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Way Too Early Pirates Player Stats Predictions
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Trying To Find A Number For Jake Guentzel’s Next Contract? Look To William Nylander
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Opinion: We Could Do A Lot Worse Than Arthur Smith
Well, the offensive coordinator search ended a little early. The Pittsburgh Steelers have hired former Atlanta Falcons head coach Arthur Smith to be their next offensive coordinator. Smith is coming off a three year tenure as the head coach in Atlanta, where the Falcons went 7-10 in all three years. He was heavily coveted by…
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Ron Hextall’s Final Trade In Pittsburgh
With all this talk about trades, it got me thinking. What was the last trade that Ron Hextall made? In his final trade deadline with Pittsburgh during his reign of terror, Hextall made several moves that were puzzling at best at the time, and are straight up awful in hindsight. There was the Mikael Granlund…
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In It For The Long Lull
The Pittsburgh Penguins were able to end things on a high note, with a 3-2 win over the Montreal Canadiens that was capped off with an overtime thriller by Marcus Pettersson. The Penguins got a desperately needed win before heading into the All Star Break, which gives the team a full nine days off before…
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One Step Forward, Three Steps Back
Well, it’s not often that I get to use an Olivia Rodrigo song as a headline. It’s bittersweet, because that’s a first checked off, but it comes after another lousy night of Penguins hockey. In a surprisingly nasty game for two teams that don’t see each other that often, the Penguins fell to the Florida…
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The Penguins Are Misusing Valtteri Puustinen
After bursting onto the scene and providing a spark in the Penguins lineup, Valtteri Puustinen has fallen off a complete cliff. The former seventh round pick was routinely appearing on the scoresheet, but now, he is nowhere to be found. So what happened to this promising young rookie, one of the few bright spots in…
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What Does The Future Look Like For Mitch Trubisky?
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Looking At Three Potential OCs We Know The Steelers Are Interested In
It’s a little telling about the state of the Pittsburgh Steelers that we in this city have become heavily invested into who takes over the offensive coordinator. Instead of talking about a team potentially still in the playoffs, we’re here instead. That being said, this offseason does prove to be a very interesting one. With…
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Trying To Make Sense Of The Aroldis Chapman Signing
Well, the Pirates did a thing! It’s a confusing, it’s odd, it’s unexpected, but it’s a thing! Not long after comments from Pirates owner Bob Nutting made headlines, in which he said he wished the Pirates were farther along in the offseason than they were, general manager Ben Cherington goes out and signs Aroldis Chapman,…
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If The Penguins Are Going To Add, They Should Look At Anthony Duclair
Though we are still a month and a half away from the actual, official, March 8th trade deadline, it’s never too early to start looking at who the Penguins should be interested in. While we don’t fully know if the Penguins will be buyers, sellers, or attempt to stand pat once trade season really heats…
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Steelers Planned Approach To QB, OC Is Refreshing, But Narrow
There was a lot to discuss and ponder after Mike Tomlin’s season finale at the podium wrapped up on Thursday. In probably one of his most candid press conferences ever, Tomlin was open and honest about some of the potential changes that need to take place if this team is to get back to competing…
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The Case For And Against Every Steelers QB Option
It will be the biggest talking point all season long, or at least until the team declares their decision: who will be quarterback for the Pittsburgh Steelers in 2024? There are so many options at play for this team, which is both a blessing and a curse as the Steelers try and mull over this…
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The Most Obscure Pirates Of 2023
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A Long Night
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Steelers Review, Super Wild Card Weekend: Rent Due
I try to not be one for revisionist history. When your team loses as bad as the Pittsburgh Steelers did in Buffalo on Monday, it’s easy to claim you never believed. It’s a sort of comfort. A kind of coping mechanism to protect yourself from the embarrassing truth that we all sat down and subjected…
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The Jake Guentzel Conundrum
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Belief Is Everything
