PITTSBURGH STEELERS hearing age is a factor, window closing, and the BUNGLES and PURPLE Browns are the toast of the Division...well 57 Current Players on the Roster are 25 n younger...BIG BEN is in "Operation HALEY" Year 2...they get an A in the 2013 NFL Draft....A QB DRIVEN League #7 is an ELITE Sunday Signal-Caller...#STEELERgang #STEELERnation #3DIamondChronicles #AugustTalk #MenOfSTEEL

Do you really think the Steelers could be worse than 8-8 when in 2012 they lost 5 games by three points or less. They reload in key area of the 53-Man Roster, Camp LaTrobe has changed as @CoachTomlin has put an emphasis on "No Vets Running Camp" and let's get back to Camp Tomlin. The Steelers need a lot to happen but they control most of what needs to happen.

Offensively Big Ben and Company are in the 2nd year of "Operation Todd Haley" and they add Big Back Le'Veon Bell of Sparty. He has looked real good in camp and that Haley Offense will run the Pigskin. They lose "Da Kid" Wallace who looked out of place at times in Haley's Passing Game predicated on getting the Pigskin to play makers quickly to make a play not so much 9 routes or Go routes. The O-Line is led by All-Pro Center Twin Pouncey. He has Gilbert and Big Mike "Sumthin' Serious" at Tackles and they need to keep Big Ben upright. The "Puget Sound Bully" De Castro and Rocky Top's Ramon Foster round out the meat graders next to Twin. Wide Outs "Tone 2.0" Antonio Brown and "Go Go " Sanders 88 will carry the WR Corps and they are more than capable.

Defensively the have no 92 or 98 and in your Steelers Program that is James "Mr. Clean" Harrison and Casey "Humpty Dumpty" Hampton. They need NT Steve McLendon to play big as well as "Lil Ironhead" Heyward and Ziggy Hood at D-Tackle. "Da Beard" 99 will lead that group with more than enough left in the tank. The Backers are led by Captain Larry "313" Foote from the "D". LAWdawg Timmons and Wood of Jordan Brand will play at All-Pro Level and they might have Rook Stud OLB Jarvis Jones starting day one. Jason Worilds might have something to say about that but it will be one or the others. Polamalu and Clark are holding down the back end with "I Like Ike" playing Strong side Corner with 3rd year man Cortez Allen playing opposite of him. Watch for Rookie SS/FS/CB Shamarko Thomas the Steelers 4th round 2013 pick who is capable of playing all three position and might be the starting Nickel Corner. That Steelers D will be better than that 2012 version and trust me on that.

Key Players

Offense

QB Big BEN
RB Bell/RED Dawg Redman/J.Y. Dwyer
WRs Brown/Sanders/Cotchery
C Twin #53
OG DeCastro/Foster
OT Gilbert/Adams

(pictured right Sparty's RB Le'veon Bell)

Defense

DE Da Beard 99
NT McClendon
DEs Heyward/ Hood
LBs LAWdawg/Wood/Jones/Foote/Worilds
CBs Ike/Allen/Thomas/Brown
Safeties Polamalu/Clark

Offensively they should be way more effective as they have a year under their belt with Haley and they add maybe Rookie of the Year in Back Le'veon Bell. Watch out for Rook WR Markus Wheaton who was a machine in Corvallis, Oregon for the Fightin' Beavers.

Defensively they have to create way more turnovers and be + in that category and get more Red Kersey Collections. That 3-4 Zone Blitz is predicated on QB Pressures and Hurries and if all those come to fruition the Steelers should be north of 10 wins.

Key 2013 Schedule Dates

Sep 16 @ the Jungle on the Ohio
Sep 22 vs Da Bears
Sep 29 vs #SKOLnation near the Real Big Ben (London)
Oct 20 vs #PurpleBrowns
Nov 3 @ Pats
Nov 24 @ New Dawg Pound
Nov 28 @ #PurpleBrowns
Dec 15 vs Bengals
Dec 22 @ Lambeau
Dec 29 vs New Dawg Pound

They play a Packers led NFC North and a Pats lead AFC East and looking at the Schedule the Steelers could win a lot of those games if they can stay Key Injury-free.

Projected Finish in AFC North #1 at 11-5...Here we go Steelers!