The Steelers opened up their Monday Night game with Kansas City looking like they were sleep-walking as they fell behind 10-0 on a cool, rainy night in the ‘burgh. Was it a hangover from the win in New York? Was it looking ahead to a date with the rival Ravens next Sunday night? Either way, the …
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Three Match-Ups for Tonight; Don’t Expect Chiefs to Lay Down
There’s any number of statistics heading into tonight’s Monday Night Match-up with the Kansas City Chiefs that scare the crap right out of me and now here’s another one; Since the Pittsburgh Steelers lost to the Kansas City Chiefs in the 1994 AFC Wild-Card Playoffs in overtime, the teams have alternated wins every game since. …
Steelers Win in New York Not Diminished by Giants’ Loss to the Bengals
Chances are quite good that like myself, you took advantage of a Sunday with no Pittsburgh Steelers on TV to perhaps take in some of the other teams in the National Football League or maybe you got outside and did some yard work. Ok, I admit, I did a little of both but I still …
Steelers can rest some players; but don’t sleep on the Chiefs
The first legitimate trap game of the Steelers season is here and it comes in the form of the Kansas City Chiefs traveling to Heinz Field for a good ole fashioned AFC showdown. These teams have been playing against each other since 1970; with the Steelers holding the overall series lead 18-10. Since the 2K …
Steelers’ Ryan Clark, and others, are likely on NFL watchlists
If there’s one thing you set your clock to every NFL season, it’s the Steelers being at the forefront of some type of controversy with the league. Usually it’s the defense and one of the more common names that comes to mind is safety Ryan Clark. It’s not that Clark goes looking for trouble (at …
Blitzburgh Radio Steelers Podcast: Week 9 Wrapup, Steelers vs Giants
Matt and Marc are back online and talking all things Steelers vs Giants and the huge win for the Black n Gold, 24-20. Now sitting at 5-3 the Steelers are in prime position for a showdown in 2 weeks against the Ravens but there’s much to talk about before then including a big Monday nighter …
Why the Fake Was a Mistake
Calls like the one Mike Tomlin made in the fourth quarter of yesterday’s win over the New York Giants are the type that make sports talk radio thrive. Of course there will be thousands of people who’ll say they loved the call and thousands more who will say they hated the call and many who …
Ryan Clark’s phantom helmet to helmet hit worked in Steelers favor (video included)
We should be used to this by now, but I don’t know that we in the Steeler Nation ever will; speaking of the phantom penalties that have been so plentiful over the years. On Sunday night against the Giants though, there were several more to add to the list but the flag against safety Ryan …
Steelers escape New York despite odds stacked against them
They did the right thing in flying in for a road game on the day of the game. It was their only option since clearly Commissioner Roger Goodell had no intention of postponing this game. Even when the NBA and the New York City Marathon were being cancelled or postponed, the National Football League would …
Steelers overcome NFL Officials, Giants, and themselves in gut check win 24-20
We’ve been saying all week that this was the biggest game of the year; a litmus test for a team trying to find itself and get back on track in the AFC North. With the Ravens winning today against the Browns, and the Bengals losing, Pittsburgh had to keep pace in the division and find …
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