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Bironas nails 40-yard FG to lift Titans

CNNSI.com

The Steelers will have to wait for their first road victory of the season. Rob Bironas chipped in a 40-yard field goal as time expired to help Tennessee hold off visiting Pittsburgh 26-23.

ESPN.com

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Thoughts on the Pittsburgh Steelers' 26-23 loss at the Tennessee Titans: What it means: The Steelers (2-3) fell two games back of the division-leading Ravens because they fell short on the road again. This marked the second time they…

CNNSI.com

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Ben Roethlisberger has passed Terry Bradshaw as the Pittsburgh Steelers' career passing leader, and he needed fewer games to reach that mark.

Michael David Smith, profootballtalk.com

The Titans have been blown out in four of their first five games, but tonight against the Steelers they’re playing good football, taking a 13-10 lead into the locker room at halftime. Tennessee kicked two first-quarter field goals, then turned a blocked…

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- A quarter after losing Pro Bowl center Maurkice Pouncey, the Steelers watched right tackle Marcus Gilbert leave with what is believed to be a right ankle injury. Gilbert hurt his ankle on a third-down conversion about five minutes in…

Michael David Smith, profootballtalk.com

Mike Wallace has shown once again why he may be the best deep threat in the NFL. After the Steelers and Titans traded field goals on Thursday night, it was Wallace who gave the Steelers an early lead by catching a deep ball from Ben Roethlisberger and r…

Michael David Smith, profootballtalk.com

With Steelers safety Troy Polamalu out after re-aggravating his calf injury, Will Allen is in tonight’s starting lineup. The Steelers announced that Allen - and not Ryan Mundy, who started the first three games of the season, first in place of startin

Brian McIntyre, yahoo.com

The Pittsburgh Steelers will be without outside linebacker LaMarr Woodley and safety Troy Polamalu, two key members of a defense that ranks fifth in the NFL through five weeks. Woodley injured his hamstring in Sunday's 14-13 win over the Philadelphia Ea…

ESPN.com

Join our ESPN.com NFL experts as they break down the AFC matchup between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Tennessee Titans. Contribute your thoughts and questions beginning at 8:25 p.m. ET. See you there. Countdown Live: Steelers-Titans

ESPN.com

ESPN's KC Joyner has an interesting piece on how the Steelers' offense will improve. It's an Insider article, so you'll need a subscription to read all five of his reasons. But I wanted to touch on two of them: The Steelers' run blocking has been more t…

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A look at some "smart stats" from our friends at ESPN Stats & Information: 0 -- Times that Ben Roethlisberger was sacked Sunday against the Eagles. It's the first time he hasn’t been sacked in a game since Week 17 in 2010. The Steelers are…

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After Rashard Mendenhall ran for 68 yards in his first game of the season, Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger declared, "Our savior is back." Mendenhall, who hadn't played since tearing his ACL on Jan. 1, provided a much-needed boost for …

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As I'm typing this, my arm is really sore. It must from patting myself on the back all week after going 4-0 on my Sunday predictions. I know all will be forgotten once I have a bad week of picks. It's the NFL. It's a "what have you done for me late…

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Greetings from the AFC South stomping grounds. I'm here for Thursday night's game between the Steelers and Titans. Most of the blogs today and tonight will focus on Pittsburgh because it's game day. Consider yourself warned. Time for…

Brian Burke, nytimes.com

What has been holding the Steelers back is their penalty rate. They have a league-worst rate of 0.7 penalty yards per play; the league average is 0.4 yards per play.

Matt Loede, steelersgab.com

Wide receiver REGGIE WAYNE of the Indianapolis Colts, defensive tackle RANDY STARKS of the Miami Dolphins and kicker SHAUN SUISHAM of the Pittsburgh Steelers are the AFC Offensive, Defensive and Special Teams Players of the Week for games played the fif…

Admin, steelerstoday.com

The Pittsburgh Steelers travel to Nashville to face the Tennessee Titans on Thursday night.  The game will be broadcast on NFL Network at 8:20 p.m. I remember when Pittsburgh vs. Tennessee had all of the excitement of a Steelers/Ravens game.  But that w…

Gene Collier, post-gazette.com

NFL's Thursday night games fly in face of safety concerns, among other things.

The Pittsburgh Post, post-gazette.com

The Steelers say a project to add 3,000 seats at Heinz Field for next football season could be in jeopardy.

The Pittsburgh Post, post-gazette.com

Matchups to keep an eye on as you watch the Steelers vs. Titans tonight in Nashville, Tenn.

Ray Fittipaldo, post-gazette.com

You remember Chris Johnson, don't you? He burst onto the NFL scene in 2009 with the fifth 2,000-yard rushing season in league history.