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(12/16) Here's another sign of how miserable the 1998 season turned out to be for the Steelers. The pro bowl roster was announced today and the Steelers have just one represenative on it. Dermontti Dawson, by far the best center in football today, made his seventh pro bowl. Dawson is a lock to make it in as the AFC's starting center every year until he retires. At least his performance wasn't brought down by the rest of the team's shotty play this year. Usual all-pros Levon Kirkland, Carnell Lake, and Jerome Bettis were all snubbed, as was Joel Steed, who made it last year. It's hard to argue that any of these guys deserved to make the pro bowl after the team sucked so bad all season. This is the first time since 1988, when the Steelers went 5-11, that they've only had one all-pro (it was Tunch Ilkin that year).

(11/4) In case you haven't noticed, the 1998 NFL season is exactly halfway over. One thing I'm sure you have noticed is the fact that the Steelers had a less than stellar first half. This team was decimated by injuries and couldn't get its passing game moving. As a result, all the wins were by just a few points, and the three losses were miserable. One loss was a shutout in Miami, and the other two came against weaker divisonal opponents. Not too many fans are pleased with the Steelers performance in the first half, and the second half brings much tougher opponents, including the Packers, Patriots, and two games against the Jaguars, not to mention rematches with the Oilers and Bengals, two teams that we lost to. If it's any consolation, the Steelers generally play better later in the season. Still, it's not looking real good right now. With the competition in the AFC being as stiff as it has ever been, the Steelers will need to start scoring points and winning big games. If they don't, they are going to miss the playoffs for the first time since 1991. With all that being said, here's a look at the first half of the 1998 season.

(10/1) Bye weeks in the NFL are usually a waste of time. They often occur too early in the season to be helpful, and most of the time they serve no purpose other than to slow down the momentum of a team. However, the Steelers are probably in need of a bye week for once, not only to further tinker with their struggling passing game, but also to get some time to recover from injuries. LT Will Wolford is going to be out 2-3 weeks with a shoulder injury. FB Tim Lester is still two or three weeks away from even thinking about playing, and man, does the offense miss him. Versatile OL Jim Sweeney is hurting as well. His status is uncertain, though he shouldn't be out more than two weeks. KR/WR Jahine Arnold is still healing from the shot he suffered at the hands of Lee Flowers during a training camp practice. The speculation about the offensive line is that Strzelczyk would move to left tackle, and that Jamain Stephens (right) will be the starter at right tackle. That picture to the right totally encapsulizes Jamain's entire career so far as a Pittsburgh Steeler. The 1996 #1 pick rarely even suits up for games, and his chance to make something of himself was blown in training camp this summer. He then proceeded to bad-mouth the Steelers, who are paying him $1 million to observe each game in street clothes, and said he wanted to be traded! I would have responded by saying, "Don't let the door hit your fat ass on the way out", but now Jamain appears to have yet another shot at becoming a football player. God forbid the Steelers would ever admit they made a mistake in drafting this loser. We'll see if he blows it this time. Don't get me wrong - I don't want him to fail. It'd be great if he could actually come through and somehow earn his way onto the starting roster so that Wolford could move back to guard and not get beat up like he did last week, but that is probably just wishful thinking.

(9/1)The Steelers made their final cuts on Sunday and chose hometown favorite QB Pete Gonzalez, who guided lowly Pitt to the Liberty Bowl several months ago. That means that Mike Quinn is gone. Quinn really looked like he was going to be a good QB. After a great pre-season in 1997 and a championship season in NFL Europe, Quinn struggled this pre-season and Gonzalez really impressed everybody. It was a tough decision, especially since Mike Tomczack is nearing retirement, but Pistol Pete is a talented QB. Quinn is a good guy too, and hopefully someone else will pick him up and give him more of a chance to play. Another tough decision was which running back to keep: Fuamatu-Ma'afala or Huntley (George Jones was cut last week). This decision was easy: keep everybody! Huntley and Ma'afala look too talented to let go, so they will both back up the Bus. Freddy Mac will continue to play at HB as well, and will remain as the leader of our special teams. LB Steven Conley was traded to the Colts. Last week, CB J.B. Brown was traded to the Cardinals. Both trades were for draft picks. Other players released were WR Corey Holliday (I'm sure he'll be back as usual sometime during the season), LB Eric Ravotti, WR Curtis Marsh (injury settlement), and undrafted rookie free agent defensive linemen Matt Harper and Aaron DeLaTorre. All the other scabby players were cut last week. TE Troy Sadowski was placed on injured reserve. Surprisingly, huge disappointment OT Jamain Stephens, whose 98 salary is close to $1 milllion, made the team! Stephens now has another season to sit the bench in street clothes watching old man Will Wolford sacrificing his body because he has to play Jamain's position. Rumor has it that the Steelers, not wanting to admit that they made a massive mistake using their 1996 #1 pick on a complete loser, may try to move Stephens to defensive line. That is unlikely now, because the other big disappointment, OT Paul Wiggins, has been suspended for using that stuff that Mark McGwire uses.

