http://forums.steelersfever.com/ The ultimate Pittsburgh Steelers fan message board. Talk to Steelers fans from around the globe and in your own hometown. en Sat, 04 Feb 2012 08:07:46 GMT vBulletin 15 http://forums.steelersfever.com/images/misc/rss.jpg http://forums.steelersfever.com/ http://forums.steelersfever.com/showthread.php?t=86239&goto=newpost Sat, 04 Feb 2012 06:36:23 GMT By Ed Bouchette, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

INDIANAPOLIS -- Count Joe Greene among those happy to see the Steelers move to change their approach on offense.

"If it doesn't feel good, you have to change it and, basically, it wasn't feeling good," Greene said Friday. "It wasn't feeling good in '09, and it wasn't feeling good in 2011."

Greene, a Hall of Fame defensive tackle chosen the most important player in Steelers history, spent time promoting a new commercial for Procter & Gamble that is a takeoff on his famous Coke commercial 32 years ago which won a Clio.

Greene, a special assistant in the Steelers personnel department since '04, said watching the offense last season was difficult for him.

"I don't like the imbalance," he said in an interview with the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. He implied the Steelers could be playing Sunday in the Super Bowl had there been smarter play-calling on offense.

Steelers president Art Rooney II essentially fired offensive coordinator Bruce Arians when he did not offer him a contract renewal after the season. Monday, the Indianapolis Colts hired Arians as their offensive coordinator.

"I don't disagree with him," Greene said of Rooney's move.

The Steelers offense last season ranked 12th in the NFL in total yards but 21st in points scored. Coach Mike Tomlin has been interviewing candidates for a new offensive coordinator.

Greene said his complaint with the offense did not lie in the ratio of runs to passes but in the lack of commitment to run, especially in obvious situations.

"Look at the teams that are here,'' Greene said of the Super Bowl matchup between the New England Patriots and New York Giants. "There is a method to their madness, there is a system, you can see what they're trying to do.

"When New England played the [Baltimore] Ravens [in the AFC championship game], had they continued trying to throw the football, they would have lost it. They decided they had to run it, but they couldn't line up and show you they were going to run it, they had to look like they were going to throw the pass, and that's when they ran the ball on them. And that allowed them to score a couple touchdowns.

"And the Giants, they run the football pretty good, but they mix in the pass, and they can throw the ball.

"The thing that people don't understand with us, I've heard it said ... 'We want to throw the football because we have all the people.' Well, hell, [in the 1970s], we had Terry Bradshaw, John Stallworth, Lynn Swann; we had Jimmy Smith, we had the tight end. We could throw the ball when we had to, and we could run it when we had to. That's football! You do what you have to do when you have to do it -- run it when you need to, throw it when you need to. It's not all one way. I think that's what we didn't get."

Greene, who attends training camp with the rest of the scouts for at least the first two weeks, said the commitment to run should start there, and he did not see that.

"That means you have to practice it, that's the thing. For 18 years [as an NFL defensive coach], one of the things that I did was draw up the running game for 9 on 7 and for team," Greene said of those practice sessions. "And there is always a weakness in a defense for the run, but you have to be able to look for it. You don't just call the run because you get tired of throwing it or because someone wants you to."

Greene blamed the Steelers loss Nov. 6 to Baltimore on the offense's inability to run the clock with the lead. The Ravens drove 92 yards in the final two minutes to score the winning touchdown with eight seconds left, 23-20. He also noted that, even in the regular-season finale at Cleveland, the Browns were throwing desperation passes with a chance to win at the end, chances Greene believes they would not have had if the offense had used the clock better.

"In our second game against Baltimore, if we play smart football, we're going to be in a position to host the AFC championship game," Greene said. "I just think that we let this opportunity get away."

He has faith, however, that the Steelers will find someone to improve their offense for '12.

"Oh, yeah. The organization is a great organization, and, sometimes, great organizations stub their toes."

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Mean Joe is just a hater. He obviously doesn't know shit about football. :flap: ]]> Pittsburgh Steelers Wallace108 http://forums.steelersfever.com/showthread.php?t=86239 http://forums.steelersfever.com/showthread.php?t=86236&goto=newpost Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:40:05 GMT INDIANAPOLIS -- Victor Cruz, Hakeem Nicks and other New York Giants receivers can't wait to go against the New Englands Patriots' Julian Edelman Sunday in Super Bowl XLVI at Lucas Oil Stadium. And why not? Edelman, wide receiver-return man, also plays in the secondary, a position he's still learning.

Read more... ]]> RSS Feeds Feed Robot http://forums.steelersfever.com/showthread.php?t=86236 http://forums.steelersfever.com/showthread.php?t=86235&goto=newpost Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:40:05 GMT INDIANAPOLIS -- Count Joe Greene among those happy to see the Steelers move to change their approach on offense. "If it doesn't feel good, you have to change it and, basically, it wasn't feeling good," Greene said Friday. "It wasn't feeling good in '09, and it wasn't feeling good in 2011."

