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The Pittsburgh Steelers have released QB Byron Leftwich. A smart managerial move, as the Steelers use Leftwich’s roster spot to add DE Steve McLendon from the practice squad to replace injured NT Casey Hampton. Leftwich was not expected to be active this week, so the Steelers are playing the numbers game here. Expect the team [...]

Pittsburgh Steelers LT Max Starks (ankle) will miss Sunday’s game against Tennessee. Starks has a good chance to be back from his sprained ankle in Week 3, but for now the Steelers will struggle to protect Dennis Dixon.

Pittsburgh Steelers QB Byron Leftwich (knee) returned to a full practice on Friday. Leftwich may not be active on Sunday, but could go right back into the starting lineup next week if Dennis Dixon struggles against Tennessee. The Steelers coaching staff seemed to prefer Leftwich over Dixon before Leftwich sprained his MCL, so we’re guessing [...]

Pittsburgh Steelers LT Max Starks may not miss any games after it was revealed his ankle injury is not a high ankle sprain as previously reported. Starks has a much less severe low ankle sprain, which he should be able to return from much sooner. Coach Mike Tomlin stated Starks could play this week.

Pittsburgh Steelers LT Max Starks will miss a month with a high ankle sprain. The month timetable puts Starks out until right around the Steelers Week 5 bye, as we first suspected. The Steelers offense will be in rough shape for the next month. They have no proven backups on the roster at tackle.

Pittsburgh Steelers LT Max Starks has been diagnosed with a high ankle sprain, according to Alex Marvez of FOX Sports. With RT Willie Colon already out for the season, the Steelers could be without both starting tackles for at least a few weeks, which is bad news for Dennis Dixon. Colon probably won’t return until [...]

Pittsburgh Steelers RB Rashard Mendenhall ran for a 50-yard score in overtime to lift the team to a 15-9 victory over the Atlanta Falcons. The teams traded field goals all afternoon before Mendenhall broke free to end it. He finished with 120 yards on 22 carries. Roddy white added 13 catches for 111 yards on [...]

Pittsburgh Steelers Offensive Coordinator Bruce Arians stated on Thursday that Rashard Mendenhall will not be substituted out of goal-line packages. Arians contradicts statements made by Coach Mike Tomlin a few days ago that Isaac Redman will be the primary goal-line/short-yardage back. We expect Mendenhall to get a good amount of goal-line work this season, with [...]

Pittsburgh Steelers Coach Mike Tomlin has announced RB Isaac Redman will be his primary goal-line and short-yardage back. Terrible news for Rashard Mendenhall owners. Goal-line backs have a tendency to change as the year goes on, so it’s completely reasonable to expect Mendenhall to regain the job at some point. Still, they don’t call him [...]

Pittsburgh Steelers Coach Mike Tomlin announced that QB Dennis Dixon will start Week 1 against Atlanta. Dixon gets the nod over Charlie Batch, who apparently was considered for the starting job. Dixon offers far more playmaking ability, however, and gives the Steelers their best chance to win until either Byron Leftwich or Ben Roethlisberger returns.