1. A NEW ATTITUDE; Steelers offensive line coach Sean Kugler is attempting to forge a new mentality with his linemen, North-South power oriented football. No matter how few snaps the first teamers get, check for the surge at the snap of the ball. If…
It was another hold onto your keester day at camp, but the hitting matched the weather throughout the afternoon practice. While watching internal running Maurkice Pouncey pulled down the line from his guard position and trapped the wang-dang-doodle out of some defensive lineman on the far side…
I think it was in my second year, maybe third in the league, when a young rookie nose tackle from Indiana University Pa. burst onto the scene in training camp. Then Steelers defensive line coach George Perlesgot so excited he couldn’t contain himself and trumpeted loudly before the media,…
There’s three things that every good running game has to have every play of every game to be successful. 1. HAT ON A HAT-You simply cannot afford to turn people loose inside the box. When one player either blows the play mentally, or whiffs…
Craig and the crew are back in the Wolf Pack studios for a weeks worth of upcoming podcasts.
Okay, so 330 pounds of “educated Big Nasty” otherwise known as Willie Colon is out for the season. Couple that with Santonio in New York, and Big Ben is a no-go for at least the first four, if not six games. Yikes! Hunker-Down-Dawg is…
Most Steelers fans are aware that Willie Colon blew out his Achillies tendon this week, and underwent surgery and will miss the entire 2010 season. One of the toughest things for a professional athlete to suffer is a pre-season injury that takes you out…
Power Punch is a term Tunch Ilkin and I adopted for the style of punching we used in pass protection. At my gym, the Martial Arts & Sports Complex, I have trained many a high school, college, and pro offensive linemen in the system….
Coach Noll was all about winning. But not winning at any cost like most of the pseudo-Lombardi types that coached in the 70’s and 80’s. Chuck was a man of principle and integrity, and he led by example. When other coaches would push the…
Hopefully the transition into the draft and OTA’s signifies a change for the Steelers. With the springtime upon us and sunny days ahead it gives the players and coaches the opportunity to put behind them the problems that have beset them thus far this…
Florida Center Maurkice Pouncey became the first Center to be drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers since 1937. There is, as everyone knows, a great lineage of Centers to have played that position over the years for the Steelers. Starting with Mike Webster, Dirt Dawson,…
