I've been reading everywhere that Haden missing this weekend is a definite due to Covid.
The article below it's hard to tell if they really are thinking of having Dobbs active or if they just want to keep the Browns guessing...
Steelers continue to play coy over possible Josh Dobbs deployment vs. Browns
Whether or not they actually intend to use Josh Dobbs as a change-of-pace quarterback during Sunday’s wild-card playoff game, it has become clear that the Pittsburgh Steelers are quite all right with allowing the Cleveland Browns to believe the possibility that they will....
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Subject: Re: Wildcard Weekend - Browns @ Steelers (We got mojo, yes we do. We got mojo, how 'bout you?) Thu Jan 07, 2021 12:24 am
Spillane and Feiler both practicing...
Matt Feiler, Robert Spillane return to practice for Steelers; Tyson Alualu, Vince Williams sit out
Left guard Matt Feiler and inside linebacker Robert Spillane returned to practice Wednesday for the Pittsburgh Steelers, the first step toward their potential return Sunday night against the Cleveland Browns in an AFC wild-card game.
Feiler and Spillane remain on injured reserve, and the Steelers have 21 days to activate them to the 53-man roster.
While they returned to practice, two starters were absent with injuries. Inside linebacker Vince Williams sat with a quadriceps injury, and nose tackle Tyson Alualu did not practice because of an ankle injury. Neither player was mentioned on coach Mike Tomlin’s injury list Tuesday.....
The Steelers finished dead last in the NFL in rushing yards and yards per attempt. Here’s why their offensive line is largely to blame.
After rushing for over 100 yards for five straight games to begin the 2020 season, Pittsburgh’s rushing attack abruptly fell off a cliff. From Week 7 to Week 17, the Steelers managed 100 yards on the ground just once over their final 11 games.
When going back and reviewing the film, there are a number of players we can point the figure at. But while many Steelers fans are claiming we need to take a running back high in the 2021 NFL Draft, that won’t solve the greater issues at hand.
When Ben Roethlisberger was able to pass the ball down the field more effectively earlier in the season, it kept defenses honest and extra defenders out of the box. However, defenses really started to figure this team out after the first quarter of the season.
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Subject: Re: Wildcard Weekend - Browns @ Steelers (We got mojo, yes we do. We got mojo, how 'bout you?) Thu Jan 07, 2021 1:35 pm
No fans allowed this weekend
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Subject: Re: Wildcard Weekend - Browns @ Steelers (We got mojo, yes we do. We got mojo, how 'bout you?) Thu Jan 07, 2021 2:49 pm
Steelers activate Eric Ebron, Cassius Marsh off covid list
Tight end Eric Ebron and reserve linebacker Cassius Marsh were activated off the NFL’s reserve/covid-19 list by the Pittsburgh Steelers on Thursday, clearing the way for each to play in Sunday’s wild-card round playoff game.
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Subject: Re: Wildcard Weekend - Browns @ Steelers (We got mojo, yes we do. We got mojo, how 'bout you?) Thu Jan 07, 2021 3:40 pm
Browns are in rough shape.
To recap: the #Browns barely practiced last week. They haven't yet practiced this week. Every meeting has been virtual, they won't have their head coach (and play-caller) on game day, they'll also be missing the glue of their OL and THIS is how they end a 17-year playoff drought. https://t.co/SX5f890Cla
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Subject: Re: Wildcard Weekend - Browns @ Steelers (We got mojo, yes we do. We got mojo, how 'bout you?) Thu Jan 07, 2021 4:34 pm
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Browns are in rough shape.
To recap: the #Browns barely practiced last week. They haven't yet practiced this week. Every meeting has been virtual, they won't have their head coach (and play-caller) on game day, they'll also be missing the glue of their OL and THIS is how they end a 17-year playoff drought. https://t.co/SX5f890Cla
l'm kind of woohoo about the shape the brown are in then again l'd like to see their players play to make a good game out of this playoff game... shhhh hate for the Steelers play down and lose this game.
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Subject: Re: Wildcard Weekend - Browns @ Steelers (We got mojo, yes we do. We got mojo, how 'bout you?) Thu Jan 07, 2021 4:55 pm
jak341 wrote:
Browns are in rough shape.
