Steelers face Browns this week, and could win

It must be bad memory for the Pittsburgh Steelers when they faced the Cleveland Browns in 2009, when their hopes of winning back-to-back Super Bowl for a third time ended with a late-season swoon. Therefore, Pittsburgh should take good care to face the Cleveland Browns so they can take a step forward to be still the Super Bowl contender. Unfortunately, the Steelers players wore Pittsburgh Steelers jerseys and lost five straight to knock them out of playoff contention, with the last defeat coming on that miserable, windy day in Cleveland.

Of course, weather could be a big problem for the Pittsburgh Steelers as quarterback Ben Roethlisberger, wearing Ben Roethlisberger Steelers jersey, said, “I think we let up a little bit. We got overwhelmed with the weather and thinking that it was going to be an easy game.”

The Pittsburgh Steelers is now playing at 9-3, while the Cleveland Browns is starting with 4-8. Therefore, it’s not hard to see that the chasm between the clubs hasn’t narrowed. All in all, Pittsburgh could win the game.

Hines Ward makes individul sacrifices for team

Wearing Ben Roethlisberger Steelers jersey, the Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger stressed a statement from the coach’s perspective, that players often have to make individual sacrifices for the betterment of the team. And the veteran wide receiver Hines Ward is wearing Hines Ward Steelers jersey and is doing that he is expected in the Pittsburgh Steelers the rest of the season. Wearing Pittsburgh Steelers jerseys, Hines Ward now has reduced role in the field.

“Coach Arians said if you’re a team that’s not doing very good record-wise and you’re not a Super Bowl contender, then you’re fighting for Pro Bowls. For teams that are Super Bowl contenders, you really shouldn’t care about the Pro Bowl. It should be more about Super Bowls. I think we’ve got a locker room full of guys that just care about Super Bowls. That’s what’s most important — sacrificing whatever it might be for the benefit of the team.”

Pittsburgh is not sure which personality they will use

The Pittsburgh Steelers will face one of their biggest rivals, the Baltimore Ravens, this Sunday, as they are sitting at 6-2, the division champions seemingly. However, the Pittsburgh Steelers is not sure which personality they will show off against the Ravens, which remains funny for the public to guess, while the Baltimore Ravens should also respond.

“When you’re doing things like we’re doing, the sky’s the limit for our offense,” Hines Ward wore Hines Ward Steelers jersey and said. “We’ve got playmakers all over the field.”

Of course, it seems to be a common sense for Steelers’ opponents to focus on their passing game and the running backs, which will make them pay. Though Rashard Mendenhall has worn Rashard Mendenhall Steelers jersey and struggled at times, the Steelers are still averaging a healthy 4.4 yards per carry and running effectively when he has to.

After all, Ben Roethlisberger wears Ben Roethlisberger Steelers jersey and looks very much like a quarterback at the peak of his powers.

Steelers’ second weapon: receiving corps

It’s true that Ben Roethlisberger wears Ben Roethlisberger Steelers jersey and is one of the biggest weapons for the Pittsburgh Steelers. Of course, the Steelers are more than just Roethlisberger. The young wide receiving corps is gaining confidence each week, thanks in part to the leadership of Hines Ward who wears Hines Ward Steelers jersey. His career winding down, Ward has made it a point to tutor Wallace, Antonio Brown and Emmanuel Sanders in the finer points of the trade. In all, they have Mike Wallace Steelers jersey, Antonio Brown Steelers jersey and Emmanuel Sanders Steelers jersey in their locker room, which should be one of their most valuable wealth.

“Where in the years past we only had certain guys running certain things and it was easy for teams to key on certain guys, now Mike is running some of the routes that I run and vice versa,” said Ward, who hopes to play against the Ravens after missing last week’s game with a leg injury. “AB is getting underneath and being able to do a lot of different things, and Emmanuel too. When you start to do that it really gets to a defense because they can’t focus on one particular person.”

Mewelde Moore ran the exact same route with Hines Ward

It seems that the Pittsburgh Steelers running back Hines Ward wears Hines Ward Steelers jersey and is irreplaceable for the team before his departure. However, it seems not actual as his new replacement Mewelde Moore did his best Ward impersonation during the team’s first drive last week when against the New England Patriots.

