The Pittsburgh Steelers are one of the original NFL franchises. In the first 39 years of their existence, they made the playoffs just once and were shut out by the Philadelphia Eagles.
Not every free agent pick up works out for the best. How did things work out for the Steelers in 2022? NFL free agency is a curious thing. With players being able to reach a point in their career where they can pick and choose who and for how much they play for, there are bound to be plenty of hits and misses.
The Pro Football Hall of Fame recently released its list of 129 Modern-Era nominees, with several past members of the Pittsburgh Steelers earning a nod: K Gary Anderson, OLB James Harrison, WR Hines Ward, ILB James Farrior, NT Casey Hampton, and OLB Chad Brown.
The AFC North has been known historically for its running backs and pass rushers, at least in the last few decades. Not to be overlooked though is a historically great group of off-ball linebackers who also fit right into that mix, thanks to previous names like Ray Lewis, James Farrior, Andra Davis, and Takeo Spikes […]
The 2004 team was certainly one of the best squads the Pittsburgh Steelers have fielded throughout their history that didn’t quite seal the deal. You surely know the story as well as I do.
New series I’ll briefly kick up over the next couple of weeks. I’m not going to go through an exhaustive list of Kevin Colbert’s free agent signings the way I did his draft picks earlier in the month.
Not everyone believes the Pittsburgh Steelers secured their next franchise quarterback with the addition of Kenny Pickett. Even some Steelers alumni aren't
In the eyes of many modern day Steelers fans, there is and only will be one James Farrior. The former first-round draft pick of the Jets way back in 1997, Farrior is often considered perhaps as the absolute best free-agent acquisition of the Kevin Colbert era.
An NFL career spanning 15 seasons with the New York Jets and Pittsburgh Steelers in which he ammassed 1,440 tackles, 98 tackles for loss, 35.5 sacks, 11
The Pittsburgh Steelers signed LB Myles Jack this offseason after he was released by the Jacksonville Jaguars in a roster-purging play, having a new front office and coaching staff get rid of inflated contracts the previous regime signed to clear the way to add their own players.
Interior offensive lineman James Daniels is exactly the kind of free-agent signing that the Pittsburgh Steelers like to make. Still very young, but also very experienced, he is still writing his story, and I imagine they believe that he has the potential to grow substantially.
When it comes to the history of the linebacker position in Pittsburgh Steelers’ history, it’s a long, illustrious one. Of course, the Steelers have three
More than 65,000 fans braved the elements to pack into an “electric” Heinz Field for the 2008 AFC Championship Game on January 18, 2009 for a classic matchup between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Baltimore Ravens.
Though he wasn’t drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers out of the University of Virginia in 1997 and eventually found his way to Pittsburgh as a free agent that seemingly nobody but the black and gold wanted, Steelers’ Hall of Honor linebacker James Farrior believes to this day that he was always meant to be a […] [[ This is a content summary only.
For nearly a decade, James Farrior was an absolute linchpin in the middle of the vaunted Pittsburgh Steelers’ defense, leading the black and gold to two Super Bowl wins, cementing his status as one of the best linebackers in franchise history, even if he won’t have his bust enshrined in Canton.
James Farrior waited four years in the NFL before heading to the Pittsburgh Steelers in free agency. At the time, it was simply a signing of an inside
Just like the AFC North has been known historically for its running backs and pass rushers, off-ball linebackers also fit right into that mix, thanks to previous names like Ray Lewis, James Farrior, Andra Davis, and Takeo Spikes holding down the middle of AFC North defenses in the early 2000s.
The Pittsburgh Steelers have fielded 42 different defensive players to make it to the Pro Bowl at least once in the Super Bowl Era. How many of these defensive stars can you name?
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