http://www.yardbarker.com/rss/team/189 Recent articles about the Pittsburgh Panthers en-us In this new feature, we compile a list of the top five defensive players of the week, and let you vote on your favorite. This week, we start with a young defender who's making his name as the best at his position. Yes, the Shutdown Corner defensive player of the week is a ... shutdown corner. Go figure!1. Darrelle Revis(notes), CB, New York Jets Against the Patriots two games ago, Revis limited Randy Moss(notes) to nothing but frustration and bubble screens. Last Sunday, he did the same t... Tue, 01 Dec 2009 15:44:18 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/Shutdown_Corner_defensive_player_of_the_week_Darrelle_Revis/1662624 http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/Shutdown_Corner_defensive_player_of_the_week_Darrelle_Revis/1662624 More photos » by Seth Wenig - AP It seemed like every time a Panthers running back (such as DeAngelo Williams here, during a third-quarter play) carried the ball, he was surrounded by Jets in Sunday's loss. But the backs, along with the offensive line, were both to blame for Carolina's worst rushing output in eight games. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) Browse more photos » Despite four more Jake Delhomme in... Tue, 01 Dec 2009 12:21:25 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/Breaking_Down_Failure_of_Panthers_Running_Game_Vs_Jets/1661291 http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/Breaking_Down_Failure_of_Panthers_Running_Game_Vs_Jets/1661291 http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/Breaking_Down_Failure_of_Panthers_Running_Game_Vs_Jets/1661291 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/2/4/24254e2a266d5f048210dca9cb900e85dd58f10b/small/Miami_Dolphins_v_e6c3.jpg Are You Not Entertained?!Welcome to Revis Island, population one. Uno. Singular. Mono. As in, nobody else is allowed. Take note, NFL receivers. You are not welcome in his domain. Should you wander, Revis will make your stay uncomfortably unpleasant. Venture across Revis Island border and consider yourself, and any pigskin being thrown in your direction, to be in grave danger (as if there's any other kind). As I mentioned on Sunday, with the Jets season ostensibly over in terms of any real... Mon, 30 Nov 2009 19:38:00 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/college_football/article_external/Memo_to_NFL_Receivers_Trespassers_on_Revis_Island_Will_be_Prosecuted_to_Fullest/1658307 http://www.yardbarker.com/college_football/article_external/Memo_to_NFL_Receivers_Trespassers_on_Revis_Island_Will_be_Prosecuted_to_Fullest/1658307 I would have had this post up earlier in the day, but I ran out of time at Sea-Tac Airport and had to wait until I got back to the Bay Area to put this together.  But it was worth the wait given the result.  As always, for those unaware, the 49ers hold the Carolina Panthers 2010 first round pick, and so we take a weekly look at the Panthers results and the impact on draft status.  Prior to today the Panthers actually had a worse pick (13th to the 49ers 11th), but that has o... Sun, 29 Nov 2009 22:05:04 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/Panthers_Watch_2009_Jets_are_actually_good_for_something/1651856 http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/Panthers_Watch_2009_Jets_are_actually_good_for_something/1651856 http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/Panthers_Watch_2009_Jets_are_actually_good_for_something/1651856 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/0/a/0aa48d250080049a2b28b4a29a310815997208c4/small/New_Orleans_Saints_c5fc.jpg Some quickie thoughts from the press box: 1. Rex Ryan's color-code system worked. Well, at least he thinks it worked. And Mark Sanchez thinks it worked. So I guess that's all that matters, right? 2. Ryan and Sanchez went out of their way after the game to praise O.C. Brian Schottenheimer, emphasizing he's still in charge, but I wonder if Schottenheimer feels as good about the situation as they're making it seem. That "stung" quote from last Friday said a lot. ... Sun, 29 Nov 2009 20:16:42 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/Post_game_analysis_Jets_17_Panthers_6/1651546 http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/Post_game_analysis_Jets_17_Panthers_6/1651546 http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/Post_game_analysis_Jets_17_Panthers_6/1651546 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/d/2/d21c9630f16dfc590acb22e5297b2c3e26500fcf/small/GettyImage.ashx_url_http_3a_2f_2fcache.gettyimages.com_2fxc_2f91880800.jpg_3fv_3d1_26c_3dEWSAsset_26k_3d2_26d_3d77BFBA49EF878921CC759DF4EBAC47D0D6A8E57146751907B26F8635F50968546EF4F94FF30E413B.jpg Mark Sanchez showed improvement against the Panthers, and Darrelle