To recap: the #Browns barely practiced last week. They haven't yet practiced this week. Every meeting has been virtual, they won't have their head coach (and play-caller) on game day, they'll also be missing the glue of their OL and THIS is how they end a 17-year playoff drought. https://t.co/SX5f890Cla
I've been seeing Browns fans talking some major and idiotic smack. If this Tweet were about the Steelers I'd be very nervous and disgusted.
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Subject: Re: Wildcard Weekend - Browns @ Steelers (We got mojo, yes we do. We got mojo, how 'bout you?) Thu Jan 07, 2021 8:59 pm
jak341 wrote:
Browns are in rough shape.
To recap: the #Browns barely practiced last week. They haven't yet practiced this week. Every meeting has been virtual, they won't have their head coach (and play-caller) on game day, they'll also be missing the glue of their OL and THIS is how they end a 17-year playoff drought. https://t.co/SX5f890Cla
Thanks for posting. I loved Donnie Shell when I was a kid. He always seem to come up with the key INT just when we needed it. So glad he made the Hall.
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Subject: Re: Wildcard Weekend - Browns @ Steelers (We got mojo, yes we do. We got mojo, how 'bout you?) Fri Jan 08, 2021 12:33 am
CBS Playoff brackets. They predict we make it to AFC CG:
I'll go on record. If the Steelers play as they did in the 2nd half of the Colts game, good chance we win. If we play as we did in the 1st half of the Bengals game, we lose badly.
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Subject: Re: Wildcard Weekend - Browns @ Steelers (We got mojo, yes we do. We got mojo, how 'bout you?) Fri Jan 08, 2021 8:42 am
Subject: Re: Wildcard Weekend - Browns @ Steelers (We got mojo, yes we do. We got mojo, how 'bout you?) Fri Jan 08, 2021 2:00 pm
Master_Of_Puppets wrote:
it all depends on which Ben shows up.
Agreed, that an average to better Ben should mean business. We can't have the really bad play from Ben or the receivers we were seeing at the end of the season. I'm encourage that the receivers played well last week (even though there were a handful of missed routes).
There are two things the Steelers can do to win even if Ben isn't special:
If the Steelers D stops the run, they win. I think the Browns ran for 192 yards (or something like that) last week. You would think with the starters back, they can reduce that and the Browns are missing their best O-lineman.
If Pittsburgh can run for over 100 yards, they win. Cleveland is ripe to get run all over. Their LBs are not that great, and they are missing their second best D-lineman. The Steelers ran well in the first game and should be able to pound it this week. Connor should be as healthy as he's been all year, feed that guy!
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Subject: Re: Wildcard Weekend - Browns @ Steelers (We got mojo, yes we do. We got mojo, how 'bout you?) Sat Jan 09, 2021 2:19 am
Steelers...playoffs...I am ready to go. Wish the game was Saturday.
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Subject: Re: Wildcard Weekend - Browns @ Steelers (We got mojo, yes we do. We got mojo, how 'bout you?) Sat Jan 09, 2021 3:58 am
Chris Boswell, Vince Williams, all other injured Steelers players cleared to play Sunday
Talk about good timing. For the first time since September, the Pittsburgh Steelers ended a practice week with a clean injury report. According to Friday’s league-mandated release, none of the players on the active roster will be prevented from playing in Sunday’s scheduled playoff opener because of injury.
Thanks for posting. I loved Donnie Shell when I was a kid. He always seem to come up with the key INT just when we needed it. So glad he made the Hall.
Not to mention as John Madden would say 'he can put a slobberknocker on you"
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Subject: Re: Wildcard Weekend - Browns @ Steelers (We got mojo, yes we do. We got mojo, how 'bout you?) Sat Jan 09, 2021 9:52 am
Thanks for posting. I loved Donnie Shell when I was a kid. He always seem to come up with the key INT just when we needed it. So glad he made the Hall.
Not to mention as John Madden would say 'he can put a slobberknocker on you"
knock the snot out of them.
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Subject: Re: Wildcard Weekend - Browns @ Steelers (We got mojo, yes we do. We got mojo, how 'bout you?) Sat Jan 09, 2021 11:11 am
Browns still haven't had practice.
#Browns , like every other day this week, are awaiting results of their rapid testing before they can get in HQ. The hope is they can still have the extended walkthrough/mock game Kevin Stefanski referred to yesterday before getting on the plane to Pittsburgh.
and lose this game.
