Tomlin: Ryan Clark Won't Play in Denver, Anthony Madison Signed To Replace Rashard Mendenhall
by Neal Coolong on Jan 3, 2012 1:51 PM EST
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PrintThe injuries are piling up as if the Steelers are playing in Charming, California. Steelers coach Mike Tomlin announced Tuesday FS and team's leading tackler Ryan Clark will not play Sunday in Denver as a result of a blood disorder that nearly cost Clark his life the last time he played there.
The ailment was aggravated in the high altitude of Denver, and he ended up losing his spleen and gall bladder in 2007. He did not play when Pittsburgh traveled there in 2009.
Questions have been flying around about what the Steelers would do in the event of a road playoff game against the Broncos. Tomlin said it was "an easy decision," and Ryan Mundy would replace him.
Mundy has filled in at both safety positions this season, most notably, in the absence of SS Troy Polamalu. While Clark typically plays more of the strong safety position in Polamalu's absence, Mundy stepped in with nine tackles in a tough defensive game.
RB Rashard Mendenhall was officially placed on injured-reserve Tuesday, and the Steelers signed veteran CB Anthony Madison to take his place. Madison was on last year's AFC Championship team, but wasn't re-signed this off-season. He signed with Detroit, but was released, re-signed and released again by the end of November. He's spent the vast majority of his six-year career with the Steelers.
The decision to sign a defensive back instead of a running back suggests RB Mewelde Moore will be ready to play Sunday, and will likely be the second RB behind Isaac Redman.
It also suggests the injuries to CB Keenan Lewis (hamstring) and Cortez Allen (shoulder) could be problematic. Denver is not a strong passing team, and Pittsburgh likely will be able to contain Denver's feast-or-famine passing attack.
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Obviously I prefer Clark over Mundy and a healthy Mendy
But I’m ok with these two this week. I smell a power run game this week in Denver. I’m more concerned about Allen and Lewis being healthy for the playoffs.
No kidding.
We need Allen and Lewis back badly. Correct me if I’m wrong, but didn’t both match up/play very well vs New England?
I certainly hope that this team can beat the Doncos w/o Clark
"In football, there are football players and there are footballs. A lot of times in football, a football player will be running with a football, and a lot of times, he carries the football into the end zone. Now, when a football player running with a football takes that football into the end zone, boom! It's a touchdown." - Anthony DeFeo
Did you see Tebow's stats Sunday?
6 for 22 for 60 yards and an INT for a QB rating of 20.6 He also ran 6 times for 16 yards. The week before his rating was 37.9. He’s thrown 2 and a half times more INTs (5) than he has TDs (2) in the last month.
If we can’t beat this team without Clark, we don’t deserve to move on.
"I think the beard will decide when the time is right to come back. It will know when the time is right and all of a sudden appear." -The Deisel
has there been a worse performance?
"I think the beard will decide when the time is right to come back. It will know when the time is right and all of a sudden appear." -The Deisel
If we get up early, Denver is done. We have to make them try to win on that candy ass arm.
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by John Stephens on Jan 3, 2012 2:33 PM EST up reply actions
yep
Force their QB to throw….lol
"I think the beard will decide when the time is right to come back. It will know when the time is right and all of a sudden appear." -The Deisel
Agree but how the hell do we get up early?
We have 1 TD in BB’s last 2 games he’s played in
Throw it deep.
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by John Stephens on Jan 3, 2012 2:52 PM EST up reply actions
Agree
This is not the game where we have to consume time of the clock to keep the opposing offenses off the field. We have to score quick TDs, get ahead by at least 14 points.
"He had no teeth, and he was slobbering all over himself. I'm thinking, 'You can have your money back, just get me out of here. Let me go be an accountant." I can't tell you how badly I wanted out of there."
- Denver rookie QB John Elway, on Jack Lambert, after Lambert and the Steelers knocked Elway out of his first game as a pro (1983).
by Han on Jan 3, 2012 3:08 PM EST up reply actions
Whats the weather like in Denver sunday night?