(7/15) Huge news here in Steeler country. LB Greg Lloyd has been released by the Steelers. This move was not surprising. Like Rod Woodson before him, Lloyd never really recovered from a torn knee. He was a shell of his former self last season, jumping offsides and missing tackles before getting hurt for the last several weeks of the season. Lloyd is disappointed, saying that he wanted to finish his career here and that he'd now like to play for an AFC Central team so that he could come back to haunt us. He could also sue the Steelers because they cut him do mainly to injury. It's so incredibly sad to see one of our favorite players go, but he was making too much money ($3 million a year) and the Steelers have plenty of younger, healthier linebackers. Still, it will hurt to see him in another uniform. Lloyd had played for the Steelers since 1987, and all the fans loved him from the start. Everytime he did something controversial and the rest of the NFL hated him, we loved him even more. Whether it was counting out Al Toon, or predicting he'd hurt Dan Marino and then doing so, or drilling Brett Favre in a pre-season game, or saying the f-word live on NBC, or insulting the nation of Ireland, we were always behind him. Jerry Glanville once called him the nastiest player in the NFL. He was the second coming of Jack Lambert. Lloyd played in five pro bowls, and was once the heart and soul of the Steelers team. Remember the last game of the season in 1993? We needed to beat Cleveland to make the playoffs and it was Lloyd who started screaming and yelling and got everybody fired up enough to pull out a victory in the 4th quarter. He was truly an all-timer, and you probably won't see a Steeler wearing #95 for quite some time. We'll miss you Greg.

Meanwhile, on the positive front, Bill Cowher finally worked out a new deal, a three-year extension on his current two-year deal that will pay him $2 million a season. He totally deserves it too (talk about the heart of our football team!). So this puts to rest all those B.S. rumors about Cowher going to the Cleveland Browns. Cowher will be staying here for at least the next five years. Only a few days until training camp....

(7/13) Plan B has been approved in Pittsburgh and that means the end of Three Rivers Stadium and the beginning of a huge, multi-million dollar new stadium. The Steelers are partially responsible for funding this stadium, so they decided to screw the season ticket holders to get money. I don't know if this is public knowledge yet, but if you are a season ticket holder like myself, you received a letter from the Steelers informing us that PSL's (Personal Seat Licenses) will now be required for season tickets. The prices have not yet been worked out, but some teams (like Al Davis in Oakland) have charged their fans over a thousand dollars for this. Now, maybe someone can explain to me why this isn't the biggest stab in the back ripoff in pro football today. My family has owned the same two season tickets since the stadium first opened. I was too young for the glory years, but I sat there and faithfully went to games during the Mark Malone / Bubby Brister years of mediocrity, as did many other hard-core fans. Now we're being told that we have to buy a license for the right to own tickets that we've owned for the last 28 years!!! That's like saying that you need to buy a license to own your car that you've been paying off faithfully for several years. This is a cruel sucker punch to all of us who come to freezing cold games and scream our heads off, to those of us that sat at that strike game vs. the Colts in '87, to those of us who watched our team draft horrible players and lose every year in the late 80's, to those of us that refuse to leave until the final whistle is blown, even when the Steelers are getting blown out. I always thought Dan Rooney has more class than to rip off Al Davis' bad idea. I guess I was wrong.

