Farrior fined $15,000 for hit on Kerry Collins

The fines keep racking up for the Steelers. Mike Bires of the Beaver County Times Reports that linebacker James Farrior has been fined $15,000 for his hit on Kerry Collins in Sunday night’s game, according to Farriors agent. Collins is believed to have suffered a concussion on the hit.

Post-Green Bay Judgements: Roethlisberger delivers

Roethlisberger saves Steelers *Great players deliver in clutch situations and Ben Roethlisberger did exactly that as the Steelers franchise quarterback threw for a team record 503 yards and saved the Steelers season with a 19 yard game winning touchdown pass to wide receiver Mike Wallace as time expired. Roethlisberger’s heroics against Green Bay was one of the greatest quarterback performances in the history of the game (10th to be exact) as Roethlisberger became the first quarterback to throw for 500-plus yards in a win since Boomer Esiason in 1996. Roethlisberger’s game winning pass has given the Steelers life, after driving the Steelers 86 yards on 11 plays for the Steelers winning score that included a 4th and 7 and 3rd

Wednesday’s Super Bowl Notebook: Steelers became a close group in Tomlin’s 2nd season

Transition is not easy and that was clear when Mike Tomlin was named the Steelers new head coach in 2007. The Steelers got off to a 9-3 start in 07 but some of the team questioned Tomlin’s philosophy because of how attached a lot of the veteran players were to former head coach Bill Cowher. Established veterans like Alan Faneca and Hines Ward were pushing for Russ Grimm to become the Steelers head coach. In Tomin’s first season, he was very hard on his players. The team went through a tough camp and practices were much more intense than they were under Cowher. Mike Tomlin made it known that it was going to be his way and by the end of the 07 season, the

NFL: Tuesday’s Steelers practice report

Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger was at the Steelers facility today and on the practice field but Ben did not practice. Roethlisberger will not practice on Wednesday but he has not been ruled out for practice on Thursday. Very good news on that front. If Roethlisberger were to have a set back next week, the vibe I’m getting is the players are very confident with Leftwich at the helm for a game. Despite the loss to Tennessee in week 16, the Steelers have the swagger they had going into the 2005 playoffs. Mike Tomlin is keeping them very focused on their goal. There’s talk that the Steelers

Polamalu, Farrior and Harrison named to Pro Bowl

Safety Troy Polamalu and Linebacker James Harrison were named to the Pro Bowl as starters. Polamalu leads the league in interceptions with 7 and James Harrison ranks among the top 5 in sacks with 15. James Farrior was selected as a reserve. Farrior leads the Steelers with 112 tackles. Former Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker Joey Porter (17.5 sacks) was selected as a starter and Titans safety Chris Hope who was apart of the Steelers 2005 Super Bowl team was selected as a reserve. Alan Faneca was also named a starter Click Here for the Complete Roster I think Steelers fans will be upset with the Steelers only having 3 selections and I don’t blame them. The New York Jets had 6