I love the Steelers.
by tannofsteel84 on Jan 3, 2012 3:15 PM EST up reply actions
Not bad, cold but not bad
30 degrees winds at 7mph and mostly clear, oh yea we can go deep….. TWHS
I love the Steelers.
by tannofsteel84 on Jan 3, 2012 3:18 PM EST up reply actions
oh yea we can go deep….. TWHS
:o I’m shocked!
"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty." - Winston Churchill
you shouldn't be
we have the talent and the strategy. :)
I love the Steelers.
by tannofsteel84 on Jan 3, 2012 3:28 PM EST up reply actions
lol
"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty." - Winston Churchill
Well, to be fair to BA, which I rarely am....
BB being hobbled has limited the play action
accurately
"I believe the game is designed to reward the ones who hit the hardest. If you can't take it, you shouldn't play." Jack Lambert.
"Now that I'm here, I don't want to just be here, I want to be here for a long time." Hines Ward, 1998 4th round draft pick.
"Chuck Noll is building one hell of a football team up in Pittsburgh. I look for the Steelers to be the team of the future. Just remember I said that."
- - - Immortal Packers coach Vince Lombardi in 1970, two years before the Steelers even made the playoffs under Noll
by HtownSteelerFan on Jan 3, 2012 9:30 PM EST up reply actions
Almost every year there have been upsets, especially in the Wild Card. The only game we have this year with an upset potential is Steelers vs Broncos.
All the more reason to try to score fast and early.
"He had no teeth, and he was slobbering all over himself. I'm thinking, 'You can have your money back, just get me out of here. Let me go be an accountant." I can't tell you how badly I wanted out of there."
- Denver rookie QB John Elway, on Jack Lambert, after Lambert and the Steelers knocked Elway out of his first game as a pro (1983).
by Han on Jan 3, 2012 3:33 PM EST up reply actions
I think every WC game could be an upset (i.e. Away over Home).
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by John Stephens on Jan 3, 2012 3:34 PM EST up reply actions
I did not mean that way
More like Seattle beating NO last year.
"He had no teeth, and he was slobbering all over himself. I'm thinking, 'You can have your money back, just get me out of here. Let me go be an accountant." I can't tell you how badly I wanted out of there."
- Denver rookie QB John Elway, on Jack Lambert, after Lambert and the Steelers knocked Elway out of his first game as a pro (1983).
by Han on Jan 3, 2012 3:40 PM EST up reply actions
Gotcha. We’re the only team playing someone who is less talented than other teams that didn’t get in.
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by John Stephens on Jan 3, 2012 3:47 PM EST up reply actions
The decision to get Madison was more because we have no healthy ST gunner
Allen is doubtful and we know Brown is on IR.
I think Tomlin just realizes we are in a bad position at RB and there isn’t much we can do, but play the cards we have. Moore is still questionable and I very highly doubt he will be at even 75% for this game.
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Hope we don't need a gunner...
Kickoffs should go 4 rows into the stands in Denver, and with the “new and improved” Kapinos, he should be able to put ice on the ball as it reaches the upper atmosphere. Would be nice if he did not have to punt at all. So, Madison is sitting at home (watching NFL Network) after being cut twice by the Lions (how’s his ego doing?) and next thing you know…his phone rings and he’s in the playoffs. Sweet.
"The standard is the standard." Mike Tomlin
The standard for Steeler football is #58. Me
by The 58 Standard on Jan 3, 2012 3:44 PM EST up reply actions
We are punch drunk going into the playoffs
Sucks hard wish we had just one year where we didn’t have to worry about injuries.
I love the Steelers.
It's not Steeler football...
if they are not dealing with some sort of adversity…love playoff time!!
by Bradhaw's index finger on Jan 3, 2012 2:49 PM EST up reply actions
Not an excuse
Everybody has injuries this time of the year
Pittsburgh Steelers fan - nuff said.
