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		<title>Colon Confirms He’s Making the Switch from Tackle to Guard for 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 18:58:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Loede</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If your still trying to figure out who is going to be on the Steelers O-line this season, Willie Colon gave some clue today. The vet says that he will be making a switch from right tackle to the guard spot, freeing up a likely spot for second-round pick Mike Adams. &#8220;I&#8217;ve made the transition [...]]]></description>
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<p>If your still trying to figure out who is going to be on the Steelers O-line this season, Willie Colon gave some clue today.</p>
<p>The vet says that he will be making a switch from right tackle to the guard spot, freeing up a likely spot for second-round pick Mike Adams.</p>
<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ve made the transition to left guard. I like it. It&#8217;s just a matter of learning the verbiage,&#8221; Colon told Mike Prisuta of WDVE-FM in Pittsburgh.</p>
<p>First-round pick David DeCastro will be the other guard, and that puts the starting O-line as one with two rookies (Adams and DeCastro), Colon at the other guard, Maurkice Pouncey at center, and Marcus Gilbert probably as the left tackle.</p>
<p>&#8220;My only issue would have been &#8216;Don&#8217;t move me midway through camp,&#8217; &#8221; Colon said.</p>
<p>The Steelers have done their job &#8211; now we will see if Colon can do his in 2012.</p>
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		<title>Check Out Ball Park Great Moments in Guy Time</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 15:08:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Loede</dc:creator>
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<p>Hey guys &#8211; won&#8217;t it be great to tell your lady that you could have a chance to win a year&#8217;s supply of groceries? Our friends at Ball Park are running a Facebook contest, asking fans to share a photo or video showcasing a funny/crazy example of &#8220;something only a guy would do&#8221; to win BIG.</p>
<p>To enter, follow this link: <a href="http://on.fb.me/GreatMomentsInGuyTime">http://on.fb.me/GreatMomentsInGuyTime</a></p>
<p>So if you have a photo/video of a great tailgating moment, showing your team pride at the stadium, or just celebrating great times with your buddies, enter now for a chance to win a year&#8217;s supply of groceries. Nine others will win Ball Park grilling packages, complete with a grill and plenty of Ball Park products to keep your summer sizzling.</p>
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		<title>Cowher Joins Campaign to Educate About Melanoma</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 14:15:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Loede</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From: AP Bill Cowher wants to teach men about melanoma, a disease whose ravages he knows all too well. The Super Bowl-winning coach&#8217;s wife died of the form of skin cancer in 2010. Now Cowher is the spokesman for a campaign called &#8220;Melanoma Exposed.&#8221; Launched Tuesday, it seeks to educate all Americans — but particularly [...]]]></description>
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<p><strong>From: AP</strong></p>
<p>Bill Cowher wants to teach men about melanoma, a disease whose ravages he knows all too well.</p>
<p>The Super Bowl-winning coach&#8217;s wife died of the form of skin cancer in 2010. Now Cowher is the spokesman for a campaign called &#8220;Melanoma Exposed.&#8221; Launched Tuesday, it seeks to educate all Americans — but particularly men.</p>
<p>&#8220;Men are naive to their bodies,&#8221; Cowher said. &#8220;They don&#8217;t pay attention to their skin like women do.&#8221;</p>
<p>Cowher coached the Pittsburgh Steelers from 1992-2006, winning a Super Bowl after the 2005 season. He is now a TV analyst for CBS.</p>
<p>&#8220;When it hits close to home as it did for me, you find yourself wanting to share the message,&#8221; Cowher said. &#8220;I realized how many people don&#8217;t know the risk factors involved.&#8221;</p>
<p>Among the messages he wants to share: People of all skin colors are vulnerable to melanoma, and sun damage can occur at any time of year. The goal is for more people to get checked by doctors, monitor hard-to-see parts of their bodies and familiarize themselves with their skin and moles.</p>
<p>The campaign is sponsored by a coalition of melanoma groups and by pharmaceutical company Bristol-Myers Squibb. It will hold free public screenings at several NFL stadiums this year.</p>
