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Charlie Batch Done For The Year, Willie Reid Done As A Steeler, Bad Lineman Traded?

Charlie Batch's season is officially over, as reported by Gerry Dulac at the Post-Gazette. The Steelers today made the much anticipated move of placing the veteran on Injured Reserve, and making Byron Leftwich the No. 2 quarterback behind Ben Roethlisberger. This could very well be the end of Batch's career in Pittsburgh....

Reid, Baker Battling for One Spot

With Hines Ward and Santonio Holmes set as the Steelers starters and Nate Washington and Limas Sweed set as the team's No. 3 and No. 4 receivers, one of the toughest battles during training camp will be for the fifth and likely final wide receiver spot.A lot of times jobs are said to be wide open, but in reality, there's a...

Steelers Start Planning for Next Year

Mike Tomlin apparently wasn't thrilled with Willie Reid's disastrous stint as the Steelers fill-in kick returner last week.Just a day after Reid fumbled away the opening kickoff and almost fumbled away another, the Steelers signed wide receiver/punt returner Jeremy Bloom to their practice squad. If Allen Rossum is healthy...

Steelers Rest Everyone, Lose to Ravens and Finish Fourth in AFC

The Pittsburgh Steelers didn't act as if finishing fourth in the AFC bothered them in the least. That could turn out to be a curious decision after their B team failed to beat the Baltimore Ravens on Sunday. The game leaves them hosting the Jacksonville Jaguars, the same team that smacked them in the mouth at Heinz Field a...

Reid Can't Hang Onto the Football

Willie Reid has spent the season as the Steelers backup returner, which didn't mean much more than he got to catch punts in practice. But since the Steelers don't have much to play for today, he finally got a chance to show the Steelers what they were missing when they traded for Allen Rossum.Willie, we expected a whole...