Miami Hurricanes fan - nuff said.
Georgetown Hoyas fan - nuff said.
Cleveland Cavaliers fan - um yeah, about that...
by StoneColdSteel on Jan 3, 2012 3:33 PM EST up reply actions
Not an excuse just a statement.... :P
I love the Steelers.
by tannofsteel84 on Jan 3, 2012 3:53 PM EST up reply actions
This was the right call
I applaud Coach Tomlin for making the right decision and putting the issue to rest so the team can focus on beating the Broncos. It was the right call, no question about it. Now get ready for 50+ running plays coming at the defense….
Good news
Jim Wexell just twitted me the best news today : Keenan Lewis’ hammy was MRI’d, it has no damage, and he will play sunday. Madison is being brought in just as a gunner, since we lost Curtis Brown.
Dick, what would Woody (Hayes) say to you now: "He'd say, 'LeBeau, get your hair cut.'"
Yeah and since Cortez Allen is banged up.
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by John Stephens on Jan 3, 2012 2:53 PM EST up reply actions
NOW FOR THE GOOD NEWS
Happy Birthday Mike Bean! I didn’t have enough words for a fanpost and Fanshot wouldn’t get enough views!
"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty." - Winston Churchill
The distinguished Mr Bean has a birthday today?
United we Stand, melded like Steel
To Roger Goodell, We'll never Yield.
Happy Birthday
with full choral effects.
"If you're not getting better, I don't care what business you're in, you're a dead man. I try to look critically at the mistakes that I make and try to learn from them, like our team does." - Mike Tomlin
by Rebecca Rollett on Jan 4, 2012 5:01 PM EST up reply actions
Changing the topic. So,
Am I the only one who would rather see the Ravens in the SB instead of the Patriots? This is of course assuming that the Steelers won’t make it. Not being a jerk but with so many injuries I find it hard to think otherwise.
"He had no teeth, and he was slobbering all over himself. I'm thinking, 'You can have your money back, just get me out of here. Let me go be an accountant." I can't tell you how badly I wanted out of there."
- Denver rookie QB John Elway, on Jack Lambert, after Lambert and the Steelers knocked Elway out of his first game as a pro (1983).
Me
I want to see them get steam rolled by Green Bay or New Orleans
I love the Steelers.
by tannofsteel84 on Jan 3, 2012 3:54 PM EST up reply actions
I'll suffer another visit by the Patsies to the Super Bowl....
…I’ll even undergo a colonoscopy with a drywall saw before I EVER want to see the Ratbirds in the Super Bowl.
United we Stand, melded like Steel
To Roger Goodell, We'll never Yield.
by PaVaSteeler on Jan 3, 2012 4:20 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Lordy, lordy,
that was WAY too vivid an image, PaVa! Funny, though : )
"If you're not getting better, I don't care what business you're in, you're a dead man. I try to look critically at the mistakes that I make and try to learn from them, like our team does." - Mike Tomlin
by Rebecca Rollett on Jan 4, 2012 5:00 PM EST up reply actions
good lord
I can’t sit down now
I love the Steelers.
by tannofsteel84 on Jan 5, 2012 11:02 AM EST up reply actions
uhhhhhhhh
I’ll leave that one alone. doh!
"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty." - Winston Churchill
No
As a Steelers fans, I would rather see the Ravens in the SB over the Pats. I would also root for the ravens in the Super Bowl against the Saints and the Packers.
As a Steelers fan, you will NEVER root for the Ravens to win in a game that does not benefit Pittsburgh in any way.
I would but only against the Patriots
Actually I would root for anyone who is playing against the Patriots. The Patriots losing is just next to the Steelers winning in terms of my NFL priorities.
"He had no teeth, and he was slobbering all over himself. I'm thinking, 'You can have your money back, just get me out of here. Let me go be an accountant." I can't tell you how badly I wanted out of there."
