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At this point in time, all I want is for the Pittsburgh Steelers to snag the #6 seed and make the postseason, despite their ragtag offense and an injured list that resembles what would happen if the NFL placed a team in Beirut. All that needs to happen is for Pittsburgh to beat the Baltimore…

The Pittsburgh Steelers – my team of choice – have employed only three head coaches in the past fifty years.  And in that time, those three coaches – Chuck Noll, Bill Cowher and Mike Tomlin – have brought the City of Steel eight Super Bowl appearances and six championships. But those three men have only…

I’m skipping the Super Bowl this year.  There’s no reason for me to watch it.  I’m not big on the Los Angeles Rams – I thought that St. Louis got screwed out of losing their team (yeah, I know St. Louis took the Rams away from Los Angeles 30 years ago, tit for tat).  And…

Long time blog subscribers will know that I am a die-hard Pittsburgh Steelers football fan.  It goes back to the days of the Immaculate Reception, and continued through six Super Bowl championships. But recently, being a Steelers fan also means feeling a bit snakebitten.  That moment when you look at the schedule and you say,…

I am a Pittsburgh Steelers fan.  And if you don’t like that, then go ahead and root for the lesser NFL team if you like. That being said, I’ve been fascinated of late with the current contract dispute between star running back Le’Veon Bell and the Steelers.  No matter how good you are as a…

So there’s this linebacker from the University of Central Florida that’s been tearing up his division like crazy. He’s amazed scouts at the NFL combine. And the Pittsburgh Steelers could really use a pass-rushing linebacker right now. So, as a trusted and loyal fan of the Black and Gold … I beg you … Please,…

Look, I get it.  My beloved Pittsburgh Steelers coughed up a 45-42 playoff loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars.  They lost to Blake freakin’ Bortles and Leonard freakin’ Fournette.  They mismanaged the last minute of clock time, and they tried an onside kick that hadn’t been successful for the Black and Gold in nearly ten years.…

My loyalty to the Pittsburgh Steelers is unquestioned.  I don’t even participate in fantasy football leagues, because I can NOT, in my heart, ever draft a player from the Jets, the Browns, the Ravens, the Bengals, the Cowboys, the Giants, the Bills, the Packers, and certainly not from the New England Patriots. I can not…

Yeah, I know, I know.  I counted my chickens before they were hatched. I watched the Atlanta Falcons slap the New England Patriots around for three quarters of football.  I watched Matt Ryan and Julio Jones and the rest of the team treat Tom Brady like he was Marcia Brady catching a football.  #owmynose And…

I’ve blogged about this topic before.  During the regular season, Chris Boswell scored nearly all the points in a Pittsburgh Steelers victory over Cincinnati with his right foot. Last night, however, Boswell was responsible for all 18 points the Steelers scored in their playoff victory over the Kansas City Chiefs.  Even when Pittsburgh couldn’t get…