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Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:40:22 PST |
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Millen returns to TV, 0-16 season and all (AP)
The Monday morning chatter at Scott Truman's Michigan office was all about the face that invaded people's living rooms over the weekend. Did you see Matt Millen on TV? Can you believe they put him on? Truman and his fellow Detroit Lions fans are a bit biased, of course. It's natural that seeing their former team president on NBC's playoff coverage Saturday would rekindle their fury toward the...
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Steelers' defense best, but offense is No. 1 worry (AP)The Pittsburgh Steelers are committing the most turnovers of any team left in the NFL playoffs, are getting sacked more often and scoring the fewest points. As good as their No. 1-ranked defense is, the offense is an ongoing worry to coach Mike Tomlin as the Steelers prepare to play the San Diego Chargers in an AFC divisional playoff game Sunday.
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Ben Roethlisberger is healthy and graceful enough to bowl (Yahoo! Sports) The description on YouTube says that this video is of Ben Roethlisberger biting it while bowling, just days...
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Natural grass kept Roethlisberger injury from being worse (Yahoo! Sports)That artificial turf the Pittsburgh Steelers never installed at Heinz Field might have saved them a franchise...
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Harrison 1st undrafted AP Defensive Player of Year (AP)
James Harrison wasn't drafted out of Kent State, was cut four times before finally making it onto an NFL roster, yet is The Associated Press Defensive Player of the Year in only his second season as a Pittsburgh Steelers starter. A tough road? For sure. Now, it gets even more difficult for Harrison, a self-made player who won an honor normally reserved for stars.
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Steelers Team Report (Yahoo! Sports)
Quarterback Ben Roethlisberger passed his final post-concussion test Monday morning, practiced Monday afternoon and said he will play on Sunday when the Pittsburgh Steelers open the playoffs against the San Diego Chargers at Heinz Field.
"I plan on being out there 100 percent ready to go," he said.
Roethlisberger left the Dec. 28 game against Cleveland just before the half on a stretcher with a concussion. Speaking publicly Monday for the first time since then, he called the hit "scary" and said both of his arms went numb.
"I mean, when you can't feel your arms you get kind of scared," Roethlisberger said. "They pricked me with a pin and I couldn't feel it. When you see the doctor look at the trainer with that look, it kind of scares you a little bit." He...
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Chargers' Bennett, former teammate sued in Fla. (AP)
A Florida man is suing San Diego Chargers running back Michael Bennett and a former Tampa Bay teammate, saying they attacked him at an International House of Pancakes. Brian Gordon said in a lawsuit that Bennett, offensive lineman Anthony Davis and another man assaulted him in the restaurant parking lot in Tampa on Oct.
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Chargers, Steelers in rematch of bizarre game (AP)The finish to the Chargers-Steelers game was strange enough, with the first 11-10 score in NFL history and Troy Polamalu stripped of a last-play defensive touchdown by an officiating error. This may be even stranger: The Chargers, 4-8 with a month left in the season, are returning to Pittsburgh for a rematch in an AFC divisional playoff game Sunday.
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Steelers QB Roethlisberger practices; to start Sunday (PA SportsTicker)Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger, who suffered a concussion in the regular-season finale, returned to practice Monday and is expected to start this weekend's AFC divisional playoff game against San Diego.
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Why is the worst divisional playoff matchup on in primetime? (Yahoo! Sports) Of the four divisional playoff games this weekend, the Arizona Cardinals - Carolina Panthers matchup is easily...
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And now, all the home teams are favored (Yahoo! Sports) After a wild card weekend in which all the home teams were underdogs (and went 2-2), we'll head into divisional...
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'Hot and healthy' flies out the playoff window (Yahoo! Sports)The Cardinals and Chargers proved that regular-season marks and what we think we know can be irrelevant.
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Cowher says he won't coach in '09, staying at CBS (AP)Bill Cowher doesn't plan to coach in the NFL next year, and will stay with CBS Sports as a studio analyst. Cowher was recently wooed by the New York Jets, but said during "The NFL Today" on Sunday that he's taking it "year to year." "It's a privilege and an honor to be a head coach in the National Football League," Cowher said.
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Steelers revere LeBeau, the coach they call Dad (AP)NFL players make headlines for cursing a coach. Criticizing a coach. Calling out a coach. Demanding that a coach be fired. Loving a coach? Now that's a new one -- except in Pittsburgh, where Steelers players have long talked of their respect, admiration and, yes, love for defensive coordinator Dick LeBeau.