Two years ago, as quarterback Ben Roethlisberger was wrapping up his farewell tour, the Steelers stood in Week 18 with a mathematical chance at the postseason still. They had just come off Ben’s final home game ever, a 26-14 win over the Cleveland Browns, and needed help in the final week to sneak into the…
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Playoff Preview: Steelers @ Bills
Can you imagine the amount of money you would be swimming in right now if at the beginning of the season, you had bet Mason Rudolph would be starting a playoff game for the Pittsburgh Steelers? I actually have no idea what that number would be, but nevertheless, here we are. The Rudolph story continues…
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The Mann Who Got Away
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You Can’t Replace TJ Watt, But You Can Manage His Absence
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Stick With The Man Who Brought You Here
It’s a talking point. It will always be a talking point. In theory, this should not even be a question. With the Pittsburgh Steelers set to play the Bills in Buffalo on Sunday, there should be no questions about the quarterback position for Pittsburgh. They need to stick with the man who brought them here.…
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The Towel Curse, Former Steelers, And The Road Ahead: Thoughts As Titans Push Pittsburgh To Playoffs
Your Pittsburgh Steelers are in the playoffs, baby. It’s official: Pittsburgh has the seventh seed in the AFC, and will play the second seed Buffalo Bills in the wild card round. This was the most contentious weekend in Pittsburgh in a long time, with the Steelers needing a win in Baltimore against the 1-seed Ravens,…
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Godwin Igwebuike Is The Anti-Gunner Olszewski
In the midst of the muck and the rain, the hopes and dreams, and the fight to live at least one more week, we witnessed one of the smartest plays by Danny Smith’s special teams unit. Godwin Igwebuike, serving as the team’s kick returner, was able to earn his team an extra 15 yards in…
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Steelers Review, Week 18: An Unknown Fate
This is a very hard review to write. Not because of the performance on the field, but because I don’t know if this is the finale for the Steelers Review this year. That will be determined tomorrow, when either the Jacksonville Jaguars or the Buffalo Bills lose. If either team loses, the Steelers are in.…
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Pens Make Cap Room By Shipping Out Rem Pitlick
The eyes of Pittsburgh are on the Steelers today as Saturday kicks off a weekend that will decide their playoff fate, but the Penguins are busy as well, making a trade with the Chicago Blackhawks. The Penguins traded forward Rem Pitlick, who has spent the year so far in the AHL, to the Blackhawks in…
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Remembering An Electrifying Penguins Debut
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Penguins Deploy Next Steps For Jesse Puljujärvi
Jesse Puljujärvi has been with the Penguins in Pittsburgh for weeks, and now we might be getting one step closer to seeing him on the ice for the team. Puljujärvi has been with the organization since December 10th, practicing with the team as he continues to recover from double hip resurfacing surgery in the offseason.…
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Pirates Catch Backlash Over Handling Of PiratesFest Questions
The Pittsburgh Pirates are catching some heat from their fans, after it spread online that the team is screening questions beforehand in preparation for fans to be able to interact with several prominent members of the Pirates’ front office and management team. PiratesFest, which is taking place on January 6th this year, is returning to…
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Steelers Review, Week 17: Rudolph Rides Again
Make no mistake, this was the biggest game of the season for the Pittsburgh Steelers. In Seattle facing a fellow 8-7 team with everything on the line, Mason Rudolph and the Steelers delivered a big time performance to boost the Steelers’ chances of a playoff berth. Heading into this game, all eyes were on the…
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Steelers Get Unexpected Christmas Gift From Old Foe
Merry Christmas, y’all! As Yinzers from around the Steel City tore open presents on Christmas morning, the Pittsburgh Steelers woke up to a holiday gift of their own. Last night, on a frigid Christmas Eve night in Foxborough, the New England Patriots defeated the Denver Broncos in a game that really helped out neither team.…
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How Mason Rudolph Went From Third String Punchline To Christmas Hero
To say that anyone expected the legendary game that Mason Rudolph put together last night would definitely be a stretch. You may have thought about it. You may have hoped for it. You might have even prayed on it. But no one legitimately saw this coming: a 34-11 thrashing of the Cincinnati Bengals, and a…
