a high note.The Steelers defeated the New York Jets 31-13 Sunday afternoon at Heinz Field in the final game dawning their throwback jerseys. The defense held the Jets scoreless in the second half and Ben Roethlisberger connected on a pair ...