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Bye bye? Playoff bye not always good for Steelers (AP)The Pittsburgh Steelers are sitting where every NFL team wants to be this weekend, at home with a short path to the Super Bowl awaiting them. The problem: This is a road the Steelers frequently travel, but with little success. This is the seventh time in 16 years the Steelers have been first- or second-seeded with a bye in the AFC playoffs, and not once has the bye translated into a Super Bowl...
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Run-down Steelers likely to rely on passing (AP)If the playoffs are here, Bruce Arians knows what people in Pittsburgh are thinking. It's time for the Steelers' old reliables, a smothering defense and a pound-it-out running game. Just like the good old days of the 1970s, when the Steelers won four Super Bowls in six seasons. Arians, the Steelers' offensive coordinator, wonders if it's not time for some new thinking.
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12 Questions: Tomlinson's redemption shot (Yahoo! Sports)The Chargers' LaDainian Tomlinson gets a chance to prove he hasn't lost a step – but he isn't healthy.
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Ben (Ben) headache? Steelers awaiting QB's return (AP)Big Ben's headache apparently isn't a big worry to his Pittsburgh Steelers teammates. Ben Roethlisberger was on the practice field Tuesday, two days after sustaining his third concussion in as many years, but didn't take any snaps or throw any passes. He probably won't until he passes the tests the Steelers require of players who have undergone a concussion.
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AFC Playoff Primer: All six teams have a shot (SportingNews.com)There is no perfect team going into this year's AFC playoffs. The six teams that did make the AFC postseason field all have the potential to make it to Tampa.
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Big Ben not hospitalized following concussion (AP)Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger did not stay in a hospital overnight after receiving a concussion Sunday against Cleveland, but it was uncertain if he will practice this week. Roethlisberger lay on the ground for nearly 15 minutes after being leveled by two Browns defenders and was strapped to a stretcher as he was carried off the field.
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Playoffs await dominating Steelers defense (AP)The Pittsburgh Steelers' defense wasn't only the NFL's best this season, it was one of the best statistically in league history. A scant 55 yards prevented the Steelers from accomplishing something no defense has done since the 1970 NFL-AFL merger. If Cleveland's Jamal Lewis hadn't rushed for 94 yards during Pittsburgh's meaningless 31-0 victory Sunday, the Steelers might have become the first team...
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Vegas odds favor Giants, Titans to make Super Bowl (AP)Las Vegas sports books favor the New York Giants over the 11 other teams in the NFL playoffs to win the Super Bowl, giving 2-to-1 odds on the NFC's No. 1 seed to repeat as champions. The Tennessee Titans are the favorite among AFC teams to win a title at 4-1, closely followed by the Pittsburgh Steelers at 9-2.
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Cleveland fires GM Phil Savage (Yahoo! Sports)The Phil Savage era as Browns general manager is over, the Cleveland Plain Dealer reported.
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Jets owner needs to make Cowher an offer he can't refuse (Yahoo! Sports) New York Jets owner Woody Johnson should spend the next few days trying to entice former Pittsburgh Steelers...
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AFC playoffs: Hottest team? Most impact? (Yahoo! Sports)Answers to these questions and more will likely determine which team will represent the AFC in Super Bowl XLIII.
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Winners and losers: McNabb, Reid stay alive (Yahoo! Sports)Written off after a blowout loss to the Ravens, Donovan McNabb and Andy Reid aren't quite done in Philly.
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Dolphins, Vikings, Panthers clinch divisions (AP) From the ugliness of 1-15 to the beauty of an AFC East title. That's the Miami Dolphins' story this season. The tale was nearly as good for the Atlanta Falcons, who went from 4-12 to an NFC wild-card berth. And for the NFC South-winning Carolina Panthers, who surged from 7-9 to 12-4. Minnesota improved by two games to 10-6 and that was good enough for the NFC North crown.
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Big Ben gets concussion; Steelers rout Browns 31-0 (AP)
For a team that supposedly couldn't lose, the Steelers nearly sustained the worst possible setback going into the playoffs. The Browns ended a miserable season with an embarrassing loss that may lead to another on Monday, that of Romeo Crennel's job. Ben Roethlisberger gave playoff-bound Pittsburgh a major scare by sustaining a concussion during a 31-0 rout over the Browns on Sunday, a game notable...
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Roethlisberger taken off field on stretcher (AP)Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger sustained a concussion while being driven into the ground by two Cleveland Browns defenders late in the second quarter of an essentially meaningless game Sunday, but is expected to be ready for the playoffs. As Roethlisberger delivered a 4-yard pass to tight end Heath Miller over the middle, he was leveled by Willie McGinest at about shoulder level and...
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