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No Polamalu or Woodley for Steelers Thursday night

Darin Gantt, profootballtalk.com

After finally getting a pair of key defenders back last week, the Steelers will be without two this week. The Steelers have ruled safety Troy Polamalu (calf) and linebacker Lamarr Woodley (hamstring) out for Thursday’s game at the Titans, according to t…

Benjamin Hoffman, nytimes.com

Rashard Mendenhall is back, and the Steelers are overjoyed to have him.

Warren Shaw, dimemag.com

It’s easy to see why the Oklahoma City Thunder and Los Angeles Lakers are the prohibited favorites in the Western Conference. Sipping from the Thunder and Lakers sweet and convincing Kool-Aid makes sense given the All-Star and Hall of Fame to-be names o…

Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com

The Vikings didn’t have wide receiver Jerome Simpson at practice on Wednesday, but they don’t expect to be without him much longer than that. Simpson had an MRI after experiencing weakness in his lower left leg during Sunday’s 30-7 win over the Tita…

Matt Loede, titansgab.com

Thursday night a floundering Titans team returns back home to LP Field to play host to the 2-2 Steelers, kicking off week six of the NFL season. The Titans lost in Minnesota Sunday 30-7, and at 1-4 and with allowing 181 points this season, clearly their…

Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com

It has been a long time since we’ve seen the Kenny Britt whose athleticism made him a game-changing wide receiver for the Titans. A serious knee injury, knee surgery, a suspension and a recent ankle issue have combined to keep Britt either out of the li…

Michael David Smith, profootballtalk.com

Titans safety Michael Griffin said last week that he felt like he didn’t know how to play defense in the NFL, because everyone tells you your job is to deliver big hits - right up until the point when the NFL docks your pay for delivering a big hit. W