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		<title>Steelers Ink 7th Round Pick Guard Kelvin Beachum</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 21:20:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Loede</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Steelers have come to terms with another draft pick, as they inked seventh-round pick, guard Kelvin Beachum. Financial terms of the four-year deal were not disclosed. Beachum (6-3, 303), who was the 248th overall pick, played collegiately at Southern Methodist University. He started all 52 games he played at left tackle during his collegiate [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Steelers have come to terms with another draft pick, as they inked seventh-round pick, guard Kelvin Beachum. Financial terms of the four-year deal were not disclosed.</p>
<p>Beachum (6-3, 303), who was the 248th overall pick, played collegiately at Southern Methodist University. He started all 52 games he played at left tackle during his collegiate career. As a senior, Beachum was selected to the Lombardi Award and Outland Award watch lists and named to the Conference USA All-Academic Team. Beachum earned first-team Conference USA honors after his junior season. In 2011, Beachum blocked for an offense that scored 336 points and racked up 5,052 yards of total offense.</p>
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		<title>WR Sanders Confirms to Steelers Gab – The Offense is Nearly All Brand New</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 16:28:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Loede</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last season in his second season, wide out Emmanuel Sanders had 22 grabs for 288 yards with two touchdowns. He&#8217;s going to be expected to do more in year three, and it comes with the development of a new offense, one that is being put in place by new offensive coordinator Todd Haley. There was [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="attachment_4622" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 450px"><img class="size-full wp-image-4622" title="Jason Allen,  Emmanuel Sanders" src="http://cdn.steelersgab.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Steelers1.jpg" alt="" width="440" height="330" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Emmanuel Sanders drags Texans cornerback Jason Allen</p></div>
<p>Last season in his second season, wide out Emmanuel Sanders had 22 grabs for 288 yards with two touchdowns. He&#8217;s going to be expected to do more in year three, and it comes with the development of a new offense, one that is being put in place by new offensive coordinator Todd Haley.</p>
<p>There was a piece yesterday in the Post-Gazette reporting that there&#8217;s going to be a huge turnaround in the language of the offense, and it&#8217;s going to take quite a bit of time for players to learn it.</p>
<p>Today on Twitter, Sanders said just that much in a Tweet:</p>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>This new playbook is something serious!!!!! Bout to go old-school and make some flashcards.</p>
<p>&mdash; Emmanuel Sanders (@E_Sanders88) <a href="https://twitter.com/E_Sanders88/status/200593161310052353" data-datetime="2012-05-10T14:28:31+00:00">May 10, 2012</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>To which I tweeted back at him:</p>
<p>do u agree that&#8217;s it&#8217;s 90 percent different than that of Arians?</p>
<p>To which he Tweeted back at me: </p>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-in-reply-to="200593369615958017"><p>@<a href="https://twitter.com/Loede923TheFan">Loede923TheFan</a> I&#8217;d say 95%&#8230;</p>
<p>&mdash; Emmanuel Sanders (@E_Sanders88) <a href="https://twitter.com/E_Sanders88/status/200605726643724290" data-datetime="2012-05-10T15:18:26+00:00">May 10, 2012</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>Ouch.  I don&#8217;t know about everyone else, but the fact that an offense that had quite a bit of success over the past few seasons is changing that much is a little bit scary.</p>
<p>The good news is with no lockout there&#8217;s plenty of time for the players and coaches to get on the same page.  For some reason though I have nightmares of a Joe Walton offense from back in 1990 going through my head again.  And trust me, that&#8217;s not good.</p>
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		<title>Haley’s Offense a Whole New Language Says Roethlisberger</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 00:42:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Loede</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For Ben Roethlisberger and the rest of the Steelers veterans on offense, learning new Offensive Coordinator Todd Haley&#8217;s offense is like learning a new language and a new way of doing things according to Ed Bouchette of the Post-Gazette. What&#8217;s different? &#8220;Everything,&#8221; Roethlisberger said. &#8220;The similarities would be on a shorter list. Off the top [...]]]></description>
