Found June 17, 2012 on Steelers Depot: Yardbarker Blogger Network
J. Brady McCollough has a great piece that looks ahead to Ben Roethlisberger becoming a father as he talks to other daddy quarterbacks both past and present. Doug Legursky and his wife just had a baby and Legursky posted on Twitter that he is getting ready to take his son home today from the hospital, and that that is the best present ever. Congrats to them. Emmanuel Sanders believes the Steelers will still have "an explosive offense" this year and likes what he's seen so far from Todd Haley during OTAs and minicamp. Speaking of Sanders, the Pennsylvania Resources Council is considering Read more [...]
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