Scouting the Hula Bowl 2023

I spent the past week at UCF for the Hula Bowl and was able to see a number of prospects with my own eyes. There were three practices and there were plenty of standouts and guys who boosted their draft stock. From a Steelers point of view there were a number of prospects who I...

Steelers Draft Class 2021: The Optimistic Pessimist (or Vice-Versa)

When you are obsessed with the draft, spend months evaluating players on tape, and pore over/try to find deep meaning in pro day results… the actual draft results for your team are always disheartening. There is a disappointment when they don’t just choose from among the many players you’d expect but, instead, do things like,...

Browns at Steelers WC Game Recap: 7’s Stages of Grief

THE 7’s STAGES OF GRIEF 1. Shock and denial. This is a state of disbelief and numbed feelings. I knew it, but I didn’t want to believe it. Some of you who go back to the 2005 days at Stillers.com might remember that I had a vision dream that year after they hit 6-3. I saw...

The Fifth Quarter: The Turnpike Trifecta (Steelers-Browns recap)

After a two year hiatus, I’m back for one more post-game article, maybe my last ever. The entire reason for the return was some good playoff mojo. Getting this site’s old gang back together for one final playoff run of the Roethlisberger era. FC with the excellent “Gospel” pregame article and yours truly with the...