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Location: Pittsburgh, Pa. | Stadium: Heinz Field (64,350) | Chairman: Daniel M. Rooney | President: Arthur J. Rooney II
Coach: Mike Tomlin | Super Bowls: 6
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Steelers report: Notes, quotes
 

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Notes, quotes · Strategy and personnel · Inside slant
 

 

Pittsburgh has to figure a way to get to Kyle Orton on Monday night. One player who might be able to help the Steelers' cause is LaMarr Woodley.

Woodley has been quiet in his second season as the Steelers' starting left outside linebacker with just two sacks in seven games. He had 11.5 in 15 regular-season games in 2008 and has two in each of his four postseason games, becoming the only player in NFL history to accomplish that feat.

Woodley will square off against Chicago's Tyler Polumbus, who will be making his first NFL start at right tackle for injured Ryan Harris. Woodley said he hopes to do what he has not done often this season -- take advantage of his opportunities. He missed Brett Favre once in his past game and got him another time, only to have it canceled by a false start. Offensive tackles, he said, are "kicking back" to try to deny his rush.

"I have to find a way to get past that," Woodley said. "When I find a way to get past that -- it's still a long season -- it's really going to get dangerous."

--Punter Mitch Berger, who earned a Super Bowl XLIII ring with the Steelers, signed with Denver last week and will punt against his former teammates Monday night.

--WR Hines Ward was selected as the dirtiest player in the league by nearly a 2-1 margin over his closest competitor in one of those flawed but interesting Sports Illustrated player polls. Only 296 players took part and since the poll was conducted during training camps, some may not still be in the league. Ward polled 11.6 percent of the votes.

--WR Santonio Holmes is only third among Steelers pass-catchers with 30 but he's third in the NFL with 208 third-down receiving yards. His 497 yards are still on pace to produce his first 1,000-yard season.

BY THE NUMBERS
11-1/4-0 - Coach Mike Tomlin's record in all prime time regular-season games and on Monday nights.

QUOTE TO NOTE
"We're going to try to do some of the same things Baltimore did to them." -- LB James Farrior on Denver's 30-7 loss to the Ravens Sunday.

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November 22, 2009 12:35 pm
 sorry whoever makes these, i didnt see it
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November 22, 2009 12:12 pm

Usually once or so a year the Steelers blow out an opponent. I don't know if it is revenge for a loss or to increase personal statistics. Today is that day. After the Cinnci loss there seems to be something about today's game. I am predicting the Chiefs defense gets walloped t ...(more)

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November 18, 2009 2:42 am
(POLL) After seeing Prisco's polls it got me wondering. How good are the Bengals? I mean yeah they've been playing great football, and they are finally showing a desire to win, but one must question: How will this translate in the playoffs? Last time the Steeler and the Bengals faced off they got elimitated early after streaking the enti ...(more)
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November 21, 2009 9:49 am

Take a look at Hines Ward's comments below.  I need someone with more football knowledge than myself to explain if the play calling against the Bengals on Sunday was as assinine as it appears to be on the surface given what to do when teams are running a Cover 2 def ...(more)

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November 22, 2009 11:26 am
They just reported he will be out at least a  month.   So it is up to the rest of the defense to step up,  moreso than they did earlier in the year when he got hurt.  I guarantee we would be undefeated right now if he never got injured, theres no doubt about it to me.  That's how important he is to the ...(more)
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November 18, 2009 10:18 am
I know that we have a great offense around the board. A really good QB, 3 really good RB's (why is Willie not playing)? and 4 guys who can catch just about anything. Okay if Ben's having a bad day like he did against the Bengals why didn't we run the ball more? The damn Bengals are not better than us, our Defense kicked there butts they sco ...(more)
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November 18, 2009 5:42 pm
First off, I want to say that I am a Jeff Reed supporter. There isn`t another kicker in the league that I want kicking field goals for the Steelers on Sunday. That being said, Reed has no business handling kickoff duties and it is killing us. I don`t really worry at all ab ...(more)
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November 22, 2009 1:07 pm
Worse than it was during the year we lost to the Pats in the AFC championship. 

It is pathetic.   The Chiefs got their first return for a TD since 2005.   Wow

The coach needs to be fired.  How can you go from the top kickoff coverage unit, to the worst in one year? 

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November 16, 2009 8:17 am

I see that 75% of the city is doing the usual this morning and blaming the play calling for the loss just like any other time. God forbid it was the terrible performance by roethlisberger, the offensive line, and special teams. Did Arians call the kick coverage on that run back for a td?

Anyone who wants Arians fired is an idiot. What's even more pathetic is that most of you do ...(more)

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April 25, 2009 1:17 am
Saturday is finally here, after 7+ months of watching college ball, read everything on the ,net, my work is done. Time to sit back and pray that Colbert gets it right.

Some things I have running through my mind.... Connor Barwin, has to go to the Patriots, Belichick gave up Vrabel, Barwin is a converted TE, that plays LB and a pro
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November 22, 2009 10:38 am
      PLAY-ACTION.      Okay Arians has made it clear that Pittsburgh is not going to run the ball as much as we used to. We get it Bruce. If you are not going to run it could you at least keep a single back in the backfield and use PLAY-ACTION to freeze a safety maybe, maybe even a corner, maybe even a linebacker. Hell all 3 would be nice but i wo ...(more)
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November 18, 2009 12:20 pm
As a diehard Steeler fan I must say.....Jeff Reed HAS TO GO! He has costed us two games with late missed field goals.  His off the field problems with the police. And please steeler fans, I'm sure its not me thats just seeing it.....but who else has seen the tackles that Reed has failed to make?? It just looks like he is scared to tackle someone!  Two games this season on kick returns he ...(more)
ZC
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November 15, 2009 4:27 pm
the season is not lost guys, we just have to face reality that the Bengals are a good team, but we can still make the playoffs we are 6-3 and right in the thick of things we are not out of this by a long shot, but we all thought the AFC North would be decided between the Steelers and ...(more)
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November 19, 2009 2:31 pm
Coach Mike Tomlin: Good Afternoon. Big week for us, we’re looking for an opportunity to rebound from a sub-par performance as we get ready to go to Kansas City. In review of Sunday’s game, it’s quite simple, we didn’t play well enough to win in certain particular areas, such is life. We’ll make proper adjustments ...(more)
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November 10, 2009 9:56 pm
Please at least for the rest of the week, quit giving so much respect to this overrated Bengals team. I am so sick of it, I want to puke. First on Sunday, every announcer that could speak, was praising the Bengals, They are for real, they are the best in the north and Quadry Ismael even said they had the advantage sunday, even with the ...(more)
 
 
 
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