DEJAN KOVACEVIC, DK ON PITTSBURGH SPORTS
PHILADELPHIA — Getting ready for kickoff …
Game: Steelers (1-1) vs. Philadelphia Eagles (0-2), preseason, 7:30 p.m., Lincoln Financial Field
TV, radio: KDKA-TV, NFL Network, 102.5 WDVE
Online: Game Center / Multimedia / Official media notes
UPDATE 7:08 p.m.: The Steelers will dress Le’Veon Bell and LeGarrette Blount. Dressed but not playing: Brett Keisel. Out: Lance Moore, Will Allen, Devin Smith, Shaquille Richardson, Tauren Poole, Will Johnson, Jordan Zumwalt, Greg Warren, Cody Wallace, Eric Waters.
Dejan, if the game is at Heinz, you are in trouble
Is week 3 the most important for the starters?
It is generally the only preseason game where they play a significant amount of time. Watch who plays special teams tonight as well.
Half the players are mad at the Doobie brothers for embarrassing the team and making life a lot tougher for everybody. The other half are mad because they weren’t invited to go “rollin” down McKnight Rd. with them.
I love that name, whoever came up with it. Tremendous.
Doobie Brothers was a Rock Band from 70-80′s era. Great music.
I’m well aware of that PC. That’s why I like the name for these 2 clowns.
“Jesus is Just Alright With Me”
Da da da da dat da da
No way Cheech and Chong doesn’t stick.
Based on the description of the arrest.
(I Do know they are a comedy team from the 70′s whose humor was based around weed. ).
Picture McKnight Road
http://youtu.be/CWxgfTMLtc0
Sorry if this offends
Rosters must be cut down to 75 by 4:00 pm on Tuesday. 15 guys have to go.
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Inactive Tonight due to injury – Will Allen, Lance Moore, Tauren Poole, Eric Waters, Will Johnson, Shaq Richardson, Devin Smith, Cody Wallace, Greg Warren, Jordan Zumwalt.
How many of the listed names will be among the cuts, Milo?
Allen’s in trouble. He needs to get healthy. Moore, Johnson, Wallace & Warren have the team made. The others are iffy at best. Zumwalt needs to get out of the tub too.
Hey Rev, isn’t it nice that the younger folk are so patient in explaining things to us? They’ve never heard the proverb bout sucking eggs!
Just sayin…
Suart
Mike Tomlin was just thanking Chip Kelly for Dennis Dixon & LeGarrette Blunt.
Somewhat lame that the NFL Network announcers are actually in their Los Angeles studios and not at the game.
Can’t even really hear the crowd. Kind of a sanitized broadcast in a sound booth.
It’s like how they sometimes do soccer. Very disconcerting, Reading.
No…its really lame….
But is that any worse than the kdka broadcast. The 4 times per year I have to listen to Bob Pompiani are 4 too many.
Even they don’t go to the pre-season games now.
I just hope Bell doesn’t Bogart the ball.
Predicting Bell averages 4.20 YPC.
In Bell’s current state, he didn’t feel a thing.
Heavy doses of the Doobie Brothers.
Just got his Bell rung…
Pass to Bell on the left hand side.
(Could do this all night, but I’ll stop).
Good stuff Osh!
So, since all the early love, how’s this Justin Brown thing working out ?
Timmons with that burst – beastly hitter once he is in full motion
Wonder if Ed Hochuli could pass a pee test ? Looks pretty ripped for a fortysomething.
Try sixty something.
Really ? I didn’t Google him and after I typed that, I thought he certainly was in his fifties. He’s like an actor.
Not quite, he can still move his facial muscles and show a range of emotions, unlike a lot of Hollywood actors.
This offense is really something.
Jarvis Jones = Huey Richardson.
You’re watching a different game than I am.
JJ looked to get leverage and pressure.
Let me know when he makes a play.
Shady, so smooth. The moment that ball makes contact with his fingertips on that play, it’s six. What a star he’s become.
Ok so looks like we can’t contain the edge. Is that bad?
Wheaton’s effectiveness = Using more of Ravens playbook and designing plays purely to draw pass interference.
Bryant’s been good at that.
Outstanding series there.
Can Steelers get off the field on 3rd downs?
Steelers playing lots of nickel, 2 d-linemen, & the Eagles are just running right at it.
It’s a tough call on whether to watch this game or the every Simpsons ever marathon on FXX. The early seasons were so good, but the marathon continues uninterrupted until 09/01.
Ugh!
Haha! I’ve got arrested adolescence issues, Barb.
Cubs beat the Giants in the completion of tarpgate 2-1.
Yeah Cubbies.
If the constant penalty flags fly in regular season….TV networks won’t be happy.
Used to seeing a lot of penalties in Philly, but this is ridiculous.
Have to agree. Hopefully the flags tone down just a little for the regular season
Get the beard suited up – this time to allowing the QB TOdouble pump is ridiculous -and Will Allen will likely be visited by the Turk by Weds
Will Allen isn’t playing. He might eventually get cut, but he’s not playing.
You are spot on as usually, Milo -I got Pompeani’d by a miscall on a Cortez Allen miscue
I dunno if it’s the routes or the vanilla calls, but ben has no chemistry with his WR.
