Tomorrow night. At FedEx Field. Everyone. Gets. Laid.
Ok so that's a line from PCU (if you haven't seen it you're either only 19 or you are severely deprived), but it does look like the Steelers first team offense and defense are going to get a little more work this weekend than they have the past couple preseason games. At this point, Tomlin is obviously getting close to his final evaluations, trying differnt options at different positions and in different capacities, so we can expect to see some unusual things. Positive unusual things? Who knows. But potentially yes.
Here's a few notes I got from this morning's Post-Gazette report, some related to tomorrow's game, some of just general preseason relevance:
- Possibilities on the O-line:
- Trai Essex at Left Tackle
- Willie Colon at Right Tackle
- Marvin Philip, still has a long way to go to even be included in conversation with Chukky Okobi and Sean Mahan
- Max Starks winning the One For The Other Thumb "Weakest Link" Poll, so far garnering all votes (though only 3 votes have been logged...jagoffs)
- Willie Parker and James "Silverback" Harrison to play...finally. Still no Timmons though.
- Ryan Clark will probably start at Free Safety for the injured Anthony Smith. Also may be holding his ground amidst Smith's bid to overthrow him in the starting role...mixed feelings on that.
- Gary Russell's blocking and maybe pass catching skills will likely be tested, as Tomlin evaluates him for the final roster.
- Walter Young, this one's anybody's guess but Tomlin loves his determination (it's his 4th camp with the Steelers).
- Nate Washington, dropped a couple passes, nothing to lose sleep over and it's certainly not due to lack of confidence.
- Brian St. Pierre, "some teams keep two quarterbacks, some teams keep three...what Brian has done to this point has not been disappointing"...Straight from the horse's mouth.
Plus, here's some other random shit to write home about...sarcasm is thick today:
- Everyone's favorite Sports Illustrated Columnist, Peter King, has posted his "All-Future" team for 2012. Steelers players included - Zero, Steelers Coaches included - One. Yep, King (catching us all by surprise, since he overlooks the Steelers pretty readily) noted Mike Tomlin to be the Dream Team Head Coach of the future. Guess it's not all cobwebs in that noggin' Peter.
- FoxSports.com's Steelers Team Report focuses on the Steelers moving away from Dan Kreider into a non-fullback offense. In doing so, they point out the Carey Davis/John Kuhn factor -- that one or the other will likely make the cut as a tailback/fullback. Guess the end may really be near for Kreider and the Steelers...I'm fighting back my tears...seriously.
- Even the Baltimore Sun is getting in on The Smoking Gun's outing of the Steelers hotel demands the other day...
- More bad news for Cincy...not like I care, we'd beat 'em with Hines Ward playing DE!
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