- Denver rookie QB John Elway, on Jack Lambert, after Lambert and the Steelers knocked Elway out of his first game as a pro (1983).
by Han on Jan 3, 2012 6:34 PM EST up reply actions
I’ll root for the Ravens against the Patriots and the Packers. I’ll root for the Saints against the Ravens. I’ll root for the Packers or the Saints against the Patriots
No real need to mention any other teams because it is going to be either the Packers or the Saints against either the Steelers, Patriots, or Ravens
you'd root for the ravens against the packers
in the super bowl? Why world Why?
I love the Steelers.
by tannofsteel84 on Jan 3, 2012 8:49 PM EST up reply actions
AFC North
I’d rather see the Ravens win one than the Pats. Rather not have an offseason that consists of people talking nonstop about both Brady and Tebow.
Pittsburgh Steelers fan - nuff said.
Miami Hurricanes fan - nuff said.
Georgetown Hoyas fan - nuff said.
Cleveland Cavaliers fan - um yeah, about that...
by StoneColdSteel on Jan 3, 2012 11:59 PM EST up reply actions
Nah
last thing I need is those stupid ravens fans bragging about how they got a SB, I’d rather the Saints and Green bay get 2 more before the ravens get one.\
I love the Steelers.
by tannofsteel84 on Jan 4, 2012 12:28 AM EST up reply actions
Ravens would be last on my list of teams I’d want to win the SB if the Steelers aren’t in it. Followed closely by the Pats
And Niners just ahead of the Ratbirds...
…so we don’t have to hear Younger Whinebaugh brag about how he got the Niners tied with Steelers for most Lombardis.
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What about Woodley?
I’ve seen a lot of posts proclaiming how awesome it will be to have Woods back and Harrison in Denver, but is he really going to be fully healthy? And do we want him to re-injure himself in a game that should be very winnable without him?
Is there anyone else who thinks it might be a good idea to give Woodley another week of rest?
Would prefer a 100% Worilds
To a 75% Woodley.
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by The 58 Standard on Jan 3, 2012 3:45 PM EST up reply actions
I wouldn’t. Worilds is a liability in run support and that’s all that the Broncos do well.
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by John Stephens on Jan 3, 2012 3:48 PM EST up reply actions
+1
Actually I’d give Mortty Ivy a shot before I’d put Worilds in against the Broncos. Might be a stretch, but I’d trust him better at the point of attack on that edge. Can’t bear to watch Worilds pass rushing himself out of gap control on a run play anymore.
Dick, what would Woody (Hayes) say to you now: "He'd say, 'LeBeau, get your hair cut.'"
Isn't Ivy an ILB
Players who should be in the Hall of Fame: Pat TIllman, Dwight White, Donnie Shell, L.C. Greenwood, Ray Guy, Steve Tasker, Jack Butler, Greg Lloyd, Andy Russell, Cris Carter, Kevin Greene, Curtis Martin, Willie Roaf, Andre Reed and Jerry Kramer
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by WVPiratesfan on Jan 4, 2012 11:09 AM EST up reply actions
He is
But remember when James Harrison used to be the 5th LB and could fill in anywhere? These things happen. I’m not saying he’s going to be it, but Ivy was the best linebacker in camp at times like Deebo used to do, he’s also a physical, explosive guy that has bounced around some but could find a niche. I’m just sayin’, might be worth a shot. Can’t possibly be much worse against the run (and in coverage) than Worilds.
Dick, what would Woody (Hayes) say to you now: "He'd say, 'LeBeau, get your hair cut.'"
I'd take 75 percent of Woodley to 100 percent of Worilds anytime ...
One is an All-Pro; the other is a special teams player and backup.
by datruth4life2.0 on Jan 3, 2012 3:49 PM EST up reply actions
Whenever you strain your hammy, you aren't going to be 100% for the rest of the season
It’ll get better, but he wont be 100% until the offseason.
Pittsburgh Steelers fan - nuff said.
Miami Hurricanes fan - nuff said.
