Steelers Nose Tackle Casey Hampton is trying to avoid surgery for his injured ACL. Hampton wants to rehab and see if he can return for the 2012 season. He understands that if he has the surgery he is most likely not going to be ready for next season. He knows that with his size that he may never play again if he goes under the knife. Hampton will use treatment and rest to help the knee recover. It will be an ongoing process over the summer. Monitoring Hampton will be a priority this offseason.
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January 12, 2012
When you look at the daunting salary cap issues that the Pittsburgh Steelers have facing them in 2012, there seems to be some wiggle room on at least a couple of the high priced contracts of linebackers LaMarr Woodley and Lawrence Timmons and it comes as a result of how the new contracts each signed prior to the start of the 2011 season were structured.
In 2012 Woodley has a $5...
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January 13, 2012
Pittsburgh Steelers center Maurkice Pouncey had surgery on his injured left ankle on Thursday and is currently in a cast presumably for the next several weeks. You can see the casted left ankle in the picture below as he signs his limited edition 2012 Pro Bowl shirts. Pouncey says he will be ready for training camp in Latrobe according to his Twitter feed.
Pouncey originally injured...
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January 12, 2012
Here is the list of Free Agents for the Steelers in 2o12. An in depth look will come later as we see what direction the team starts to head in. The Steelers have 11 unrestricted free agents. The biggest name on that list is Max Starks. Starks went down with an ACL injury though and may come cheap if healthy. They also have 7 Restricted Free Agents. Mike Wallace is in...
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January 13, 2012
The Pittsburgh Steelers have signed defensive tackle Kade Weston to a reserve futures contract today according to Adam Caplan on Twitter. Weston was originally drafted by the New England Patriots in the seventh round of the 2010 NFL Draft after playing his college football at Georgia. He was placed on injured reserve with an abdomen injury on Aug. 24, 2010 after being waived injured...
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January 12, 2012
By Jeremy Hritz
Before the 2011 Steelers season even began, a gaggle of random acts of immaturity unrelated to anything on the playing field raised serious reasons for concern. LaMarr Woodley ran off at the mouth on the NFL Network that Joe Flacco would not win a Super Bowl “in his lifetime;” Rashard Mendenhall foolishly shared an insensitive personal perspective about 9-11...
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January 11, 2012
Nice look, *****. Meet Steelers fan and 106.7 Denver FM radio host Joe Bevilacqua So the wacky media guys in Denver are trying to out crazy each other with Tebow-related sidebets and Joe put a miniskirt on the line for the Steelers-Tebow game. Well, we all know how Baby Jesus responded to such a challenge. Joe paid off the bet and we end up with this video.
It’s nothing special...
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January 12, 2012
Steelers defensive back Ike Taylor still feels the pain of the AFC wild-card loss to Denver at Sports Authority Field at Mile High.
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January 13, 2012
Maurkice Pouncey underwent surgery on his left ankle Thursday, the All-Pro center said on his Twitter account. Guard Doug Legursky wrote on his Twitter page that he is scheduled to have shoulder surgery today. Pouncey missed three of the Steelers' last four games, including the loss to Denver, because of his second high ankle-sprain since his rookie year. Pouncey first sprained...
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January 12, 2012
Hines Ward will not be the only receiver in danger of leaving the Steelers before the 2012 season begins. One of the Young Money trio's contract expires, and, whether Mike Wallace returns, could depend on several factors inside and outside the organization.
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January 13, 2012
Season 2, Episode 68 of The Terrible Podcast is up and with David Todd tied up in New York, Nick Richetta helps co-pilot the show today and I get the thoughts from Nick from the AFC Wild Card Game against the Denver Broncos from an offensive perspective to start things off with after we get through the latest headlines. Nick and I talk about the offensive line, running backs and...
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January 13, 2012
In October, Steelers safety Troy Polamalu left a game with “concussion-like symptoms” and picked up a cell phone on the sideline to call his wife and tell her he was OK. As a result, the NFL fined him $10,000, because cell phone use during games is not allowed. But now there’s some good news for…
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January 13, 2012
MDS pointed out earlier today that Steelers safety Troy Polamalu won the appeal of his $10,000 fine for telling his wife via cell phone that, despite leaving a game with “concussion-like symptoms,” he was fine. The good news is that the ruling demonstrates to folks like Polamalu, who previously bashed the appeal system, that it’s…
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