August 19th, 2011 
Matt Loede 
Posted in Thursday night in front of 55,189, the Steelers played like a team ticked off after their rather ugly outing a week ago against the Washington Redskins. They were hitting on all cylinders all night, as the self-proclaimed “dream team” of the Philadelphia Eagles were no match for the defending AFC Champs as the Steelers won [...]
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Beck Answers the Bell as Redskins Dominate Colts 16-3 in Preseason
John Beck answered Rex Grossman’s challenge. One week after Grossman’s impressive preseason performance, Beck counterpunched by leading the Redskins to four straight scores in the first half in Washington’s 16-3 victory over the Indianapolis Colts on Friday night. Beck and Grossman are fighting to become Washington’s starting quarterback, and after two weeks, the race appears [...]
Gridiron Preseason Preview: Titans at Rams
With their best player still absent from training camp, the Titans make a trip to the Edward Jones Dome on Saturday to take on the Rams in the second preseason game of the 2011 campaign for both teams. The Titans entered new head coach Mike Munchak’s first season saddled with an ongoing controversy, as star [...]
Gridiron Preseason Preview: Chiefs at Ravens
Neither the Ravens nor the Chiefs generated much offense in their first games of the preseason. The two 2010 postseason participants will both be striving for improvement when they get together at M&T Bank Stadium Friday in a rematch of last January’s AFC Wild Card Playoff. Both teams were losers in their first go-around of [...]
Source: Giants DE Umenyiora Out 3-4 Weeks
10 Forced Fumbles In ’10 Good thing the Giants drafted Jason Pierre-Paul last year. Giants sack artist Osi Umenyiora underwent arthroscopic surgery on his knee this morning according to Mike Garafolo of the Newark Star-Ledger. The pass-rushing menace is likely to be sidelined 3-4 weeks. Coach Tom Coughlin said, ”Hopefully it’ll take less time than [...]
Gridiron Preseason Preview: Falcons at Jaguars
The Jaguars expect to have a much improved defense in 2011, though the early returns haven’t been good. The revamped unit hopes to make substantial progress in the team’s second preseason game, which will take place Friday at Everbank Field against the defending NFC South champion Falcons. After finishing near the bottom of nearly every [...]
Gridiron Preseason Preview: Lions at Browns
The Lions and Browns each hope to build off impressive 2011 preseason debuts when the two teams square off Friday at Cleveland Browns Stadium. The Browns got the Pat Shurmur era off to a very good start, with the club outperforming the defending world champion Packers in its first outing under its new head coach. [...]
Gridiron Preseason Preview: Cardinals at Packers
The Packers make their first appearance at Lambeau Field since capturing last season’s Super Bowl title when the reigning world champions host the new-look Cardinals in the second preseason game for both teams of the 2011 campaign. The Packers actually haven’t been on the storied Lambeau turf since the final week of the 2010 regular-season, [...]
