By Bob Smizik | Monday, 12:15 a.m. I haven’t done the research, but it’s entirely possible that in the era of NFL free agency no team has been better equipped to repeat as Super Bowl champion than the Steelers. It’s an NFL tradition that lesser teams regularly pick off the best talent...
By Bob Smizik | Monday, 12:45 a.m. It would be an exaggeration to say everyone and his brother has a mock draft posted on the Internet. But not by all that much. Hundreds, if not thousands, feel the need to go public with a prediction on what will happen when the NFL sits down to the ultra-serious business...
By Bob Smizik | Friday, 12:30 a.m. A year after having the toughest schedule in the NFL, and still winning the Super Bowl, the Steelers face a considerably less daunting list of opponents this season. What's not to like about a schedule that has two games with Cleveland and Cincinnati and also includes...
By Bob Smizik | Friday, 5:30 p.m. Who would have thought, say, 10 weeks ago that the high probability of keeping the team’s offensive line together for another season would be greeted with massive sighs of relief across the Steeler Nation? But that’s the case today. The widely ridiculed group...
By Bob Smizik | Posted at 10:05 a.m. Mike Tomlin says he wants no talk of repeat, but with all due respect to the coach that’s the subject today. Under any circumstances it is difficult to repeat as Super Bowl champion. One injury, one off-year by a key player or a couple of bad bounces can turn...