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POSTED: 6:59 PM October 5, 2014

in Jacksonville, Fla.

If any scoreboard were capable of getting away with a lie, it sure wouldn't be here. Not with the world's two largest scoreboards having just been installed at EverBank Field.

Kovacevic: Why exactly is Tomlin untouchable?

POSTED: 6:22 PM September 28, 2014

Brad Wing's head was buried deep in his stall, both hands draping that surfer-dude hair, maybe even clenching. It was hard to tell. No body part was so much as...

Kovacevic: Real Steelers stand up, stand tall

POSTED: 1:50 AM September 22, 2014

in Charlotte, N.C.

Perhaps it's the patience of a strong safety, perhaps it's his passion for introspection, but Troy Polamalu can be counted upon to be the last to leave the Steelers' locker...

Kovacevic: Never forget that No. 7 is No. 1

POSTED: 3:33 PM September 17, 2014

Marcus Gilbert allowed Elvis Dumervil to get around him. And to go right through him. But on this day, the Steelers' right tackle wasn't allowing anything to slip by.

Kovacevic: Crazy little thing called tackling

POSTED: 3:13 PM September 15, 2014

Well, 'Hm-hah!' as Myron Cope used to exclaim. What did we witness at the Steelers' Monday practice, their first since being obliterated on both sides of the ball in Baltimore?

Kovacevic: Lay this one on Steelers’ … offense?

POSTED: 1:17 AM September 12, 2014

in Baltimore

On one stomach-turning sequence in the Steelers' 26-6 loss to the Ravens, Troy Polamalu, Ike Taylor and Ryan Shazier all whiffed on exquisite chances to take down Steve Smith.

Kovacevic: Roger Goodell thinks you’re stupid

POSTED: 12:18 AM September 11, 2014

in Pittsburgh

Roger Goodell isn't on the verge of being disgraced. He's already disgraced. Let's get that much straight right now, no matter how dulled it might be inside his deluded head.

Kovacevic: Steelers’ solution? Ball so hard

POSTED: 12:40 AM September 10, 2014

To dispense with this right off the top: Neither the Steelers nor the Browns experienced anything especially transformational at halftime Sunday.

Kovacevic: Don’t dare look away from Rice saga

POSTED: 7:43 PM September 8, 2014

in Pittsburgh

They never saw the video. Until Monday, of course, when all of us saw it. They never saw Ray Rice smash his girlfriend in the face with a left hook.

Kovacevic: More Gay, less D-line rotation

POSTED: 1:59 PM September 8, 2014

at Highmark Stadium

One last look at the Steelers’ last game … • Funny, but it at least sounded like Mike Tomlin watched the Cleveland film and came away with the right conclusions...

Kovacevic: Steelers’ defense stuck at signal

POSTED: 6:43 PM September 7, 2014

Those were the Cleveland Bleeping Browns out there. No, check that, those were the Browns with Brian Hoyer at QB not long after carrying clipboards on the South Side.

Kovacevic: Fast start will rev up Steelers’ rebound

POSTED: 6:20 PM September 3, 2014

I keep coming back to the same thought: The cumulative winning percentage of opponents on the 2014 schedule is .469, an eighth-place tie for the NFL's easiest.

Kovacevic: Shamarko, Dri are Steelers’ ‘X’ men

POSTED: 12:01 AM September 2, 2014

The single most significant message the Steelers could possibly take from back-to-back 8-8 seasons is that something's got to change.

Kovacevic: Top 10 takeaways of preseason

POSTED: 3:41 AM August 29, 2014

At 7:33 p.m. Thursday, a helmetless Ben Roethlisberger strode casually to Heinz Field's 50-yard line decal for the coin toss between the Steelers and Panthers.

Kovacevic: What’s so ‘special’ about Jarvis?

POSTED: 9:30 AM August 28, 2014

Jarvis Jones is a special talent, but don’t take my word for it. And don’t trust your eyes. No, just re-roll the tape from the evening of April 25, 2013.

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