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Brandon Marshall, Plaxico Burress further diva stereotype for WRs - Don Banks - SI.com

TURFgeek — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 00:05:49 -0000

Brandon Marshall, Plaxico Burress further diva stereotype for WRs - Don Banks - SI.com

Makes you grateful for Hines Ward, a true team player. He's mentioned near the end of the article.

Move to Detroit is Larry Foote's bailout - Los Angeles Times

TURFgeek — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 07:24:52 -0000

Move to Detroit is Larry Foote's bailout - Los Angeles Times

Verron Haynes now a Falcon

TURFgeek — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 03:18:47 -0000

Verron Haynes now a Falcon

Rumor: Steelers looking to land Bills' Parrish?

TURFgeek — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 18:04:50 -0000

Rumor: Steelers looking to land Bills' Parrish?

Article states that Gary Russell was dropped to make room for Roscoe Parrish.

Morons 2.0

TURFgeek — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 23:18:29 -0000

I'm tooling around on Facebook, and up pops this ad for yet another sports chat site called Sportsviews. Gee, I wonder why they can't get any Steelers fans?

Free Agency Imperils Fan Loyalty

TURFgeek — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 19:00:32 -0000

Free Agency Imperils Fan Loyalty

ESPN's Len Pasquarelli discusses how all this player movement is unfair to fans. He singles out the Steelers as an exception:

"It's not by mistake that the Steelers, who rely on the draft and developing their own players rather than correcting some other team's problems, are not only the reigning Super Bowl champions but also a franchise that always seems to be in the championship hunt."

Chiefs’ All-Pro guard Waters wants out

TURFgeek — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 18:53:07 -0000

Chiefs’ All-Pro guard Waters wants out

Apparently, Arizona's offensive wunderkind and new KC head coach, Todd Haley, has a tendency to get under the skins of his star players. Perhaps that's a good thing if it results in better play on the field. Perhaps it's an even better thing if the Steelers can get a good deal on an All-Pro guard like Waters.

Holmes Auctions Gloves For Charity

TURFgeek — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 02:03:37 -0000

Holmes Auctions Gloves For Charity

HUGE addition to the running game

TURFgeek — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 05:33:36 -0000

Definitely huge -- whether it's good remains to be seen.

Ryan Powdrell, the fullback from USC, has no statistics in the NFL other than this one: he's 5'11", 250 pounds. I hope this means that Tomlin wants to put the fullback back into our game plan.

Powdrell has barely played in his past three years, dating back to his days at USC. As a junior at USC, he was a linebacker, then switched to fullback his senior year. His first game as a FB came against Arkansas, where he carried only twice for 9 yards, but also caught 4 passes for 72 yards (including a 44 yarder and a short TD). The next game against Nebraska, he broke his ankle in a season ending injury. He hasn't seen playing time since, despite being on the Packers and the Bucs.

Ben Roethlisberger finds a way to win -- at everything

TURFgeek — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 05:14:46 -0000

Ben Roethlisberger finds a way to win -- at everything

L.A. Times profile of Ben