(6/1) Minicamp opens up this week and one guy who won't be there is CB Donnell Woolford. The Steelers cut him Monday and freed up over a million dollars by doing so. This move had been coming ever since the end of last season. Even the season ending injury suffered by Chad Scott couldn't sve Woolford's overpaid job. The Steelers paid this guy $1.5 million last season and he was absolutely horrible at playing football. By the championship game, he had become the fifth-string cornerback. The Steelers cut their losses and told him to hit the road. That may mean that Greg Lloyd and his huge salary may get to stay, although he is still injured and unable to play because of that staff infection. If Mike Vrable does well at OLB, look for Lloyd to get cut. Also look for J.B. Brown to make a run at that starting CB position. Lake could do it again, but Boo Bell is unsigned, so Lethon Flowers would have to start at strong safety, and the coaches may not be ready for him to do that.
ALSO: In other roster moves, the Steelers released tackle tackle Aaron Henne and signed tackle Tony Orlandini from Pitt while also withdrawing a qualifying offer to tight end Kirk Botkin, making him a free agent....QB Mike Quinn will not be at minicamp because he is busy leading the Rhein Fire to the best record in NFL Europe. Quinn and the Fire will play in the NFL Europe championship game later this month.

(5/14) It was the best offseason the Steelers have had this decade. Sure, they lost a star WR, but they re-signed the key members of their defense and even extended contracts ensuring future prosperity. Then they went out and had a great draft. While the fans patiently waited for the boring period in between the draft and the start of training camp, everything seemed to be perfectly in place for the 98 season. Then, of course, it happened again. For the third time in four years, a key member of the defense was lost for the season with a torn ACL. That key member is CB Chad Scott. After a really strong rookie season, it was clear that Scott could only get better and help finally solidify the secondary. Now his career may be in jeapordy and his second NFL season has ended a month before it was supposed to begin. Scott follows in a long line of Steelers injuries. In 1995, Rod Woodson tore his ACL on opening day. In 1996, Greg Lloyd did the same thing. Last year, Jahine Arnold tore his ACL in May and missed the entire season, and now Scott has done the same. Woodson and Lloyd were never anywhere near as good as they were before the injuries either. This leaves the Steelers with a huge mess in the secondary. Free agent signee Dewayne Washington is a solid starter, but still proneto getting burnt, according to many Vikings fans. After that who is there at cornerback? Fuller's gone, Wolford is supposed to get cut after June 1 (even though he probably won't now), J.B. Brown is 90 years old, and the rest of the guys are either rookies or inexperienced. They really can't move Carnell Lake back to corner, because he sucked there at the end of last season and his replacement at safety, Boo Bell, is still unsigned. But the Steelers will somehow prevail as they always do, and hopefully Scott will be back at full strength next year to continue what looks to be a promising NFL career.

(4/5) Free-agent LB Jason Gildon has finally come to terms with the Steelers. Gildon was smart enough to realize that the Steelers made him a great offer, and that if he didn't re-sign by draft day, he'd be gone. Since no other teams had made him an offer yet, it wasn't a real hard decision. The contract is 4 years, $9 million. That's really more than he's worth, but that's ok. For the first year in a long time, the Steelers really made out well in free agency. Yes, we lost Thigpen, but we re-signed Steed and Gildon, extended Kirkland's contract (which makes next year's offseason much easier), and got a starting CB. Now there is more talk of getting rid of Greg Lloyd and his $3 million a year contract. There are some good linebackers available in the draft, and the Steelers just spent a ton of money on their defense. Draft day will be interesting.

(4/2) The 1998 regular season schedule was released today, and the Steelers have some good games, including three Monday night games. The Steelers open the season at Baltimore for the first ever game at the new Ravens Stadium (how exciting). Some of the big games include at Kansas City on a Monday night (there's something new), at Detroit on Thanksgiving Day, a huge Monday night home game against Green Bay, and at Jacksonville on a Monday night for the last game of the season! That game could end up deciding the division. Click here for the complete schedule.

(4/1) The money just keeps on flying this offseason. The Steelers have given LB Levon Kirkland a four-year, $25 million contract extension with a $5 million signing bonus. This means Kirkland will be a Steeler through at least 2002. Kirkland is now the highest paid linebacker of all-time and why not - he certainly earned it. Our defense would be in serious trouble without him. This was one of the smartest moves the Steelers have ever made. Kirkland was going to be a free agent next year when the salary cap is expected to increase even more, and now the Steelers (and we the fans) don't have to worry about losing another huge player. Carnell Lake will also be a free agent, but he is the franchise player. This was definitely a wise move. ALSO: The NFL just made draft day a little easier for us. The Steelers were awarded four compensatory picks because of all the free agents we lost last year. The Steelers get third, fourth, sixth, and seventh-round picks. That gives them 14 draft picks overall! That's a lot of picks for Donahoe and Cowher to work with. Three of those picks come in the third round, so maybe the Steelers will look to trade up. The draft will be held on April 18 and 19. For much more on the draft, click here.