Read more... ]]> RSS Feeds Feed Robot http://forums.steelersfever.com/showthread.php?t=86235 http://forums.steelersfever.com/showthread.php?t=86234&goto=newpost Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:40:05 GMT INDIANAPOLIS -- Three decades after his Coke commercial won advertising's version of the Oscar, Joe Greene and his No. 75 Steelers jersey make a comeback in another Super Bowl spot on television. The new commercial relies heavily on the old one, only the Coke bottle has been replaced by a container of Downy Unstopables laundry product.

Read more... ]]> RSS Feeds Feed Robot http://forums.steelersfever.com/showthread.php?t=86234 http://forums.steelersfever.com/showthread.php?t=86232&goto=newpost Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:20:21 GMT Jerome Bettis, a.k.a. The Bus, had just enough fuel in his tank to help carry the Steelers to their fifth Super Bowl victory six years ago. Read more... (http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/sports/steelers/s_779947.html) Jerome Bettis, a.k.a. The Bus, had just enough fuel in his tank to help carry the Steelers to their fifth Super Bowl victory six years ago.

Read more... ]]> RSS Feeds Feed Robot http://forums.steelersfever.com/showthread.php?t=86232 http://forums.steelersfever.com/showthread.php?t=86231&goto=newpost Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:20:21 GMT The odds of one high school sending multiple players to the same Super Bowl are ... well, not even as daunting as having eight NFL players that same season. Read more... (http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/sports/steelers/s_779956.html) The odds of one high school sending multiple players to the same Super Bowl are ... well, not even as daunting as having eight NFL players that same season.

Read more... ]]> RSS Feeds Feed Robot http://forums.steelersfever.com/showthread.php?t=86231 http://forums.steelersfever.com/showthread.php?t=86228&goto=newpost Sat, 04 Feb 2012 04:50:34 GMT 5. Myron Rolle- A standout student and football player at Florida State university, Myron Rolle decided to do something very few people have the discipline to do: he passed up the chance to make millions in the NFL in favor off the opportunity to study at Oxford University in... Read more...... 5. Myron Rolle- A standout student and football player at Florida State university, Myron Rolle decided to do something very few people have the discipline to do: he passed up the chance to make millions in the NFL in favor off the opportunity to study at Oxford University in...

Read more... ]]> RSS Feeds Feed Robot http://forums.steelersfever.com/showthread.php?t=86228 http://forums.steelersfever.com/showthread.php?t=86227&goto=newpost Sat, 04 Feb 2012 04:30:59 GMT About one month after the Pittsburgh Steelers' season ended, longtime wide receiver Hines Ward said he's still determined to return to the team next season.

Read more... ]]> RSS Feeds Feed Robot http://forums.steelersfever.com/showthread.php?t=86227 http://forums.steelersfever.com/showthread.php?t=86224&goto=newpost Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:57:58 GMT I was thinking of ordering a few jerseys online when I found out that Nike will be making the NFL uniforms for 2012. I was searching around and couldn't find anything on when they would be released for sale or when there will be pictures of them. What irritated me though was I found plenty of articles on how nike is pushing hard for major uniform changes. If they want to change the throwbacks that is okay, but they are talking about changing the regular home and away jerseys. Im already not happy that all my jerseys will be out of date, but I really dont like the idea of us changing uniform design. So are the Steelers in charge of their own uniforms or do the uniform manafactures get to make changes? Also, does anybody know where I can find info on when the uniforms are supposed to come out for sale and/or view? ]]> Pittsburgh Steelers tanda10506 http://forums.steelersfever.com/showthread.php?t=86224 http://forums.steelersfever.com/showthread.php?t=86222&goto=newpost Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:49:26 GMT *Brady: I Watched Super Bowl Last Year On Illegal Website* February 3, 2012 12:05 PM http://connecticut.cbslocal.com/2012/02/03/brady-i-watched-super-bowl-last-year-on-illegal-website/ NEW YORK (AP) — With the Super Bowl days away, federal authorities announced a crackdown Thursday on websites... Brady: I Watched Super Bowl Last Year On Illegal Website
February 3, 2012 12:05 PM
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NEW YORK (AP) — With the Super Bowl days away, federal authorities announced a crackdown Thursday on websites that stream unauthorized broadcasts of sports events just hours after New England quarterback Tom Brady told reporters in Indianapolis that he watched last year’s game on an illegal site.

Investigators seized 16 sites and brought criminal charges against a Michigan man who controlled nine of them.

U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara warned sports fans in a release that piracy costs sports leagues and broadcasters millions of dollars, forcing increases in ticket prices and other costs to consumers.

His message came soon after Brady casually mentioned his own use of illegal websites during a news conference staged in preparation for the Super Bowl on Sunday between the New England Patriots and the New York Giants.

“Last year I was rehabbing my foot in Costa Rica, watching the game on an illegal Super Bowl website. And now I’m actually playing in the game. So, it’s pretty cool,” Brady said.

Web operator Yonjo Quiroa, of Comstock Park, Mich., was charged Wednesday with copyright infringement. Prosecutors said he distributed football, basketball and hockey games and wrestling matches.

Quiroa appeared in federal court in Grand Rapids, Mich., on Wednesday. He was held without bail while his immigration status was under review. Larry Phelan, his lawyer, declined to comment.

