Titans tight ends coach Mike Mularkey, a former Steelers player and assistant coach and the former Buffalo Bills head coach, said he shares Noll's philosophies and concepts with his players daily.
...as the Steelers replenish a defense that was one of the NFL's best for a decade but, recently, isn't generating sacks or takeaways, might they be ready for a defensive cultural change? "Mike ...(Tomlin), his strength is a 4-3 team," NFL Network analyst Jamie Dukes said.
...as the Steelers replenish a defense that was one of the NFL's best for a decade but recently isn't generating sacks or takeaways, might they be ready for a defensive cultural change? "Mike ...(Tomlin), his strength is a 4-3 team," NFL Network analyst Jamie Dukes said. A dominating nose tackle who can control the run and occupy interior linemen to create rush lanes for the linebackers is considered a key element of the 3-4, as five-time Pro Bowl lineman Casey Hampton was for a dozen Steelers seasons.
After Noll passed away, Roethlisberger found himself watching over the weekend as the NFL Network replayed some of the Steelers' Super Bowl wins of the Noll era.
Noll wasn't a big name like a Vince Lombardi or instantly recognizable nationally it seems -- even on Saturday, some throughout the NFL spelled his name "Knoll" -- but his coaching helped build the ...Steelers into a worldwide brand name. Harris, who began the turnaround with his Immaculate Reception that produced the first Steelers playoff win in 1972, said it's a testimony to Noll's coaching that his teams won amid a shifting NFL landscape.
To Blount, the Steelers' running back package -- with rookie Dri Archer thrown in as a quasi-receiver/runner -- is preferable to New England's crowded, who's-getting-the-ball-this week backfield.
To Blount, the Steelers' running back package -- with rookie Dri Archer thrown in as a quasi-receiver/runner -- is preferable to New England's crowded, who's-getting-the-ball-this week backfield.
Pouncey, the only center in NFL history to make the Pro Bowl in each of his first three seasons, often is cited by teammates as the leader of an offensive line that includes two first-round picks and ...two second-round picks.
Shazier showed off not only his 4.38-in-the-40 speed, but the kind of rare athleticism that made the Steelers invest a first-round draft pick and $9.5 million in him.