(3/25) Free agent LB Jason Gildon apparently is not all that bright. This is why: the Steelers have offered Gildon a $2 million per year contract, which is very good for a linebacker who has only started for two seasons. Gildon has refused this offer. Yes, you may be saying, that's probably because he has a better offer coming from someone else. However, that is not the case. It seems that the Steelers rather generous offer is the only offer Gildon has received, and we're well into free agency now. This shows that while other teams may be interested, none are willing to pony up more than $2 million for Gildon. He may think that he can hold out longer for more money, but what rich boy doesn't realize is that the draft is just a few weeks away, and if he doesn't re-sign by then the Steelers will draft a linebacker in the first round and Jason will no longer be in the plans. This same thing happened last year with Rod Woodson. Gildon: re-sign soon or good riddance to you.
ALSO: There is a story in today's Pittsburgh Post-Gazette that says the Steelers are having problems negotiating a contract extension for Bill Cowher. Cowher wants $2 million a year, which would make him one of the highest paid coaches in the NFL (which he deserves). The story also says that if Cowher is not offered a new deal, the Cleveland Browns (yes, that's right, the Cleveland Browns) are interested in making Cowher their head coach and general manager. Don't get too worried just yet - the Browns don't even have an owner so far.....Free agent CB Randy Fuller has signed with the Atlanta Falcons. Fuller's big moment last year came when he got to start in a huge week 3 Monday night game in Jacksonville, and then got repeatedly burnt by Mark Brunell in front of a national audience.....This news out of the owners meetings - the Steelers will reportedly play at Detroit on Thanksgiving Day this season. This is the third time ever that the Steelers have a Thanksgiving Day game and the first since 1991. The full schedule should be released soon.

(3/17) After a lot of roster and coaching moves in February, things have kind of slowed down here in the Steelers offseason, but I finally have some new stuff to put on this page so here it is.....The only big unsigned free agent left on the Steelers is LB Jason Gildon. Reports say that the Steelers are still negociating with Gildon but that they are still about $1 million apart. You have to wonder if any other teams are really ready to sacrifice big money for Gildon, since no one else has made him a great offer. Maybe they have and he really wants to come back here. We'll see......The Steelers have began rebuilding their offensive line by signing OL Roger Duffy of the New York Jets. Duffy was a starter for the last four years and has played guard or center. This leaves Duffy, Jamain Stephens, and youngster Paul Wiggins to try to replace Jackson and Myslinski. But Brendan Stai is a restricted free agent and even if no one makes him an offer remember that he is very injury-prone.....So with the signing of an offensive lineman you have to wonder who the Steelers will draft with their 26th overall pick. It'll probably be either a lineman or possibly a WR, but the Steelers are not in desperate need of any position so they may make a suprising pick.....If you plan on seeing any World League football games this spring (which you most undoubtedly won't) make sure you catch the Rhein Fire. Their QB is a young up-and-comer named Mike "The Mighty Quinn".

(2/25) The Steelers have signed CB Dewayne Washington to a 4 year, $8.8 million contract, finally giving them a starter and allowing Carnell Lake to move back to safety. Washington was a starter last year for the Minnesota Vikings, but fell out of favor with coaches and was benched in their last playoff game. After being named defensive rookie of the year in 1994, he had some injuries and apparently the Vikings had no desire to sign him back. Now, don't start thinking that the Steelers have gone and made another mistake like they did last year when they signed Donnell Woolford to a big contract. If this guy were really as much of a problem child as the Vikings made him out to be, Donahoe would've never signed him. At least we appear to finally have an able-bodied starting CB in place, and that will most likely mean that you can kiss Donnell Woolford and free agent Myron "Boo" Bell goodbye. Woolford is too expensive to be the sixth-string cornerback, and Bell has lost his starting job and has no reason to return to the team when he could be starting somewhere else.

(2/23) The Steelers have settled on an offensive coordinator. Reports say that Ray Sherman, who was the Vikings QB coach, will be the man. Sherman is good at developing young QB's like Brad Johnson in Minnesota. He should be good for Kordell and the offense. Our offense is already fairly basic - it's built on the running game. Sherman will have to deal with the loss of Thigpen and some linemen, but he doesn't really have a tough job, and I think he will be able to improve the offense.

