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Analyzing the Playoffs: What to Look for When the Ravens Have the Ball

Every time you rewatch the Steelers-Ravens games from earlier this year, it's hard to not get even more excited about Act III.You have the league's two best defenses facing off, and two offenses that will be trying to prove that they aren't over their head. You'll watch James Harrison try to terrorize Joe Flacco again,...

If Hampton's Out, Steelers Are Scuffling

Before the season there were two big concerns for most Steelers fans: could the offensive line keep Ben Roethlisberger alive and would the team's lack of depth on the defensive line come back to haunt it?Well, we're three weeks into the season and Roethlisberger has had knee, shoulder and hand injuries thanks to 12 sacks...

Steelers Bring Back an Old Pro

The Steelers have made a move to shore up their horrendous defensive line depth by signing a backup defensive end, but for some reason I don't think Steelers fans are going to be real thrilled by this move.Pittsburgh re-signed Travis Kirschke to a two-year, $2.28 million deal. Kirschke, 33, has battled back issues for the...

Steelers Really Miss Smith and Clark

I've been going back through the Steelers win to analyze the offensive line as usual, but also to try to figure out what's going wrong with the Steelers defense, and then before I'm even halfway through the game, Michael David Smith already did the work for me.In his newest Every Play Counts over at Football Outsiders, MDS...

Plenty of Blame for Steelers' Run Woes

When the snow started falling just before the game started, Steelers fans at Heinz Field started cheering. And they should have. There are plenty of great memories of Steelers teams dominating opponents during snowy home games.Who would have thought that the snow would be great news for a team from Jacksonville? Pittsburgh...