I said last week, don’t get excited on the 1st team Defense. Buffalo got a lot of yards on 1st Team Defense.
Philly got 180 yds so far with 12:34 remaining in the half. OUCH.
14-0
Ed sure loves his face time.
Tough to watch. No actual plays involved, just watching the refs mark off yards.
It’s laughable. I guess NFL was jealous of MLB’s pace of play. Sheesh. Throw in the asinine call from the apparently vacuous NFLN studios and it’s close to an unwatchable telecast.
The NFL should just simulate the season in the new Madden and accept those results and broadcast the simulations. Might be more exciting to watch the simulated games as there wouldn’t be as many flags.
Franchise QB not exactly sharp. One thing to be off-target. Quite another to misread routes, which has happened at least twice. Now a pick, too.
One thing that I really wish would be addressed is the constant WR getting up and doing the “throw the flag” motion trying to get a call.
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It’s the NFL version of diving in soccer. Both need to go away, asap.
Another one of those nasty grass field injuries.
So far this game looks like the 2013 Steelers to a T. Getting blown off the ball on D, poor coverage, and the base O looks boring/confused.
Good thing this game doesn’t count in the standings.
I’d say the Steelers are doing pretty good, all things considering.
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Ask the Eagles if they’d rather win or possibly have 2 important offensive players hurt for the first game of the season.
So, our performance is measured by how many players get injured for the other team?
Just saying, I don’t think being down on the performance isn’t a big deal. Stay healthy, get some reps for the guys to watch on video and move on.
No. Our performance is measured by how many of our players get hurt.
RT just got steamrolled. Who is that?
My son is 10… he just asked if Joey Porter is still in good enough shape to play. Hmmm …
This nickel scheme is simply not working.
I hope this isn’t our plan against dink and dunk/west coast offense teams.
You mean the kind of offenses that Dick Lebeau defenses have been able to stop for the last 15 years? Remember the year they opened with Pats and Raiders both in prime time. Destroyed!
Yup. Also remember as HC for bungles and his team doing same exact thing to us. Seems like what we do is pseudo prevent defense which as we know…
Think i’d want pass rush as much as possible. Overload a side or up the middle and force extra quick throws.
Halftime snack? Vanilla ice cream…like our defense.
Bell and Blount asked for potato chips. And Funyuns. And some Slim Jim’s. And some Fritos. And some ice cream.
I can’t remember seeing John Norwig. So we’re winning.
Sooo….looking for silver linings…..and…nice that Heath looked sharp. Sooooo, there’s that.
Man, I love 83 but he looks slow.
Two mental mistakes to end the half. Gay faking the blitz with no help on two wr way out left. And Blount coming out of the endzone 8 yards deep. They don’t have to win but look like you’ve played before. This was all 4 preseason games last year.
They ran the ball very effectively. Their problems on offense were Ben/communication with his receivers related.
Beachum getting bull rushed back into ben right off the snap. They got ball back last time but 55 is making it look too easy against beachum.
Have I mentioned that Brad Wing stinks ?
Now time for the Eagles 2nd team offense to embarrass the 1st team defense.
Will Ike have more penalties or tackles this year?
Sean Spence – right knee – won’t return.
Same knee?
No.
Embarrassing
I rushed home to watch my first football of the year just in time to see the beginning of the 2nd half. Should have stayed out.
Jason Worilds – right knee – won’t return.
I missed that – did it look bad?
It was on the sack. He walked off slowly. It’s so hard to tell.
I know what you mean. In my opinion worilds is essential to the stillers running this defense successfully. Hope it is minor.
Embarrassing 24 hours for the entire organization. Poor judgment, poor effort and poor coaching. This teams lacks leadership right now.
Dude I hope Spence’s injury isn’t bad. That guy deserves a better fate. So much talent.
HEATH!
He’s punishing the starters by leaving them in. Or he’s punishing us by leaving them in.
If this is how this team deals with adversity than it may be a looong season.
Yeah, I know it’s pre-season, but pretty pathetic effort. When do the Pirates play again?
Think I’m going to make popcorn for Tomlin’s post game.
The league is considering a pitch count for the officials. There’s concern for their arms.
Chip Kelley seems to have. An offensive clue.
I think the Emperor could really teach the basics like blocking and tackling.
Steelers need a Seal-team experience for “team building”.
Stuart
Darrius Heyward-Bey is moving up the depth chart.
New Steelers logo:
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Nice, did you do the art?
Stuart
Three hempercycloids. Nice.
Get em DK! We want answers!
So, everyone wanted to put Shazier in the Hall ofFame last week–he got manhandled all night. Every tackle was 10-12 yards downfield.
Ike Taylor looked really bad and Cam Thomas is not the answer–bring on the Beard!!!!
Wait Taylor looked bad and that is news? That guy was done two seasons ago, hasn’t been the same since Tebow roasted him in the playiff game.
That was ugly.
wow. To ugly to watch too much of that one. wow, our feature back a stoner. wow, a little discretion would have went a long way. I agree with Coach Tomlin; to take his time and deal with this appropriately.
Man, this is going to be a long ass season if the O can’t score 31+ points per game. No ball control or TOP barrles are going to prevent them from giving up scores and points at an alarming rate.
The only blessing would be that they would HOPEFULLY & FINALLY get rid of DLB!