(2/20) The offensive line is starting to wear thinner. Tom Myslinski has signed a million dollar per year deal with the Indianapolis Colts. Myslinski wasn't a full-time starter, but was always a good sixth man and could always be counted on when someone got hurt. The Steelers really need to start thinking about the offensive line. Jackson also left, so now the Steelers are left with Jamain Stephens, the #1 pick in 96 who started all of one half in two years, and second year man Paul Wiggins, who still needs developed more according to coaches. The Steelers have been talking to free agents and may again use their top pick in the draft to select a lineman.

(2/18) They weren't joking around when they said that NFL salaries were going to skyrocket after that new TV deal. OL John Jackson, who has played for the Steelers since 1988, has signed a huge six-year $26.55 million ($4.42 million per year) contract with the San Diego Chargers. The contract, which includes a $5.5 million signing bonus, makes Jackson the highest paid offensive lineman in NFL history! Now, I love John Jackson and it's a shame to see him go after all these years, but there is no way that he is worth $4.42 million a year and there is no way that he is going to play for another six years. The way I see it, the choice came down to this for the Steelers: dish out a $4 million a year contract to either Thigpen, Steed, or Jackson. Since Steed seems to be the most non-replaceable, we paid him the big bucks and reluctantly let the other two go. There's no hard feelings from me towards Jackson. I hope he can keep the old knees healthy and do well in San Diego. Now we have to worry about replacing him. Anyone remember that Jamian Stephens character? After two years on the team, maybe it's about time he started actually playing football!

(2/17) Just days after losing a big free agent the Steelers have re-signed one. NT Joel Steed became the highest paid Steeler today when he signed a 4 year, 16 million dollar contract. That's a lot of money but the Steelers must have figured he was worth it more than Thigpen. Steed was the key to our great run defense last season. Four million a year may seem steep, but remember that the cap went way up this year, and other free agent defensive lineman have made even more. Eric Swann got $5 million a year from the Cardinals, and John Randle just got $6 million a year plus a $10 million signing bonus from the Vikings. After years of kind of being the forgotten player on the Steelers defense, Steed finally has the spotlight and some huge money.

(2/14) The Steelers have lost star WR Yancey Thigpen. The free agent signed with the Oilers for 21 million dollars over five years. Thigpen now becomes the highest paid WR of all time. There was no way the Steelers were able to offer him that kind of cash. The salary cap went way up but the Steelers have too many other big-name players and too many other free agents to be able to pay Thigpen $4.2 million a year. This does really suck, especially because he signed with the Houston Tennesee Nashville Dixie Memphis Oilers. Now one of our top players is on an rapidly improving division rival. This is what sucks about pro football today, but there's no use crying about it anymore. The Steelers still have a pretty solid receiving core (barring injuries), and they'll probably sign a free agent receiver also. It will be interesting to see how the fans react to Thigpen when he comes here to play us next year.

(2/12) The next coach of the Dallas Cowboys will apparently be Steelers offensive coordinator Chan Gailey. ESPN and other sources are reporting that the deal will be completed today, and that Jerry Jones will make the announcement. This is certainly a huge surprise to everyone in the NFL. No one thought Gailey would be considered for any of the head coaching vacancies, but the Suckboys suck so bad that they'll take anyone to be their coach. Not to say that Gailey isn't a capable coach. He did a good job last season with Stewart and the offense, despite a lot of criticism from the fans, but now he goes into the worst situation in pro football - trying to coach a bunch of washed-up, drug-dealing, crack-smoking, whore-loving criminals and he has to try to do it with a prick of an owner trying to control his every move. I would wish him luck but nothing brings me more pleasure than seeing the Cryboys lose. The Steelers now face the daunting task of finding a replacement for Gailey, and they also have to worry about the free agent signing period, which begins tommorow.

(2/9) Monday was an extremely bad day for some former Steelers players. The 49ers have waived Rod Woodson and Kevin Greene in what they say are cost-cutting moves. For Woodson, this is a sad situation. He has to know that he could have been happily finishing his career here in Pittsburgh right now, but instead he may have played his final game. Greene, who bad-mouthed Pittsburgh on his money train out of town, will now be hoping to sign with his fourth different team in the last four years. That's pathetic. Meanwhile, the Carolina Panthers have said farewell to Ernie Mills, another guy who would have continued to prosper had he stayed with the Steelers. Later the Panthers also cut Ray Seals, another former Steeler starter, and the Saints cut Andre Hastings! It'd be great to see the Steelers make an attempt to re-sign Woodson or Mills, but that's unlikely. It's really a shame that things had to turn out this way for these former Steelers, but they all made their own choices and now they have to live with them.