In court papers, authorities said Quiroa registered nine of the 16 seized domain names in 2010 and 2011 before operating the websites out of his home, collecting profits of at least $13,000 from online merchants who paid him to advertise on the sites.

Authorities said the prosecution was part of a continuing federal effort to target counterfeiting and piracy on the Internet.

Also in Indianapolis, federal authorities said they seized nearly $5 million worth of phony Super Bowl sportswear and merchandise in a nationwide sweep that was the result of a four-month investigation.

Officials from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and U.S. Customs and Border Protection said agents targeted stores, flea markets and street vendors that allegedly sold counterfeit game-related sportswear. Fake jerseys, ball caps, T-shirts, jackets and other souvenirs were among the 42,000 items confiscated in Operation Fake Sweep.

Authorities put the total take at more than $4.8 million, up from $3.7 million last year.

Also seized were counterfeit Major League Baseball, NBA and NHL items worth about $1.6 million.

(© Copyright 2012 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.)

(Exactly what I would expect from this cheating piece of crap. Of course Kraft's lap dog Goodell will ignore it. If it were a Steeler admitting to this Goodell would run them out of the game. - mesa) ]]> NFL Football mesaSteeler http://forums.steelersfever.com/showthread.php?t=86222 http://forums.steelersfever.com/showthread.php?t=86218&goto=newpost Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:00:08 GMT How do we keep our youth football players safe? Read more... (http://www.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/22475988/34683776?source=rss_teams_Pittsburgh_Steelers) How do we keep our youth football players safe?

Read more... ]]> RSS Feeds Feed Robot http://forums.steelersfever.com/showthread.php?t=86218 http://forums.steelersfever.com/showthread.php?t=86216&goto=newpost Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:15:30 GMT Round 1: Mike Adams OT-Ohio State
Cordy Glenn OG-Georgia
Dontari Poe DT-Memphis
Dont'a Hightower ILB-Alabama
Vontaze Burfict ILB-Arizona State
Mark Barron S-Alabama
Round 2:Brandon Washington OG-Miami
Keleche Osemele OG-Iowa State
Kevin Zeitler OG-Wisconsin
Alameda Ta'amu DT-Washington
Audie Cole-ILB-NC State
Brandon Boykin-CB-Georgia
Round 3:Harrison Smith-S-Notre Dame
Ladarius Green-TE-LA-Lafayette
George Iloka-S-Boise State
Brandon Mosley-OT-Auburn
Amini Silatolu-OG-Midwestern State
Round 4:Duke Ihenacho-S-San Jose State
Coryell Judie-CB-Texas A&M
Lucas Nix-OG-Pittsburgh
Akiem Hicks-DT-Regina
Jake Bequett-DE-Arkansas
Nate Potter-OT-Boise State
Emmanuel Acho-OLB-Texas
Round 5:Keith Tandy-CB-West Virginia
Asa Jackson-CB-Cal Poly
Donte Paige-Moss-DE-North Carolina
Matt Reynolds-OT-BYU
Jerry Franklin-ILB-Arkansas
Brandon Taylor-S-LSU
Round 6:Marcel Jones-OT-Nebraska
Chad Diehl-FB-Clemson
Tank Carder-OLB-TCU
Garth Gerhart-C-Arizona State
Nick Provo-TE-Syracuse
Tyrone Crawford-DE-Boise State
Round 7:Nicolas Jean-Baptiste-DT-Baylor
Eddie Pleasant-S-Oregon
Joe Looney-OG-Wake Forest
Cody Johnson-FB-Texas
Levy Ad****-OT-Oklahoma State
Scott Solomon-DE-Rice
Blair Walsh-K-Georgia
Demario Davis-OLB-Arkansas State

Not really sure which way we will go in the draft so i tried to put together a list of players i think the steelers will target round by round in the draft:tt04: ]]> ** The War Room 2012 ** tburhans http://forums.steelersfever.com/showthread.php?t=86216 http://forums.steelersfever.com/showthread.php?t=86215&goto=newpost Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:10:22 GMT INDIANAPOLIS - A seat at the Super Bowl will be a lot easier to come by for many of the fans who couldn't get one last year in Dallas.

Read more... ]]> RSS Feeds Feed Robot http://forums.steelersfever.com/showthread.php?t=86215 http://forums.steelersfever.com/showthread.php?t=86214&goto=newpost Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:10:22 GMT A capsule look at the finalists for the Pro Football Hall of Fame: Read more... (http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/nfl/SIG=12kp0ajdv/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news?slug=capress-fbn_hall_of_fame_capsules-16831318) A capsule look at the finalists for the Pro Football Hall of Fame:

Read more... ]]> RSS Feeds Feed Robot http://forums.steelersfever.com/showthread.php?t=86214 http://forums.steelersfever.com/showthread.php?t=86213&goto=newpost Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:10:22 GMT By BARRY WILNER AP Pro Football Writer Read more... (http://us.rd.yahoo.com/sports/rss/nfl/SIG=11m1227f1/*http%3A//sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news?slug=txhalloffame) By BARRY WILNER AP Pro Football Writer

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