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Steelers Have the Santonio Holmes Trade to Thank For Antonio Brown

The first time Steelers rookie wide receiver Antonio Brown touched the football in his NFL career he took it 89 yards for a touchdown in a Week 2 win against the Tennessee Titans. His role in the offense, however, was slow to develop in the first half of the season, but in the second half, as well as the playoffs, he's...

O-Line 'Em Up: How Do the Steelers Replace Max Starks?

"O-Line 'Em Up" is a regular FanHouse feature that analyzes offensive line play each week of the 2010 season. What was already a rather banged-up Steelers' offensive line took a significant turn for the worse with the news that starting left tackle Max Starks will miss the rest of the season with a neck injury. Starks'...

Between the Lines: Pittsburgh Steelers 2009 Review/2010 Preview

As we get ready for the start of the NFL season, FanHouse will be take a look at the offensive line situation for each team in the league -- how they performed last season and how they project into 2010. You can find additional FanHouse offensive line analysis here. In 2008, the Pittsburgh Steelers proved that you don't...

For NFL Teams, This Is the Time of Year to Beware the Injury Bug

Willie Colon, the Steelers' left tackle, was lost for the season with a torn ACL in minicamp. The same thing happened to Domenik Hixon, the Giants' best return man and a valuable wide receiver. Then camp opened and the Ravens, with Ed Reed already hurting, lost starting cornerback Domonique Foxworth on the first day. Last...

Flozell Adams Signs With Steelers

The season-ending injury to right tackle Willie Colon was a serious blow to an already weak offensive line for the Pittsburgh Steelers, seeing as how he was arguably the best player on the unit during the 2009 season. On Thursday, the Steelers attempted to address the opening by agreeing to a contract with veteran...

Willie Colon News From the Web

05/20/12 Steelers take drastic measures to turn over O-line,... Source: CBSSports.com With quarterback Ben Roethlisberger now 30, and the team's most valuable player sacked an average of 43.5 times over the past six seasons -- including 40 or more sacks in all but one of those campaigns, and coming off an ankle injury last year -- Pittsburgh has drastically retooled its blocking unit.
05/17/12 Required Reading: Links to the Best in AFC North... Source: Bleacher Report Today's AFC North required reading gives some insight into the futures of two injured players as well as a few undrafted free agents.
05/16/12 Report: Steelers' Colon confirms move to right guard Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Pittsburgh PA It appears the Steelers won't wait long for their top two draft picks to work their way into the starting lineup because they've already moved Willie Colon from starting right tackle to starting left guard.
05/03/12 Pittsburgh Steelers: Predicting the Final 53-Man... Source: Bleacher Report After a very good rookie season, he will shift from right tackle to left tackle.