(2/2) Veteran LB Jerry Olsavsky has been released by the Steelers, but it was at his request, and who can blame him? Jerry O. has proven over the course of his nine years with the Steelers that he is a perfectly capable starting linebacker, but he was forced to sit the bench most of last year, playing mostly on special teams. That's not to say that Earl Holmes or Levon Kirkland shouldn't be starting. It's just a shame that Jerry O. doesn't fit into the defensive plans anymore. After four great years at Pitt, Jerry O. was drafted in the late rounds by the Steelers in 1989. Always one of the most hard-working players, Olsavsky earned a starting job and quickly became a fan favorite here in Pittsburgh. After he tore up his knee in the infamous "Eric Metcalf game" at Cleveland in 1993, most people thought his career was over, but Jerry O. came back and started almost every game in the 96 season and showed that he was still a good player. This year he lost his job to Holmes and didn't want to come back for another year of bench-warming. Hopefully some team will pick up Jerry O. and give him the chance to start again. He will be missed by Steelers fans.

(1/26) The Hall of Fame named its class of 98 last weekend and, as usual, the morons who vote on the inductees excluded both Lynn Swann and John Stallworth. If that wasn't bad enough, they also voted down Dan Rooney, who many people thought was an automatic. This happens every year to Swann and Stallworth. Anyone who seriously watched them play could never argue that they don't belong in the Hall, but many of the idiots who do the voting don't even watch football. They are just stupid writers who get all their "facts" off of a piece of paper. Is Swann the NFL's all-time leading receiver? No. Did Stallworth ever catch 100 TD's? No. Did Jerry Rice do accomplish both of these feats? Yes - and he's still playing, so by this sort of criteria Swann and Stallworth annually get shot down. Swann finished in the top 6 last year, but didn't even make the final 11 this year. Someone explain that crap! That just proves that the writers and so-called "experts" who vote on this do not know the first thing about pro football.

(1/26) The Denver Broncos have upset the Green Bay Packers in Super Bowl XXXII. John Elway finally gets his ring, but more importantly, he and the Broncos accomplished something no one ever thought would happen again - they gave the AFC its first Super Bowl title in 14 years. This is more significant than just ending the NFC's streak. This will end the hype about the NFC Championship Game being the "real Super Bowl". This will end the annual crap where the AFC team is an automatic 17 point underdog in the Super Bowl. Plus, when you look ahead to the future, the AFC has the teams. Pittsburgh, Denver, K.C., Jacksonville, New England, and other teams are all championship contenders. In the NFC, there's always the Packers, but there will be no dynasty in Green Bay now. After the Packers, there's the old & declining 49ers, the not-quite-ready Bucs, the young Giants - in other words, no real contenders. Look for the AFC to win the majority if not all of the next 10 Super Bowls, and look for the Steelers to lead the charge.

(1/21) Old man Jim Sweeney becomes the first free agent to re-sign with the Steelers. Sweeney is 35 and will now most likely finish his career here. That's cool for Sweeney, because he grew up in Pittsburgh, playing football for Seton-La Salle high school and for the University of Pittsburgh. Sweeney is still a decent offensive lineman, and can play any position on the line (except for maybe long-snapper).

(1/19) The Steelers again have a lot of questions for the offseason, but fortunately the man who always has the answers to those questions will be staying in Pittsburgh. After a week of speculation and meetings with the Seattle Seahawks, Steelers director of operations Tom Donahoe is not going anywhere. He announced today that he is staying with the Steelers. Thank God, because Donahoe is one of the main reasons we have been able to remain competitive despite losing tons of big-name players. So with that good news, here's an early preview of the 1998 season, including all our free agents and our opponents for next year, as well as speculation on personell decisions. Enjoy.

(1/13) Now that everyone has had some time to mourn, it seems like a good time to reflect on the season that was. The 1997 season was arguably the most exciting season in recent Steelers history. There were overtime games, miracle comebacks, and close battles. The Steelers had a tough schedule and also finally had some real competition in their division. They managed to win the AFC Central and barely missed another Super Bowl. It really was a fun season. Now that everyone's in a reflective mood, I present the end of the season report. Please feel free to let me know what you think by filling out the form at the bottom of that page. I'll post the results of all of your thoughts in a few weeks. Also, look back on the season game-by-game and watch the NFL Films video clips.

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