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Steelers Review, Week 16: Rudolph Saves Christmas
It’s the best Christmas story that one could have possibly wrote. On Christmas Eve Eve, Mason Rudolph comes in and leads the Pittsburgh Steelers to victory over their divisional rival, the Cincinnati Bengals. Rudolph thee red-nosed quarterback has the best performance of any Steelers quarterback since Ben Roethlisberger retired. He became the first Steelers QB…
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Game Of His Life: Nick Kingham
“Game Of His Life” tells the story of Pittsburgh athletes who may not have had the most illustrious, Hall of Fame level careers, but had one absolutely amazing game. In today’s edition, Nick Kingham. Baseball might be the best sport for articles like these to create themselves. With so many games over the course of…
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Analysis: It’s Put Up Or Shut Up Time For George Pickens, But He’ll Need The Steelers’ Help
George Pickens and his work, or rather lack of work on the football field, have dominated the sports new cycle in Pittsburgh this week. He’s far and ahead the biggest story in Pittsburgh this week, which is really saying something over on the North Shore, the Pirates officially re-signed Andrew McCutchen. The crux of the…
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For Mitch Trubisky, History Repeats Itself
History is such a funny thing, ain’t it? Ok, well, maybe football history is, anyways. It’s rare that you can pinpoint exactly one single play where a quarterback lost his job. One single play that determined a quarterback’s fate with his team. And yet, this exact moment has happened twice for Mitch Trubisky. On Monday,…
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“We Want Fleury” Chants Rain Down In Pens Win
For maybe the final time in his National Hockey League career, Marc-Andre Fleury was in town as his Minnesota Wild took on the Pittsburgh Penguins. However, he spent his last trip to his draft city on the bench. In the afternoon before the game, Wild head coach John Hynes announced that Fleury would not be…
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Mike Tomlin Changes Tune On Mason Rudolph, Names Him Starter
In his weekly press conference earlier today, Steelers head coach changed his tune on quarterback Mason Rudolph, saying that he will get the start on Saturday at home against the Cincinnati Bengals. After their 21-18 loss to the New England Patriots, Tomlin staunchly denied any chance that Rudolph could get the nod, saying he would…
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We Live In Our Fears
“We don’t live in our fears.” It’s one of the most famous, or infamous, Tomlin-isms over the course of his time as head coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers. It’s a nice prophecy, but one that has rarely seen the light of day in recent years, and in the domed Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, it…
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Steelers Suffer Three Game Losing Streak For Sixth Consecutive Season
With their soul crushing, likely season ending loss to the Indianapolis Colts, the Steelers lost their third straight game this season. An ugly, horrifying, unacceptable mark for any team that is supposedly in a position to try and win now. But sadly, this is nothing new. In fact, for the sixth year in a row,…
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Steelers Review, Week 15: Indy .500
It’s over. It’s so over. It’s never been more over than it is right now. With their season on the line and their rapidly evaporating playoff spot in jeopardy, the Pittsburgh Steelers put together one of the worst efforts all year long. Alex, are you forgetting about the last two weeks? First off, how could…
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Mitch Trubisky Is Here For A Long Time, Not A Good Time
With Kenny Pickett still out for the foreseeable future, there’s an unquestioned man in charge of the quarterback position in his absence. Unquestioned in the eyes of the coaching staff, at least. In his weekly press conference, which was a day earlier than usual due to the Steelers playing on Saturday this week, head coach…
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Jansen Harkins The Unlikely Hero In Pens’ Historic Shootout Win
Standing at center ice in the 12th round of a shootout between the Pittsburgh Penguins and Montreal Canadiens at Bell Centre, Jansen Harkins was the latest Penguin with a chance to win the game. It had been a while since either team put the puck in the net; the teams exchanged goals in the first…
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THE STREAK IS OVER
They said it could never be done. They said it would never be done. It had been over an entire month. My friends, the power play goal-less drought is OVER. On Tuesday night at PPG Paints Arena, the Penguins hosted the Arizona Coyotes, badly in need of a win. Pittsburgh had dropped five straight games,…
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The Pirates Can Never Have Anything Nice…Ever