Revis returned one of the Jets’ four interceptions 67 yards for a touchdown to beat Carolina. Sun, 29 Nov 2009 19:48:45 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/college_football/article_external/Jets_17_Panthers_6_Sanchezs_Steady_Performance_Helps_Jets_End_Losing_Skid/1651389 http://www.yardbarker.com/college_football/article_external/Jets_17_Panthers_6_Sanchezs_Steady_Performance_Helps_Jets_End_Losing_Skid/1651389 by Adam GretzFiled under: Jets, Panthers, NFL VideoCarolina Panthers quarterback Jake Delhomme threw his 15th interception of the season in the first quarter of Sunday's game against the New York Jets, and it was the third that's been returned for a touchdown as Darrelle Revis took it 67 yards for the game's first score. This is one interception, however, that can't really be pinned on the struggling quarterback. This one can be chalked up to some bad luck and a fluke bounce o... Sun, 29 Nov 2009 14:15:00 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/Video_Darrelle_Revis_Turns_Lucky_Bounce_Into_Touchdown/1649708 http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/Video_Darrelle_Revis_Turns_Lucky_Bounce_Into_Touchdown/1649708 With Jets coach Rex Ryan breaking out the stoplight for first-year quarterback Mark Sanchez, third-year cornerback Darrelle Revis has seen only one color.Green.On the twelfth play of a game-opening drive that saw the Panthers drive past the Jets' 40, a... Sun, 29 Nov 2009 13:27:39 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/college_football/article_external/Fluke_play_gives_Jets_early_lead/1649442 http://www.yardbarker.com/college_football/article_external/Fluke_play_gives_Jets_early_lead/1649442 Make no doubt about it, last night's last-second, 19-16 loss to West Virginia was a very bitter pill to swallow for any Pitt fan. The good news the day after is that Pitt still has a shot at a BCS game pending the outcome of their contest with Cincinnati next Saturday at Heinz Field, and that they came out of the game healthy. The bad news is that the taste of this game should linger for a few days at minimum, and will certainly be the topic of conversation around town. If there was any t... Sat, 28 Nov 2009 13:41:00 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/college_football/article_external/BACKYARD_BLAH/1645177 http://www.yardbarker.com/college_football/article_external/BACKYARD_BLAH/1645177 http://www.yardbarker.com/college_football/article_external/BACKYARD_BLAH/1645177 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/a/a/aa5f087dda8223f69b6ecaf32a34752041ecfbda/small/Brut_Sun_Bowl_1e81.jpg Today's featured comment comes from a poster who likes to be called Waspman. I'm not sure if he's a White Anglo-Saxon Protestant or the latest superhero from Marvel Comics, but I do know he's a pretty smart guy with some interesting information to impart here: Waspman's take:This just in from the Land of Irony ... The Pittsburgh Steelers signed a QB to their practice squad (and in effect is now their #3 QB) after waiting 48 hours for him to clear waivers from the... Sat, 28 Nov 2009 12:19:37 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/college_football/article_external/Todays_featured_comment/1644781 http://www.yardbarker.com/college_football/article_external/Todays_featured_comment/1644781 http://www.yardbarker.com/college_football/article_external/Todays_featured_comment/1644781 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/f/1/f18a1dc8e448cfeb098edbc17639d5eeb25a1c1d/small/Pittsburgh_Panthers_v_43c5.jpg More photos » by Michael Dwyer - AP Georgia Tech's Jonathan Dwyer scampers for a 43-yard touchdown run against Boston College. Should the Rams consider drafting him to back up Steven Jackson? Browse more photos »   The last full weekend of college football's regular season is upon us, although it's not really just a weekend sport anymore.  Ball State downed Western Michigan on Tuesday... Fri, 27 Nov 2009 11:54:08 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/college_football/article_external/2010_prospect_watch_Nov_27th/1639712 http://www.yardbarker.com/college_football/article_external/2010_prospect_watch_Nov_27th/1639712 http://www.yardbarker.com/college_football/article_external/2010_prospect_watch_Nov_27th/1639712 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/1/6/16f10a746e9b3a2e69ae2c56f3e8f7999a90ce2a/small/West_Virginia_v_5a75.jpg The long season has worn down Grams, and Saturday's late excitement (here an overtime, there an overtime) added to the fatigue. So she took things extra slow this week to make sure she's ready for one of her favorite weekends of the year. "I really hope I feel good on Thursday," she said from the recliner. "I want to see everybody and eat." Everything else is set up for her. The family Thanksgiving dinner invites are sent. The remote control has fresh batteries, ... Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:40:28 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/college_football/article_external/Beat_my_grandma_Week_13_college_football_picks/1626830 http://www.yardbarker.com/college_football/article_external/Beat_my_grandma_Week_13_college_football_picks/1626830 http://www.yardbarker.com/college_football/article_external/Beat_my_grandma_Week_13_college_football_picks/1626830 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/e/b/eb277740710f3f28f4910051df5bfa6845d9a78e/small/e4.jpg Pittsburgh, 27, Notre Dame 22. Aside from a true disaster like his suffering another knee injury on the sideline, this efort couldn't have strayed much further from Charlie Weis' preferred script for ending Notre Dame's draught against ranked teams, and at least temporarily silencing the deafening chatter about his future at ND. The Irish's first seven drives resulted in five punts, one turnover, a field goal and a 17-point hole before the offense began to pick up the pace la... Sun, 15 Nov 2009 01:20:50 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/college_football/article_external/Worst_case_scenario_at_Pitt_kicks_off_latest_round_of_anti_Weis_onslaught/1567200 http://www.yardbarker.com/college_football/article_external/Worst_case_scenario_at_Pitt_kicks_off_latest_round_of_anti_Weis_onslaught/1567200 http://www.yardbarker.com/college_football/article_external/Worst_case_scenario_at_Pitt_kicks_off_latest_round_of_anti_Weis_onslaught/1567200 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/8/a/8a9765467cfb01533934ce9defbebdcaecf66446/small/90983984.jpg A fun note in the "full circle" category of Notre Dame's trip to Pittsburgh on Saturday: Charlie Weis' first full game as Irish coach was a thorough dismantling of Pitt in 2005, kicking off ND's best two-year run since 1992-93, a streak that earned Weis a fat contract extension en route to back-to-back BCS bowl appearances. Meanwhile, on the other sideline, new Pitt coach Dave Wannstedt endured the first of many losses over a three-year span that resulted in zero bowl a... Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:06:55 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/college_football/article_external/Suddenly_the_Charlie_Weis_era_finds_itself_at_the_mercy_of_Wannstedt/1559865 http://www.yardbarker.com/college_football/article_external/Suddenly_the_Charlie_Weis_era_finds_itself_at_the_mercy_of_Wannstedt/1559865 http://www.yardbarker.com/college_football/article_external/Suddenly_the_Charlie_Weis_era_finds_itself_at_the_mercy_of_Wannstedt/1559865 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/e/b/ebf896460c45b8c406ac85c1ad436024c1a73404/small/0d.jpg Many people (myself included) wondered how the Pitt Panthers would fare in 2009 after losing LeSean McCoy and Scott McKillop to the NFL. As today's #8 ranking in the AP poll (and #12 ranking in the BCS) would substantiate, I think they've done quite alright for themselves.The Panthers played a solid-yet-unspectacular brand of football in defeating a lifeless, beaten-down Syracuse team on Saturday at Heinz Field. That sounds like an awfully snobbish way of describing a 27-point victory... Sun, 08 Nov 2009 14:05:00 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/college_football/article_external/PITT_8TH_IN_AP_12TH_IN_BCS/1527314 http://www.yardbarker.com/college_football/article_external/PITT_8TH_IN_AP_12TH_IN_BCS/1527314 Reading around the internet I found this article from the Pittsburgh Post Gazette that talks about how SU's Greg Robinson and Pitt's Dave Wannstedt are on the "same boat". Wed, 24 Sep 2008 07:24:59 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/college_football/article_external/SU_and_Pitt_coaches_on_the_same_boat_or_not/338158 http://www.yardbarker.com/college_football/article_external/SU_and_Pitt_coaches_on_the_same_boat_or_not/338158 In yet another sad story of a former child actor turned bad, this saga takes the cake! Wed, 09 Apr 2008 08:59:43 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/college_football/article_external/Child_Actors_Gone_Bad_Steve_Urkel/233158 http://www.yardbarker.com/college_football/article_external/Child_Actors_Gone_Bad_Steve_Urkel/233158 http://www.yardbarker.com/college_football/article_external/Child_Actors_Gone_Bad_Steve_Urkel/233158 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/4/7/47d4ee9c9de6a7daa345df8504811cf09cf6b997/small/Mark_May_and_Steve_Urkel.jpg What role does his mustache play in both the injury and the recovery? Wed, 17 Oct 2007 16:25:31 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/college_football/article_external/Wannstedt_Injuries_Achilles/31687 http://www.yardbarker.com/college_football/article_external/Wannstedt_Injuries_Achilles/31687