Casey Hampton Also A Candidate For PUP If He Returns To Steelers In 2012
Pittsburgh Steelers GM Kevin Colbert not only acknowledged the reality of running back Rashard Mendenhall starting the 2012 season on the PUP list, but also told reporters on Monday that veteran nose tackle Casey Hampton will definitely be a PUP candidate if he is back with the Steelers in 2012 according to Scott Brown of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. Hampton had surgery late in...
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Steelers free up cap room by restructuring Woodley’s contract
News coming out tonight that the Steelers are already in the process of freeing up cap room and have restructured Lamarr Woodley’s contract. – Steelers restructured OLB LaMarr Woodley’s contract to clear $6.56 million in cap room. It’s a safe bet that they’ve started this process well before tonight if you ask me and Woodley’s deal is a good place to...
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Steelers 2012 Mock Draft Version 2: Senior Bowl
Time for the second running of my Steelers Mock Draft. The Senior Bowl has past and more tape has been watched. Many things have changed and more info is out on all the potential draftees. Guys have made big names for themselves with their play in the Senior Bowl. The board is constantly shifting and some guys have had major jumps and others have fallen off the face of the...
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Keisel says change is coming for the team next season
INDIANAPOLIS — Steelers defensive end Brett Keisel acknowledged the defense will not look like the same one that lined up this past season. There’s a strong chance that the NFL’s top-ranked defense will be forced to make several cap cuts this offseason. The likely candidates are: nose tackle Casey Hampton ($4.89 million salary in [...]
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Steelers Round Up: Bridesmaids, Anesthesia and Aloha
Excuse my lack of Round up last week. I know you missed it. So, there was a lot happening this week, so lots to report. A good way to end the work week:
I love the below picture James Harrison posted to Facebook today. And I don’t care what anyone says, Antonio Brown has THE BEST SMILE EVER! I love it!
Brett Keisel and Casey Hampton attended the Pitt basketball game...
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Poll: What Concerns you the Most Amid the Arians debacle?
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Left tackle edged it out by only 15 votes over Guard and Cornerback, but for all intensive purposes, it seems the BB&G Faithful are concerned about all three positions for next season. Even Nose Tackle is on the radar at 18% of the vote, and frankly, I think Nose Tackle...
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Casey Hampton and Brett Keisel Courtside
Pittsburgh Steelers defensive linemen Brett Keisel, left, and Casey Hampton sit courtside during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game between Pittsburgh and Providence.
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Hoke Announces Retirement
After 11 seasons with the Pittsburgh Steelers, defensive tackle Chris Hoke is hanging up his cleats for good.
Hoke signed with the Steelers in 2001 as an undrafted free agent out of Brigham Young University. Though mainly playing the role of backup to defensive tackle Casey Hampton throughout his career, Hoke did manage to make an impact on the Steeler franchise.
Out of the 114 games...
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Steelers' Casey Hampton to have ACL surgery
On the same day the Steelers lost one nose tackle to retirement, it was learned they will lose another to major knee surgery. Nose tackle Casey Hampton said he will have surgery today to repair a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee, an injury that happened in the season-ending playoff loss in Denver.
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18 days ago
Steelers Take Two Punches To The Nose On Thursday
While not totally unexpected and certainly on the horizon for a while now, the Pittsburgh Steelers officially took two punches to the nose on Thursday as it was reported the veteran nose tackle Casey Hampton would indeed require ACL surgery on the left knee he injured in the Wild Card game against the Denver Broncos and veteran backup nose tackle Chris Hoke made his retirement official...
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Could the Casey Hampton Injury Push Steelers Towards A 4-3 Defense?
Now that Casey Hampton is down with the ACL Injury and most likely will not be on the team next year because of it what should the Steelers do? They have been rumored to be looking at Ziggy Hood at Nose Tackle. They could draft someone in the first or second round like Dontari Poe. There is another option though. They could switch to a 4-3 defense.
This would be a huge change...
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Casey Hampton to Undergo ACL Surgery
Pittsburgh Steelers nose tackle Casey Hampton will undergo surgery on Friday to repair a torn ACL in his left knee. He suffered the injury during their playoff loss to the Broncos.
Hampton has undergone two other previous ACL surgeries and this is his second on his left knee.
The 34 year-old Hampton has made it clear that he wants to play next season, but it might sense for the...
