Steelers lose to Ravens in OT, but now in “Attack Mode!”

Last night made me feel a little like a proud mama.  I remember watching tape of Dixon from college and seeing him scramble and run outside the pocket, but in reality, I am not sure what I expected last night.  Maybe it wasn’t a win, but there were a lot of good things about that [...]

Focus on the Future: Play Dixon

So here we are, less than a week before the Steelers play the Ravens on Sunday night and we don’t know who will be leading the team at QB.  Ben’s likely got a concussion and somehow Charlie busted up his wrist.  There’s been talk about bringing Jeff Garcia in, lots of people wish Byron Leftwich [...]

Getting closer to 53: pre-season penalties don’t make for a check in the W column

Despite the rain, and the overall loss, a good time was had by the Steelergurl Family at FedEx field last night.  For the most part Redskins fans did not harass us…and likely because it was about 50/50 black and gold to burgandy and gold. As I stated in my post yesterday, the Redskins handed out [...]

Back up! – Training Camp Preview #3

After spending more than $100 million and winning two Super Bowls with Big Ben, you never really want to think about the need for a back up quarterback. But for the Steelers, we’ve been without the star QB on more than one occasion due to an apendectomy in 2006 and random other injuries since, including [...]

The "Hog" Package….I'm not sure I buy it…

In the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Ed Bouchette talks about the Steelers “Hog” offense but I am not sure I buy it working or creating a big enough gap for Fast Willie to take off….
Here’s what Ed says:
“It’s a version of the old single wing, where the snap goes directly to a running back instead of the [...]