Category Archives: Offseason

LLD: What Latest Opinion Means for Actual Football

Posted on May 17, 2011 by lounge legal dept.

Lounge Legal Department here, with your latest sure-fire cure for insomnia. As I’m sure some of you have read by now, Mike Florio is hyperventilating over at PFT about the latest judicial opinion in a story that basically amounts to … Continue reading →

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Great News: Ike Wants to Stay

Posted on May 11, 2011 by ryan

A few nuggets worth pointing out from this KDKA interview with Ike Taylor, the man that holds the key to the Steelers’ 2011 Super Bowl hopes and dreams. “For sure I would love to retire as a Steeler,” Taylor told … Continue reading →

Posted in 2011 steelers, Free Agency, Offseason | Tagged | 12 Comments

Tiki Has Been Sent to Save the Steelers

Posted on May 5, 2011 by ryan

Waiting for football, preaching to the choir… There’s a better chance the Steelers sign Ike Taylor to the most expensive contract in NFL history, but the New York Post keeps reporting it so it must be true: “Signs Point to … Continue reading →

Posted in 2011 steelers, Offseason | 10 Comments

Captain Pantload Watch: John Harris Can’t Quit Ike

Posted on May 5, 2011 by ryan

The usual disclaimer: apologies to Fire Joe Morgan for hacky-ing up what they did so well. If the NFL labor issues had been resolved last year — like Ike’s contract should have been (see what I did there?) — I … Continue reading →

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Goin’ Deep: Cameron Heyward

Posted on May 4, 2011 by ryan

Reader EasyLikeSundayMorning sent this comment along Tuesday night: “A suggestion for a post: a listing of the best articles, videos, scouting reports, etc. for each of our draft picks. I’m lazy and I assume I’m not the only one.” If … Continue reading →

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Mendenhall Should Make His Twitter Account Private

Posted on May 3, 2011 by ryan

That didn’t take long. Less than 24 hours after Rashard Mendenhall tweets incomprehensibly about Osama bin Laden, there are, predictably, calls for the Steelers to cut him. I didn’t see the tweet until this morning, after reader Israel asked via Twitter … Continue reading →

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Steelers Lounge 2011 NFL Draft Discussion Thread, Day 3

Posted on April 30, 2011 by ryan

Use this thread to talk about and keep up with  – you guessed it — the 2011 NFL Draft. If you missed it, you can read through the Day 1 and Day 2 threads, and while you’re at it, might … Continue reading →

Posted in Draft, Front Office, Offseason | 50 Comments

Lounge Legal Dept.: Sorting Through the Latest Labor News

Posted on April 30, 2011 by lounge legal dept.

Hey, everybody. Ryan here to introduce a new feature: the Lounge Legal Dept. That’s right, we now have our own in-house lawyer. Actually, Jeremy Clark, an attorney and a Steelers fan, has offered up his lawyerin’ skills to help the … Continue reading →

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Steelers Lounge 2011 NFL Draft Discussion Thread, Day 2

Posted on April 29, 2011 by ryan

Use this thread to talk about and keep up with  – you guessed it — the 2011 NFL Draft. If you missed it, read through the first-round discussion thread here, and be sure to check out the first-round live chat … Continue reading →

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Steelers Lounge Podcast #44.1: 1st-Round Recap — Frank Pollard

Posted on April 29, 2011 by ryan

Hey, hey, hey, it’s a Steelers Lounge podcast: We Got Cam Heyward Edition. Because we had nothing better to do in the wee hours Friday morning than to recap watching a bunch of guys in suits talking for four hours. … Continue reading →

Posted in 2011 steelers, Draft, Offseason, Podcast | Tagged | 15 Comments