Georgetown Hoyas fan - nuff said.
Cleveland Cavaliers fan - um yeah, about that...
by StoneColdSteel on Jan 3, 2012 4:12 PM EST up reply actions
And...
coming back too soon could lay him up for the next round of playoffs where we will really need him. He came back a couple weeks ago, and look what happened. We must beat Denver with our #1 D, with or without 56, and will do it with some offense that puts up points.
"The standard is the standard." Mike Tomlin
The standard for Steeler football is #58. Me
by The 58 Standard on Jan 3, 2012 5:02 PM EST up reply actions
It's playoff time, if a player can play, he plays ...
No saving him for the next game. Woodley will have all offseason to rehab if the Steelers don’t win this game. Let’s not downplay the havoc that Dumerville and Von Miller can cause against our OL. Everyone had the Steelers blowing out the Colts earlier this year with Manning until Freeney and Mathis just destroyed our OL. Let’s no fall for the okey-doke, people. The Steelers better be ready to play this weekend or they’ll be sent home with an L.
Agreed
Freeney and Mathis had a field day against our o-line and I feel that the same thing can happen against Denver if we aren’t careful
by LaytheWoodson26 on Jan 3, 2012 4:01 PM EST up reply actions
Freeney and Mathis had a field day against Scott and whoever got shifted around on the right side. Much different unit here
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oh yea
just saying who knows how things could play out
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by tannofsteel84 on Jan 3, 2012 4:15 PM EST up reply actions
that was for LaytheWoodson. I know that pressure is a possibility, it’s just..Freeney and Mathis were walking through turnstiles
This is the problem with the Flacco hate, people don’t really know who he is as a person. - Mr. Malor. Crazy Raven fan/possible stalker.
It smells like seven layers....that beaver eats Taco Bell.
I understand
I remember seeing the front of 72’s jersey chasing after freeney after he let him through. Scott is definitely not a starting left tackle in this league, but max Starks has had issues against athletic defenders like Aldon smith just as an example. I’m just worried about ben’s mobility is all.
by LaytheWoodson26 on Jan 3, 2012 4:31 PM EST up reply actions
me too trust me. Was it Starks getting abused by Aldon Smith? (i blocked that game out.)
This is the problem with the Flacco hate, people don’t really know who he is as a person. - Mr. Malor. Crazy Raven fan/possible stalker.
It smells like seven layers....that beaver eats Taco Bell.
Aldon is power and speed
I think that Aldon Smith beat Max with power and speed moves. Neither Dumervil or even Miller have the power that Aldon Smith has displayed this year.
True
Having watched Aldon intently closely, he only has maybe 25 pounds on Miller, but he plays like a MUCH bigger man.
I am not calling Miller small or weak- he is an impressive specimen, but I think a LOT of Niner fans have been struck by just HOW strong Aldon Smith is.
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by lottwasgangsta on Jan 4, 2012 2:20 AM EST up reply actions
That and the last time we played Dever Dumervil got eaten alive by Starks
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by WVPiratesfan on Jan 4, 2012 11:10 AM EST up reply actions
Is that why Max was so heavy this offseason?
Pittsburgh Steelers fan - nuff said.
Miami Hurricanes fan - nuff said.
Georgetown Hoyas fan - nuff said.
Cleveland Cavaliers fan - um yeah, about that...
by StoneColdSteel on Jan 4, 2012 5:57 PM EST up reply actions
Two things
1) Miller has a busted hand and has been less effective since getting it
2) We have Starks staring instead of Scott now
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by LV Steelers Fan on Jan 3, 2012 4:05 PM EST up reply actions
Well if anything this team does better with injuries
the Clark thing is for the best it just isn’t a sprained ankle he could die up in the Denver altitude
I'm excited
To see how Ryan Mundy plays when he gets the start this weekend. He’s looked great ever since that raiders game back in 2009. I’m also excited to see Redman and Clay get a substantial amount of carries.
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