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Casey Hampton Will Have ACL Surgery After All
Casey Hampton tried to avoid going under the knife so that he could play next season. That is not going to plan. Hampton will be headed under the knife on Friday to repair his torn ACL. The Surgery will be Hampton’s 3rd time having ACL Surgery. The second time on this knee.
The Steelers just became very thin at Nose Tackle. If Hampton can not play the Steelers will...
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Steelers' Hampton still hopes to return after third ACL surgery
Pittsburgh Steelers nose tackle Casey Hampton will reportedly undergo his third surgery Friday for a torn anterior cruciate ligament.
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Steelers NT Casey Hampton To Undergo ACL Surgery
Pittsburgh Steelers nose tackle Casey Hampton will undergo surgery to repair a torn ACL in his left knee, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports. Hampton suffered the injury in the Steelers' 29-23 overtime loss to the Denver Broncos, the 34-year-old nose tackle has undergone two previous surgeries to repair a torn ACL and Friday's procedure will be the second on that knee. During his...
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Casey Hampton will undergo ACL surgery
Steelers nose tackle Casey Hampton was hoping to avoid ACL surgery because he knew how hard it would be to recover from at age 34. Unfortunately, Hampton has no choice. Ed Bouchette of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports Hampton will indeed after go under the knife Friday for the injury. It was believed Hampton could avoid the…
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Report: Casey Hampton Will Have ACL Surgery Friday
How quickly things change. Gerry Dulac reports that Pittsburgh Steelers nose tackle Casey Hampton said today that he will have surgery on Friday to repair a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee. Hampton injured the knee early in the Steelers AFC Wild Card game against the Denver Broncos and all of the early reports suggested that Hampton would not need surgery. Defensive...
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Steelers' Hoke ready to embrace retirement
Steelers veteran nose tackle Chris Hoke officially called it a career Thursday, surrounded by his wife and their four children, as well as longtime teammates Casey Hampton, Aaron Smith and Brett Keisel and Steelers owner Art Rooney II.
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18 days ago
Steelers nose tackle Hampton to have surgery Friday
Steelers nose tackle Casey Hampton said he will have surgery Friday to repair a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee, an injury he sustained in the season-ending playoff loss in Denver.
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18 days ago
Losing Casey Hampton would affect the entire offseason plan for the Steelers
If there’s one player this offseason that the Steelers can ill afford to lose, my money is on Casey Hampton. It’s not that the Big Snack is a free agent, because he’s still under contract for another season yet. It comes down the team just not having a suitable replacement at starter for him [...]
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Chris Hoke to Announce Retirement Thursday
The Steelers will be holding a press conference tomorrow to announce the retirement of Chris Hoke. Hoke has played 11 years in the NFL. All of which were with the Steelers. Hoke has two Super Bowl Rings.
Hoke spent most of his time with the Steelers as the back up to Casey Hampton. Hoke was not just a back up though he was Nose Tackle 1B. He split time with Hampton in many...
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Steelers Chris Hoke officially announces retirement
Hoke sustained his eventual season ending neck injury against Jacksonville in week 6. Hoke is best friends with fellow NT Casey Hampton and was a mentor for Steve McLendon, also playing the same position. Near the end of the season it was assumed that he would more than likely retire after having the surgery and [...]
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Defensive Upheaval Could Be Coming To Steelers
Look for the Steelers to drop the hammer before March 13 on as many as four players who opened the season as starters according to Ed Bouchette of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. The defense that yielded the fewest total yards, total points and total yards passing will take the biggest hits all over the next few months. The Steelers are $25 million over the roughly $124 million salary...
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Casey Hampton’s Days with the Steelers May be Over
Pittsburgh Steelers nose tackle Casey Hampton will be fortunate enough to avoid having to undergo offseason knee surgery to repair an ACL injury.
The real problem for Hampton might come during the offseason, since the Steelers may have to end up releasing him due to salary cap reasons.
Hampton will be going into the final year of a three year 21.2 million conract. If the Steelers...
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January 14, 2012
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January 14, 2012
2012 NFL Draft First Round Predictions
Even though this year’s NFL season isn’t officially over, many are speculating what teams will do in the upcoming 2012 NFL Draft. A couple of predictions have been made for the Pittsburgh Steelers, who holds the 24th overall pick.
Andrew Perloff, of Sports Illustrated, predicts that the Steelers will pick defensive tackle Dontari Poe out of the University of Memphis in the first...
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