Well it happened, my being busy getting the new Pittsburgh Blitz Community Forums ready to go kept me from posting about day 4 of the Pittsburgh Steelers Training Camp. So today I will post an update on day 4-5 together. Again since I can not be live at camp this article will focus on providing excerpts and links from around the net to those who can.
Day 4-5:
What Steelers Today had to say:
Today marked the fourth day of the Steelers 2009 training camp. The crowd was blessed with great weather, and things are starting to get heated on the field.
The competition between the offense and the defense is starting to show, and several fights broke out today. There was also some non-fight related contact that was harder than necessary.
A couple of players are starting to stand out to me. They are:
Mike Wallace – This kid is a player. He has caught passes along the sideline, made sliding catches, and beaten everybody deep (more than once). Unless the sun explodes, he is going to make the team. He may even shock the world and win the #3 receiver position…..
Pittsburgh Post Gazette:
Steelers’ defense has one goal: Be better
Imagine, if you will, the Steelers’ offense failing in those final few minutes of Super Bowl XLIII and that Arizona actually had pulled out a 23-20 victory.
It would have ranked as the biggest collapse in any Super Bowl. The NFL’s No. 1 defense, a dominating force all season, would have been remembered as blowing a 13-point lead in the final 7 1/2 minutes to lose the Super Bowl.
The gloom would still hang over all of Steelerdom. Instead of playing host to the only six-time Super Bowl champions, Saint Vincent College’s training camp might resemble the old monastery’s cemetery behind Bonaventure Hall on a hill beyond the practice field. Instead of Sixburgh, there would be Sickburgh….
Steelers Notebook: Tomlin offering little information about Stapleton
Offensive lineman Darnell Stapleton continues to watch practices and coach Mike Tomlin continues to shed little light about what is wrong with his second-year starter.
Stapleton has a left knee injury that has kept him from practicing since Sunday. He had at least one MRI (Monday), but Tomlin remains mum about what might be wrong with him.
“No new news with Stapleton,” Tomlin said, and, when asked about him a second time, said, “Again, when I’m ready to talk, we’ll talk about it.”
Stapleton, who started 15 games at right guard through the Super Bowl last season, opened training camp at center for injured Justin Hartwig. Veteran backup tackle/guard Trai Essex has been at right guard and is likely to stay there, no matter what happens with Stapleton.
From Steelers.com:
Sweed making big strides
Making a fashion statement
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