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Le'Von Bell Has Learned Lessons From His Suspension

 
Bell looks to move past his suspension. Photo credit :Jason Getz/USA Today Sports


The star running back for the Steelers has grown in knowledge & self responsibility from this suspension.

By: Michael Hanley (@Magic20099)

Steelers Release LeGarrette Blount



Blount now is without an NFL team. Photo credit: Bob Donnan/USA Today Sports

The Steelers have officially said to goodbye to running back LeGarrette Blount today.

By : Michael Hanley

Big Ben Leads Steelers To 43-23 Win Over the Ravens


Big Ben finished with 340 yds passing. Photo Credit: Bill Streicher/USA Today Sports

Ben Roethlisberger threw for six touchdowns as the Steelers defeated their rivals, the Ravens, 43-23  at Heinz Field on Sunday night.

By: Michael Hanley

Pittsburgh Rides Bell to 30-23 Win Over Texans


Bell had 88 yds receiving. Photo Credit: Mark L. Baer/ USA Today Sports 

Le'Veon Bell had 145 yards total, including a touchdown catch that helped the Steelers comeback to beat the Texans 30-23 on Monday night.

By: Michael Hanley

Big Ben, Brown Lead Steelers to 37-19 Thumping of Carolina

Brown stepped up for the Steelers. Photo Credit:Charles LeClaire/ USA Today

Antonio Brown came up with two tremendous touchdown grabs as he sparked the Steelers to a 37-19 blowout win over the Panthers in Charlotte on Sunday night to improve the Steelers to 2-1 on the young season while the Panthers fell to 2-1.

By: Michael Hanley

Ravens Cruise Past the Steelers in Blowout Win

Forsett led a strong run game for Baltimore.  Photo credit: Nick Wass/AP

The Ravens were looking to get back to focusing on the football after a week of turmoil. They did just that as they came up with a big effort to beat the Pittsburgh Steelers 26-6  on Thursday night. Baltimore looked very sharp on both sides of the ball as they notched their first victory of the season.

By: Michael Hanley

NFL: Ranking The 0-2 Teams

by Rodney Fisher
Carolina Panthers take on NY Giants to end
winless season. Photo credit NFL

We are in week 3 of the young NFL season and eight teams have started out 0-2. Two teams were in the playoffs just last season, while others are perennial division favorites that find themselves rebuilding or nursing some critical injuries on their roster. Then again, some of the teams are just that bad.

1. Washington Redskins - You could make the argument that their first two games was an extended preseason, since their best player RGIII has only played in two games back from surgery. The have been blown out the first half of both games, but seem to be able to put up points in the second half.

Super Bowl XLVII Preview

Super Bowl XLVII has history in the making, it matches up the Baltimore Ravens and the San Francisco 49ers. Maybe even more compelling it has the Harbaugh brothers duel. There are plenty of  story lines for this game, Ray Lewis's "last ride", as he is set to retire. Is Joe Flacco really ready for the "big stage" and if the young gun Colin Kaepernick is ready to put himself along with Joe Montana and Steve Young, as 49er quarterback greats. Along with these great story lines, this should be a great game too.

The Baltimore Ravens reached the Super Bowl after

Fantasy Football Midseason Report


by Ryan Henry

We have arrived at the halfway mark of this NFL season, and with it come a number of fantasy football booms and busts. Let’s take a look at what I got wrong, what I got right and who you should be targeting going forward.

Busts

Matthew Stafford has pretty universally disappointed fantasy owners. He went into the season as basically the consensus number 5 quarterback, and many had to spend a second round pick in order to get him. The hype surrounding Stafford was enormous.

Super Bowl XLV Pregame Show-Picks





Our pregame show is now available for download/listen on iTunes or www.blogtalkradio.com/rfsports.

Picks from the show:

  • RF - Packers 28-24
  • Royce - Packers 24-17
  • Ric - Steelers 24-21