Archives for November 7, 2013

‘”He looked really good, like he hasn’t missed a practice at all,” said receiver T.J. Graham. “Last week he kind of got his feet wet with practice.”‘

‘”I’m kind of a soapbox guy,” Marrone said, “but I do have concerns for it. We have to do a good job and continue to keep pushing to do a better job of how we talk about our game.”‘

‘Overall, however, the Bills rank eighth in the NFL on percentage of conversions on third and 1 or 2, at 68.5 percent. The Bills have converted 24 of 35 in those situations. The league average is 59 percent.’

‘”If you played football in my era, and you played as long as I played,” DeLamielleure told The News on Wednesday night, “there’s a very, very good chance you got CTE. I knew for years I had some issues.”‘

‘”What went on down there was a little too extra and unnecessary,” said wide receiver Stevie Johnson. “We’re all men, I don’t think anyone was trying to directly harm or hurt an individual mentally or physically. But you have to respect a player and I think they missed the respect part.”‘

‘I’ve gone against the Steelers’ defense for a while. I did it when I was obviously with the New York Jets and we had the playoff game there, then when I was with New Orleans and we went to Pittsburgh and competing against Coach (Dick) LeBeau, obviously three or four times. I’ve always had great respect and I’ve always said this publicly, that I think for me, when I was involved heavily with the game-planning that was always one of the most difficult teams we ever had to game plan against. I always thought that their coach did the best job in breaking down protections.’

Steelers embrace mentoring over hazing (Pittsburgh Post Gazette)

Frustrated Brown says benching was right call (Pittsburgh Post Gazette)

Some promotions to consider (Pittsburgh Post Gazette)

Clearly, the plan is not working for the Steelers (Pittsburgh Post Gazette)

Steelers say ‘family atmosphere’ in locker room prevents bullying (Pittsburgh Tribune Review)

Steelers receiver Brown thriving this year amid constant controversy (Pittsburgh Tribune Review)

Questions for Colbert? Please hold (Pittsburgh Tribune Review)

Trouble stopping run leads to other problems (Pittsburgh Tribune Review)

Steelers shocked by Miami bullying story (Beaver County Times)

Polamalu plans to return next season (Beaver County Times)

McLendon at middle of Steelers’ struggling run defense (Washington Observer Reporter)

LeBeau’s fine, but are the safeties? (Uniontown Herald Standard)

Steelers hoping for 2006 replay after 2-6 start (AP)

Steelers Weigh In On Dolphins’ Bullying Controversy (KDKA-TV)

Tale Of The Tape: Buffalo Bills At Pittsburgh Steelers (KDKA-TV)

Players hold themselves accountable for 2-6 (Steelers.com)

Antonio on Tomlin: “I respect what he did” (Steelers.com)

Spence placed on IR, plans to play again (Steelers.com)

3 rookies get schooled (Steelers.com)

Inside the locker room: Ben Roethlisberger (Steelers.com)

Hearing from the Bills (Steelers.com)

‘”He’s the guy that we wanted to be back there, and we’ve got him back there now,” running back Fred Jackson said.’

‘Marrone provided the update after the rookie missed practice Wednesday. Marrone was a little more optimistic about the chances of rookie receiver Marquise Goodwin’s chances of playing after he missed practice with a strained hamstring.’

‘”Turnovers,” coach Doug Marrone said. “It always comes down to that first.”‘

‘”We’re cautious with all the guys that are nicked-up, certainly,” he said. “But unless he has any type of setback throughout the week of practice, he should be ready to go on Sunday.”‘

‘”When they’re off the injury report then I feel they’re fine,” he clarified on Wednesday. “Because the one thing you want to know as a coach, even if the guy has a little bit of something I’d rather put him on the injury report, so this way we could monitor and make sure we watch it. But as soon as someone comes off the injury report, I’m thinking he’s a full-go.”‘

‘”EJ is obviously taking more reps than Thad right now. I just want to make sure I feel comfortable before I come out with a statement. But right now we’re working with both of those guys.”‘

‘Bills on road at Steelers: 1-7.’

”Hey, here is what we are doing well and can improve on, but these are the two areas that are really getting us right now. One of them is obviously the turnovers. We are minus six in the last two games. We are minus three in the last two games, which we haven’t won a game here when you are minus three and not many teams do.’