Steelers
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3.8KCarter’s Classroom: Chopping at Chiefs’ defense
at Highmark StadiumPOSTED: 1:30 PM September 30, 2016The Chiefs' aggressive defense has to be excited after watching the Steelers' offense flounder last week, but with the return of Le'Veon Bell, things could change.
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4.4KCarter’s Classroom: How frustrated offense lost its way
at Highmark StadiumPOSTED: 3:47 PM September 29, 2016The scoreboard reflected how bad things went when the 34-3 final score, but it won't reflect where the breakdowns occurred throughout the game.
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9.3KKovacevic: A sad, sad Sunday from which we can cull so much
at Highmark StadiumPOSTED: 12:50 AM September 27, 2016No topic moves men and women quite like our own mortality. That's how it always will be. Death is the most terrible of trolls.
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5.0KCarter’s Classroom: Where it all went awry
at Highmark StadiumPOSTED: 11:54 AM September 26, 2016The Steelers put on their worst showing in the Mike Tomlin era Sunday when they were blown away by the Eagles, 34-3. There was no solace to be had in the play...
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10.9KKovacevic: Injuries can’t excuse falling this pathetically flat
in PhiladelphiaPOSTED: 11:05 PM September 25, 2016So, uh, hey, gentlemen, anything to say for yourselves? "We got our butts kicked," Antonio Brown fairly whispered. "We got our butts kicked," Vince Williams offered from a nearby stall.
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3.9KCarter’s Classroom: Eagles’ D won’t back down
at Highmark StadiumPOSTED: 8:26 AM September 23, 2016The talk of the Eagles' season so far has been about their rookie quarterback, Carson Wentz, but the most cohesive part of their team has been the defense.
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5.2KCarter’s Classroom: Subtle pressure works for this defense
at Highmark StadiumPOSTED: 12:01 AM September 22, 2016The Steelers have one sack in their first two games, but that does not mean that they have not gotten after the quarterback. Last Sunday’s performance against the Bengals was a display...
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4.4KCarter’s Classroom: The secret to quieting A.J. Green
at Highmark StadiumPOSTED: 11:59 PM September 20, 2016How did the defense manage to shut down one of the better wide receivers? They stuck to Keith Butler's scheme and played aggressive.
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4.9KCarter’s Classroom: Ben does just enough
at Highmark StadiumPOSTED: 1:05 PM September 19, 2016Ben Roethlisberger has a history of struggling with the Bengals as far as his statistics but not as far as beating them.
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25.9KKovacevic: This victory means almost as much for how it beats up Bengals’ psyche
at Heinz FieldPOSTED: 11:17 PM September 18, 2016Pacman Jones is an idiot. No, really, the man's bona fide brain-dead. "How many yards did he have?" the Bengals' cornerback was snapping late Sunday afternoon.
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11.9KKovacevic: Why Dalton can’t overcome nemesis
at Rooney Sports ComplexPOSTED: 9:44 PM September 17, 2016Two years ago this week in Charlotte, Brett Keisel was describing for me why the Steelers' defensive line had just spent the entire evening rushing and rattling Cam Newton.
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4.4KCarter’s Classroom: O-line imposing will
at Highmark StadiumPOSTED: 7:45 AM September 17, 2016The Steelers dominated their opening matchup with the Redskins in multiple facets of the game, but especially with their running game.
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4.5KCarter’s Classroom: Turn up heat
at Highmark StadiumPOSTED: 1:47 PM September 16, 2016The Steelers-Bengals has grown in recent seasons, partly because of the playoffs, partly because the Bengals have injured Le'Veon Bell and others.
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11.5KKovacevic Young receivers have Ben (and footballs) in their faces
at Rooney Sports ComplexPOSTED: 3:08 AM September 15, 2016"The first pass!" Eli Rogers was marveling in the form of a whispered shout Wednesday afternoon. "The first pass of the season! To me! Can you believe it?"
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7.4KCarter’s Classroom: Splash plays drown Redskins
at Highmark StadiumPOSTED: 5:20 PM September 13, 2016Mike Tomlin’s penchant for press conference mantras is well known after 10 seasons as the Steelers’ coach. Whether he talks about how “iron sharpens iron,” or how “the standard is the...
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27.3KKovacevic: Brash risks demonstrate serious skill, spirit in opener
in Landover, Md.POSTED: 2:13 PM September 13, 2016It was fourth-and-1 at the opponents' 29 and, in spite of a sloppy start for his side, Mike Tomlin opted to go for it. To go for it all, actually.
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13.8KKovacevic: Shazier presents that ‘potential’ variable
in Landover, Md.POSTED: 12:14 AM September 12, 2016"We're only going to go as far as he takes us," Willie Gay, one of the Steelers' four team captains, was telling me the other day on the South Side.