Posts tagged "Pittsburgh Steelers"

Start the Re-Shaping Process
Written by: Sef Gold
By: Sef Gold Now that the season is officially over, optimistic fans have the opportunity to gleefully cheer each move of their team as the reason why next year’s Super Bowl win is coming. For all of those out there, here is an opinionated update on the AFC North. Steelers: Once again the news out...
ESPN 1250′s Ken Laird Risks Reputation with Arians News
Written by: Chaz
ESPN 1250′s Ken Laird Risks Reputation with Arians News by Chaz Bolte AFCNT.com Writer Yesterday ESPN Radio 1250 AM Pittsburgh personality Ken Laird broke the story that Steelers Offensive Coordinator Bruce Arians would soon be fired. He cited inside sources that told him the personnel move wa...
A Playoff Study
Written by: Sef Gold
By: Sef Gold Throw out regular season records. The next five weeks determine who will be remembered as a Super Bowl Champion. The AFC North sending two teams to the post-season for a second straight year raises an important question. Which division has done the best in the playoffs during the past t...
Another Unsuccessful Title Defense
Written by: Sef Gold
By: Sef Gold During the off-season, Hines Ward took his best shot at becoming a jeweler when he helped design the Super Bowl rings. The jewlery looked great, yet perhaps the better profession to delve in would have been a historian. Similar to their Super Bowl defense a few short years ago, the 2009...
Resting Starters is Always a Gamble
Written by: Sef Gold
By: Sef Gold The past six days have seen almost more media ruckus than the Tiger Woods scandal. A casual fan might have thought Jim Caldwell’s swashbuckling substitutions had prevented the Indianapolis Colts from making the playoffs. The bottom line is that unlike coaching intern Brad Childress, C...
Elusive Tenth Win Leads to Division Title
Written by: Eric Dickhaus
This past Sunday, against the Kansas City Chiefs, the Cincinnati Bengals clinched the AFC North Division with a 17-10 win over the now 3-12 Chiefs.  The clinching win, which has given the Bengals their second 10 win season since the Bengals went to the Super Bowl in 1988 with a 12 win season, stops...
Wild Card Teams Will Have to Earn Their Playoff Berth
Written by: Sef Gold
By: Sef Gold Start spreading the news. The New York Jets were handed a late Christmas gift courtesy of Jim Caldwell. The AFC wild-card race features almost half the teams in the entire conference. With one week to go in the season, only four out of the sixteen squads are eliminated from playoff cont...
Dumb and Dumber
Written by: Alex Hangland
What a waste of an effort Sunday’s game was for the Baltimore Ravens against the Pittsburgh Steelers. The Steelers came into the game red-hot on offense and the Ravens defense held them to just 286 total yards. They also dominated the ground game by a whopping 127-point margin over Pittsburgh. Qua...
Ravens fans hoping for a Purple Christmas
Written by: Marco Romanell
by: Marco Romanell, AFCNT Staff Writer Every rivalry, no matter what sport, is defined by an intense hatred between each of those opponents. No matter how many games each team wins in any season their season is viewed a “success” if they beat the other. When the Ravens and Steelers battle with t...
Save the Biggest for Last
Written by: Sef Gold
By: Sef Gold In the 17-week marathon that is the regular season, the last two games become win or go home scenarios for a handful of teams. When two of these playoff hopefuls are divisional rivals squaring off, the taste of victory is even sweeter. This Sunday, Pittsburgh will once again host a play...
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