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• Week 5 Injury Updates
• By Bruce Ciskie 10/11/2009 11:00 AM ET
• Whether you're a fantasy player or just a fan, you could very well be looking for updates on injuries around the league as kickoffs approach. FanHouse has you covered, as we'll monitor all this ... More »
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• Rashard Mendenhall: One-Week Wonder, or Sign of Things to Come?
• By Dan Graziano 10/05/2009 3:25 PM ET
• PITTSBURGH -- Mike Tomlin wouldn't play along. Oh, it sounded like a good story. Rashard Mendenhall, the Steelers' young backup running back, was benched in Week 3 because Tomlin didn't think he was ... More »
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• Fantasy Football Running Back Rankings: Version 3.0
• By Matt Snyder 8/14/2009 1:50 PM ET
• As the season nears, FanHouse's fantasy football team decided to put our heads together for another set of updated positional rankings. In this installment, we'll hit up the thoroughbreds. The thing ... More »
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• Handcuffs and Committees: A Fantasy Football Spin on Backfields
• By Matt Snyder 8/11/2009 8:00 AM ET
• For those who may use a different term or are new to fantasy football, "handcuff" is the term used when you own insurance for one of your players in the form of owning his real-life backup. It's ... More »
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• Fantasy Football Running Back Rankings: 2009 Early Version
• By Matt Snyder 6/08/2009 3:00 PM ET
• FanHouse's crack squad of savvy fantasy football personnel put our five heads together and amassed consensus rankings for non-keeper, standard scoring leagues. We'll update as the season gets closer, ... More »
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• With Taylor Gone, MJD's Getting Paid
• By Ryan Wilson 2/17/2009 2:30 PM ET
• For the glass-half-full-types: one beneficiary of the Jaguars' decision to part ways with 11-year veteran Fred Taylor: Maurice Jones-Drew. The diminutive third-year player led the team in rushing last ... More »
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• Don't Get Too Excited Over Santonio
• By Sean Lalley 2/10/2009 9:31 PM ET
• Well, not only is fantasy football long over, but, sadly, now too is the NFL season. However, that sure doesn't mean us diehards have nothing left to do but wait for next season. Nope, now more than ... More »
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• Steelers Offseason Will Be Focused on Planning Ahead
• By JJ Cooper 2/10/2009 8:27 AM ET
• The Steelers have $19 million in cap room with only a talented cornerback and a slew of mediocre or injury-prone linemen heading to free agency. So everything's great, right? Well, take a look at this ... More »
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• Tomlin Is NFL's Renaissance Man
• By Jay Mariotti 2/04/2009 12:05 AM ET
• In a baggy gray sweatshirt, jeans and aviator shades, he looked like one of the players who were celebrating Tuesday in Sixburgh. "What do you say to this?" shouted Mike Tomlin, addressing the ... More »
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• Steel Toes
• By Ryan Wilson 2/01/2009 11:05 PM ET
• After a slow start, Super Bowl XLIII finished with an explosion of big plays, capped by Santonio Holmes' incredible sideline TD grab to give the Steelers the 27-23 win, as well as Pittsburgh's sixth ... More »
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• Anatomy of a Play: Steelers G-Power
• By JJ Cooper 1/30/2009 11:45 AM ET
• No matter how many times you may hear John Madden and Al Michaels say otherwise, the Steelers are no longer a power running team. Jerome Bettis is long gone, and Alan Faneca now pulls to lead runs in ... More »
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• Inside NFL Matchup
• By Michael David Smith 1/29/2009 1:52 PM ET
• TAMPA, Fla. -- The best Super Bowl pregame show on TV comes on at the ungodly hour of 6:30 AM ET on Super Bowl Sunday, but it's worth getting up early (or setting the DVR) to see ESPN's NFL Matchup, ... More »
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• Willie Parker: If Steelers Win the Super Bowl, We Should Get Our Fines Back
• By Michael David Smith 1/26/2009 9:05 AM ET
• Like millions of NFL fans, the men in the Pittsburgh Steelers' locker room have a hard time understanding the way Commissioner Roger Goodell hands down fines. Steelers wide receiver Hines Ward said ... More »
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• Willie Parker: If Steelers Win Super Bowl, We Should Get Our Fines Back
• By Michael David Smith 1/26/2009 9:05 AM ET
• Like millions of NFL fans, the men in the Pittsburgh Steelers' locker room have a hard time understanding the way Commissioner Roger Goodell hands down fines. Steelers wide receiver Hines Ward said ... More »
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• Rashard Mendenhall Gives Steelers More Options in 2009
• By Ryan Wilson 1/21/2009 3:05 PM ET
• The Steelers really didn't have a choice. When Illinois running back Rashard Mendenhall was still on the board 22 picks into the 2008 NFL draft, Pittsburgh pretty much had to take him. Not because ... More »
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• Studs and Duds, Conference Championship: Larry. Fitzgerald.
• By Shane Bacon 1/19/2009 12:00 PM ET
• Each week in the NFL, there are players that impress and players that distress. One week a certain quarterback might toss four touchdowns and run around with his finger in the air while the next he's ... More »
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• Rex Ryan on Chris Johnson: 'He Never Finished the Game for Some Reason'
• By Ryan Wilson 1/15/2009 7:00 PM ET
• On Wednesday, I wondered if the Ravens were intentionally trying to maim Chris Johnson. (Not really, but the provocative headline suggested as much. Lesson learned.) Anyway, I concluded that "the ... More »
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• Studs and Duds, Divisional Weekend: Larry Fitzgerald's Balls Never Dropped
• By Shane Bacon 1/12/2009 12:00 PM ET
• Each week in the NFL, there are players that impress and players that distress. One week a certain quarterback might toss four touchdowns and run around with his finger in the air while the next he's ... More »
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• Willie Parker Returns Just in Time to Help Carry Steelers Over Chargers
• By JJ Cooper 1/11/2009 11:27 PM ET
• Maybe Willie Parker's midseason knee injury will prove to be the key to the Steelers' postseason. If it hadn't been for Parker's injury, the Steelers would have possibly never discovered that Mewelde ... More »
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• Analyzing the Playoffs: Steelers Are a Passing Team by Necessity
• By JJ Cooper 1/08/2009 11:08 AM ET
• If you're a Steelers fan, you're probably wishing that the Steelers would run the ball more. If you're a Steelers fan who is happy with Pittsburgh's run-pass mix, I want to meet you, because you're ... More »
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