Wearing Mewelde Moore Steelers jersey, Moore lined up split wide left then going in motion as quarterback Ben Roethlisberger wore Ben Roethlisberger Steelers jersey and barked out signals. At the snap Moore slanted toward the middle of the field and Roethlisberger hit him for a 5-yard touchdown pass that served as the springboard for a 25-17 victory.

While three weeks earlier in a win over the Tennessee Titans, Hines Ward wore Pittsburgh Steelers jerseys and ran the exact same route for a touchdown, though Ward threw in an acrobatic leap into the end zone for effect. Moore stayed grounded, mostly because teammate Mike Wallace wore Mike Wallace Steelers jersey and did such an excellent job picking off two New England defenders Moore could just stroll to paydirt.

Ward could be NO.3 quarterback against Ravens

The Steelers are considering whether to dress No. 3 quarterback the guy in Dennis Dixon Steelers jersey for Sunday’s game against Baltimore.

If things go really, really badly, if the Steelers choose to sit Dixon, the Steelers could turn to the guy Hines Ward Steelers jersey at quarterback, who is behind the guy Ben Roethlisberger Steelers jersey and Charlie Batch.

Ward said he has taken snaps and practiced handoffs following recent practices and said Thursday that he will be ready if needed at quarterback against Baltimore. Not that Ward is necessarily very confident in his skills if that possibility should arise.

“I am just taking snaps just in case,” said Ward, who last played quarterback in college. “We don’t have an option right now. I can hand the ball off, but if it comes down to me, we are really in bad shape.”

Well, let’s just hope the Steelers don’t get to that point. Ward played a bit of quarterback for Georgia back in 1995.

Hines Ward is among Steelers four captains

The Steelers signed eight players to their practice squad today and named four team captains for the 2011 season.

The eight players are running back John Clay, tight end/fullback Jamie McCoy, wide receiver Tyler Grisham, offensive tackle Trevis Turner, guard John Malecki, defensive lineman Corbin Bryant, linebacker Mortty Ivy and defensive back Da’Mon Cromartie Smith.

The guy in Ben Roethlisberger Steelers jersey and the guy in Hines Ward Steelers jersey will serve as captains on offense, James Farrior on defense and Arnaz Battle on special teams.

Undrafted free agent tight end Wesyle Saunders survived cut day Saturday and will likely put on Pittsburgh Steelers jerseys next weekend when the defending AFC champions open the season at Baltimore.

The 6-foot-6, 270-pound Saunders hoped to be drafted but his stock took a hit when he was forced to undergo foot surgery. He went undrafted, though the Steelers were impressed enough by his athleticism to take a chance.

 “He’s got a tremendous up-side,” said coach Mike Tomlin. “He didn’t play football a year ago, but all of those were negatives in terms of him being able to show what he’s capable of. So, when you get to this point, we look at where he’s capable of going. By no means is he a finished product.”

Hines Ward and his teammates were filmed as Gotham players

The guy in Hines Ward Steelers jersey was one of 11 Steelers players who were filmed for roles as football players in The Dark Knight Rises — the third installment in Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy. In the scene, according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Hines Ward receives a kickoff and begins to return it before terrorists set off a series of explosions and hold the stadium hostage. Quarterback in Ben Roethlisberger Steelers jersey was also as the quarterback for the Gotham Rogues. The production crew reportedly brought over 10,000 fans into the stadium as extras, and the filming lasted nearly 10 hours. Along with Roethlisberger and Ward, fellow Steelers Willie Colon, Maurkice Pouncey, Mike Wallace, Heath Miller, Aaron Smith, Ryan Clark, Troy Polamalu, James Farrior and Casey Hampton also appear as Gotham players. A few other noticeable Pittsburgh faces make cameos as well. Former Steelers coach Bill Cowher returns to Pittsburgh as head coach of the Rogues, with Steelers director of football operations Kevin Colbert playing his assistant.

Pittsburgh mayor Luke Ravenstahl, who played football at Washington & Jefferson College, also makes an appearance as the kicker for the visiting Rapid City Monuments.