Steelers LT Alejandro Villanueva has the name Alwyn Cashe on the back of his helmet
Cashe was posthumousky awarded the Silver Star for heroism after his death at 35 while on duty in Iraq
had said ALL players' helmets would have Antwon Rose Jr's name
lol espn posts exactly 99 seconds of Mike Tomlin's impassioned opening words today.
guess where his bashing of espn begins? at exactly the 100-second mark.
Wonder what TJ Watt would say about this...
After further stat-crew review, JP Paul was given the sack for when Kenny Pickett fell down.
Last year, in this same stadium, Watt was denied credit for such a sack, one that woulda given him sole possession of the NFL season record
Ben was out to dinner when Steelers drafted Pat Freiermuth
Saw the alert on his phone
"I don't know who this guy is"
Minutes later,the phone buzzed again. Was Bruce Arians
"Ben, he's the closest thing to Heath Miller I've ever seen. You'll love this kid.'
"That was enough for me"
I hate to do this again
But...
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21 days from now, the Steelers (after beating Mia) have a home game vs. Indy with a chance to go to 4-4
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Balt will have played @ SEA and vs. NE by then
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CLE is @ NE too by then
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SO..
Steelers have a very realistic path to 1st place by Halloween
Under-30 fan perspective of Sunday's Steelers-Browns game--
Cleveland: "This is one of the two or three most important games I ever remember in my life!"
Pittsburgh: "This is Week 6, Sunday 1 p.m."
Broderick Jones said he showed up Tuesday and Mike Tomlin told him to rep at right tackle
“When Coach T tells you to do something, you don’t ask questions.” Said he doesn’t know why exactly he was asked.
Najee Harris, asked about playing for a 1-3 team in the context of playing at Alabama and never having to be criticized-
“We got criticism at Alabama. We lost two games that one year.”
Try this again without typos!
If it’s worth anything, TJ Watt was in the postgame locker room and showered and getting dressed, not appearing in acute severe pain or anything, chatting with people. At least he’s not on a hospital or in need of constant medical attention
Why does everyone keep saying they can't remember a rookie quarterback playing this well and having his team in contention in reference to Mac Jones? It was only 2016 when Dak Prescott was a rookie, and the Cowboys went 13-3. That's 13-3. Did I mention he went 13-3 as a rookie?
That was the 8th penalty on Chase Claypool this season.
No other NFL WR has more than 5.
Claypool has been penalized 83 yards.
No other NFL WR has been more than 45.
Almost 20 minutes after practice ended, 6 Steelers players still on the field working.
Five are the starting offensive line, standing alone with no coaches in far corner. Unit seems to be coming together.
Ben says he was literally making up playcalls on the field in their muddle/huddle thing in the 2nd half:
"I know everybody says, I do well in playground, backyard football. Today it was in its truest form."
Per
@PFF
, the Steelers have 4 of the top 8 passrushers in the NFL through 2 weeks (measured by Total Pressures of opposing QBs):
1. Bosa, LAC, 17
2. Dupree, PIT, 14
3. Garrett, Cle, 14
4. Watt, PIT, 13
5. Donald, LAR, 13
6. Tuitt, PIT, 12
7. Heyward, PIT, 12
8. Mack, Chi, 12
ESPN putting "Sidney Crosby returns to practice" on its bottom line during a football game is something that NEVER woulda happened in the 17 years they did not own NHL broadcast rights.
Jaylen Warren on his big block:
"If anything I will remember that play more than a run. I love plays like that when I can help the team, Calvin scored and that means a lot. Seeing him score like that, I am glad I did my job, my 1-of-11 job that helped him succeed.”
Diontae Johnson was not aware his TD catch Sun was the 400th Ben threw in his career.
"He came up to me and asked for the ball and I thought he was just joking...
"It was a big moment for him and for me, as well, to catch his 400th touchdown, it’s exciting."
Steelers 2nd-rd pick a George Pickens on UGA running a pro-style offense, his bond with fellow rookie WR Calvin Austin and on a head accessory he wore on the 1st day of rookie minicamp
I can't say what Mason Rudolph said or didn't. What I do know is that this ridiculously oft-repeated narrative "Myles Garrett's a mild-mannered man who's never done anything destructive or lost his temper" is patently false.
Did Delanie Walker say a bad word to set him off, too?
Myles Garrett, 2019 dirty plays
Week 1: Punched Titans TE Delanie Walker after whistle
Week 2: Ended Jets QB Trevor Siemian's season on late hit
Week 11: Struck Steelers QB Mason Rudolph over head with helmet
@NFL
should suspend him for the rest of season
#Browns
The man who swung the 6-pound projectile at another man’s bare head and was rewarded with a $125 million contract months later?
He’s the oppressed victim of the Steelers, says the man who once aggressively kicked and shoved a woman
#Browns
RB Kareem Hunt's feelings about Myles Garrett facing
#Steelers
for first time since Mason Rudolph incident.
“Nobody likes having their season cut short. I know I didn’t. ... This one is for Myles. This one is for Cleveland Browns fans. This one is for a lot of things.”
Asked if he feels as if he’s getting a fair shot to play/start for the Steelers right now, Mason Rudolph says he’s thankful he has the chance to be in the NFL
The Steelers' neverending quest to replace Ryan Shazier the past 6.5 years:
Devin Bush (cost 1st/2nd/3rd-rd picks)
Sean Spence
Jon Bostic
Mark Barron
Avery Williamson
Joe Schobert
Myles Jack (twice)
Cole Holcomb
Elandon Roberts
Kwon Alexander
Patrick Queen
Levi Wallace was asked about staying confident despite being big underdogs Sunday.
He began to answer "I haven't heard anyone talking about us being underdogs..."
and from 8 feet away, Damontae Kazee yelled out the end of the answer with him-
"...BECAUSE WE DON'T CARE!!"
Former Bears G and current Steeler James Daniels:
"I look back at Chicago and we had so many games just like this where our defense was lights-out and our offense just couldn’t get into a rhythm and just couldn't get it done. It’s frustrating.
Mason Rudolph passer rating in his 1st NFL game: 92.4
Mason Rudolph passer rating in his 1st NFL game, modified if Moncrief holds onto his 1st pass: 122.0
Bud Dupree getting philosophical on his undermanned team that’s been through a ton (a coach died! Down to 3rd-string QB! Accusations at one of their QBs!) yet being in a playoff position
Keeanu Benton was flummoxed on what he did to get that flag. Said he would look into rules
Officials told him he was “simulating a snap,” which of course begs a question of how a defensive player can simulate a snap
Judging by this video, I dont even see what would compel a flag
Rangers might be the worst possession team in these entire playoffs. But other than 65 min of Jarry they’ve faced 4 AHL goalies so far…. so they’re conference finalists
“In flag football, high school football, college football, any place you play football other than the NFL, that’s a touchdown.”
– NBC's Tony Dungy on Steelers TE Jesse James’ TD catch being overturned
Booger McFarland just applauded Le'Veon Bell because "the Steelers wanted to use him for one year" and not letting them do that.
The Steelers made several offers of longterm multiyear contracts.
Bud Dupree is says he doesn’t want the media to turn James Harrison into “the victim” or portray that the Steelers “made him leave.”
“He chose to leave. He chose to leave, and he did.”