the TRIPLE DIAMOND CHRONICLES Take 8.....with Big HAMPTON coming off an ACL Injury...and the STEELERS D-LINE looking thin....#99 will be there and who will join him?

If you didn't know by now Steelers Nose Tackle Big Casey Hampton suffered an ACL Injury and the Steelers are looking thin up front.

Steelers All-Pro DE #99 Brett Keisel is already penciled at one defensive spot and now the Steelers have a few question marks concerning the other DE Spot as well as the Nose Tackle position as Big Hamp might not be the same guy especially at 34.

The Steelers have 3rd Year DE Evander "Ziggy" Hood who has been deemed the strongest Steeler from a weightlifting point of view. Ziggy will compete with 2nd Year DE/DT Cameron "Lil Ironhead" Heyward as the Buckeye looked good last season in spot duty. The Steelers also get Al Woods DE from 12 Zone in the Q in Seattle and this will be his 3rd full season from Geaux Tigers in Baton Rouge.

The Nose tackle Position is the biggest question mark even though the people in the know have forgotten about NT Steve McClendon. McClendon did more than a yeoman's job in his starts at Nose Tackle and he is more than capable.

The Steelers Brass also got a steal as Colbert and Team usually do with the 4th Pick (109th Overall) in Round #4 in the 2012 NFL Draft they get U-DUB (Washington Huskies Pac-12) Seattle Huskies NT Alameda Ta'amu. He had an outstanding Junior Season and for the most part a really good Senior campaign as he looks like Ravens DT Haloti Ngata...well the Rookie version maybe.

With all that competition on the Depth Chart they also have Two Undrafted Rookie Defensive Ends in Ikponmwosa Igbinosun and they call him I-Dawg or Crooked I and Jake Stoller from Yale. The Steelers like the 6-4 250lb Violent Type as well as the 6-3 284 Ivy League Undergrad as well....#UnderstandPLAYBOOK?

Right now the Starting Front will consist of LDE Hood, NT Hamp, and RDE Keisel with of course young and talented reinforcements behind them three.

And all the Bluedude hears is that the Steelers D is Old and there is a reason being no one on Sunday puts a Depth Chart together like my Dude Kevin Colbert and Friends....no one.