The Pirates were just dealt a major blow to their 2024 plans. After already losing starting pitcher Johan Oviedo for the entire 2024 season, they have also now lost catcher and rising star Endy Rodriguez for the entire upcoming season. Yesterday night, the Pirates announced that Rodriguez injured himself while swinging on an at bat…
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The Tommy DeVito Story Is Depressing For The Steelers
As the NFL season marches on, we find ourselves rapidly approaching the end of the season. It’s crunch time for some teams, desperation time for others, and development time for the rest. The NFL aired two different Monday night games last night. In Miami, the fans were stunned as their team suffered a historical collapse…
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Jesse Puljujärvi Provides An Interesting Wrinkle In Struggling Lineup
It wasn’t the big time, franchise altering move that some fans hoped to see after the Penguins dropped back to back games in the state of Florida, but the team did make an addition to the roster in the hopes of kickstarting their depth. Jesse Puljujärvi was signed to a professional tryout with the team,…
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Looking At Steelers Teams That Almost Made The Playoffs
Let’s do something a little different today. With the Steelers constantly takings down to the wire, there’s been plenty of Steelers teams that just barely missed out on the postseason. In the Mike Tomlin era, Pittsburgh has historically always been in the running until the dying moments of the regular season. While that hasn’t often…
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Hornqvist, The Fourth Line, Sullivan, And More: Thoughts From Sunrise
SUNRISE, FL–After a joyous ceremony to honor the legendary career of former Penguin and Panther Patric Hornqvist, Pittsburgh got under way in a crucial game in Florida. Prior to the start of this mini road trip to Tampa Bay and Sunrise, President and General Manager Kyle Dubas said this stretch would be massive in determining…
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Florida Panthers Honor Former Penguin Patric Hornqvist
SUNRISE, FL–The Florida Panthers honored former Penguin and Panther Patric Hornqvist prior to Friday night’s game against the Pittsburgh Penguins at Amerant Arena in Sunrise, Florida. Hornqvist, who finished his career in Florida and just recently retired as a Panther, spent the last three seasons of his NHL career with the team. Injuries heavily limited…
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Penguins Shake Up Depth, Promote Three Players
SUNRISE, FL-In. the latest attempt to get a spark in their lower lines, the Pittsburgh Penguins have called up three players from their American Hockey League affiliate, the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins. Forwards Marc Johnstone, Valterri Puustinen, and Jonathan Gruden have been promoted to the NHL roster. In corresponding moves, the team re-assigned forwards Alex Nylander and…
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Steelers Review, Week 14: The Patriot Act
I can’t believe we are here again. Things have to change. In back to back weeks, a team who had two wins coming into the year came into Pittsburgh in a must-win game for the Steelers, and in back to back weeks, Mike Tomlin’s team loses again. I have never been on the fire Tomlin…
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Mr. Biscuit’s Big Chance
Pittsburgh’s 24-10 loss to the Arizona Cardinals was absolutely brutal. An arrogant, undisciplined, and unprepared team got embarrassed at home to a team that had won 2 games all season prior to Sunday. In the midst of the battle, quarterback Kenny Pickett went down with an ankle injury, and did not return to the game.…
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Pirates Addition Of LHP A Low-Risk, High-Reward Scenario
In the first of (hopefully) several additions to their starting rotation, the Pittsburgh Pirates have added left handed pitcher Marco Gonzales from the Atlanta Braves. Per ESPN’s Jeff Passan, the Braves are also sending cash Pittsburgh’s way to help pay for his $12 million salary. Atlanta acquired Gonzales in a trade on Sunday, but the…
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Pirates Add Pitcher On Minor League Deal
The slow offseason for Major League Baseball continues to drag on, but now with the Winter Meetings taking place, perhaps things will start to pick up a little more. The Pirates were one of the first teams to make a signing at the meetings. Pittsburgh has signed former Atlanta Braves reliever Ben Heller to a…
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Steelers Sign Former Penn State Quarterback
With Kenny Picket out for considerable time, the Pittsburgh Steelers were down to two quarterbacks in the organization. To remedy that, the Steelers have signed former Penn State quarterback Trace McSorley to the team’s practice squad. McSorley is a former sixth round pick by the Baltimore Ravens in 2019. The 28 year old has appeared…
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