2009 NFL Kickoff – I’m ready, are you?

The day is almost here.
You know what day….September 10, 2009 – otherwise known as NFL Kickoff Day!
That day we have been anxiously awaiting since February.  Sure, there have been glimmers of fun since Super Bowl Sunday…tweeting the draft and meeting @NFLPRGuy (aka Brian McCarthy) as the NFL finally caught up with the rest of us [...]

Who makes the cut? Pre-season game #1

On a beautiful Thursday night in Pittsburgh, I was able to take Steelerboy (my 13-year-old son) to his first ever NFL game to see the Steelers play the Cardinals in the first pre-season game of the year.
This is a great time of year – where we gear up for regular season play – but also [...]

Training Camp Opening Weekend: Overview

So after a 4+ hour drive to Latrobe early Saturday morning, “Steelerboy” and I drove through the beautiful campus of St. Vincent’s to sit through 2 hours of Steelers practice.  Opening weekend means lots of stretching and basic runs but not a lot of hard hitting – in fact, not even in full pads.
Never the [...]

Who will be the Steelers #3 WR?

This is the Limas Sweed vs Mike Wallace vs Shaun McDonald story.
And one that’s hard to predict without really seeing any of them play in camp, but it’s off-season, I have no more White House adventure stories so I’m going to make a prediction anyway.
First, le’s just say Nate Washington will be missed.  He was [...]

Winning the AFC Championship – 10 yards at a time

Let me open about the AFC Championship game by saying that I do hope Willis McGahee is ok, my prayers go out to him and his family.  That was a tough hit, but not unexpected in a game between the Ravens and Steelers.
So, how do you win BIG games?  Ten yards at a time.  You [...]

Steelergurl's resolutions for 2009

I know it’s a day late but I wanted to quickly run through my 2009 Reslutions as pertaining to my “Stillers,” so here goes…

I promise not to talk badly of the offensive line as long as we have all new people protecting Ben in 2009 and a much better allowed sacks number – jeez.
Speaking of [...]