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<p>For Ben Roethlisberger and the rest of the Steelers veterans on offense, learning new Offensive Coordinator Todd Haley&#8217;s offense is like learning a new language and a new way of doing things according to Ed Bouchette of the Post-Gazette.</p>
<p>What&#8217;s different? &#8220;Everything,&#8221; Roethlisberger said. &#8220;The similarities would be on a shorter list. Off the top of my head, from what I&#8217;ve seen so far, there&#8217;s a 90 percent change.&#8221;</p>
<p>Coach Mike Tomlin hired Haley after Steelers president Art Rooney did not renew the contract of Bruce Arians, their offensive coordinator since 2007. As offensive coordinator in Arizona, Haley leaned heavily on the pass. As head coach in Kansas City, his Chiefs ran the ball a lot. He has said he will adapt his Steelers playbook to the personnel.</p>
<p>&#8220;Right now we&#8217;re practicing the pass because it&#8217;s more complicated,&#8221; Roethlisberger said. &#8220;Steelers fans and coach Tomlin and the Rooneys apparently thought B.A. was throwing the ball too much. But yesterday in coach Haley&#8217;s office, we were talking about using the no-huddle and throwing the ball and how much we have to use our weapons.&#8221;</p>
<p>Roethlisberger said fans won&#8217;t notice much difference, but it&#8217;s a big change for the players who have been used to doing things entirely different ways for most of their careers. They are way behind where they would have been had things stayed the same, but they have four months to get it down.</p>
<p>&#8220;Does that mean we can&#8217;t catch up? No, but right now we&#8217;re way behind,&#8221; Roethlisberger said. &#8220;We&#8217;re all asking each other what&#8217; going on. Coach Haley is not only coaching the players, he&#8217;s coaching the coaches.&#8221;</p>
<p>None of the coaches have been in Haley&#8217;s system, including quarterbacks coach Randy Fichtner.</p>
<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s coming along,&#8221; Roethlisberger said. &#8220;Sometimes it&#8217;s frustrating. I&#8217;m just trying to plug away a little at a time. I tell coach Randy, don&#8217;t throw the whole thing at me right away, take it parts at a time.</p>
<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ve been there two days this week, go back Wednesday. I feel a lot better today than yesterday, I&#8217;ll tell you that much. I&#8217;m just going to take it in stride and learn it and help us be the best we can be to win games.&#8221;</p>
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		<title>Steelers Also Chatting with LB Matt Roth</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 18:17:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[While Brandon Johnson and Dave Rayner are talking to the Steelers, there&#8217;s another player in talking to the team today &#8211; former Jaguars, Dolphns and Browns linebacker Matt Roth. In 8 seasons, Roth has 295 tackles and 23.5 sacks. He&#8217;s also been a force on special teams over the years as well.]]></description>
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<p>While Brandon Johnson and Dave Rayner are talking to the Steelers, there&#8217;s another player in talking to the team today &#8211; former Jaguars, Dolphns and Browns linebacker Matt Roth.</p>
<p>In 8 seasons, Roth has 295 tackles and 23.5 sacks.  He&#8217;s also been a force on special teams over the years as well.  </p>
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		<title>Steelers Visiting with LB Brandon Johnson and Kicker Dave Rayner</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 18:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Loede</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Steelers are talking to a couple free agents today, as the team is chatting with former former Bengals LB Brandon Johnson and veteran NFL kicker Dave Rayner. Johnson played all three linebacker spots with 10 starts and been a special teams captain in his four years with the Bengals. The Steelers need linebackers, and [...]]]></description>
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<p>The Steelers are talking to a couple free agents today, as the team is chatting with former former Bengals LB Brandon Johnson and veteran NFL kicker Dave Rayner.</p>
<p>Johnson played all three linebacker spots with 10 starts and been a special teams captain in his four years with the Bengals. The Steelers need linebackers, and adding Johnson would both help the Steelers and hurt the Bengals at the same time.</p>
<p>Johnson joined the Bengals in 2008, playing every regular season and post season game since, the longest active streak. Along with generating over 80 tackles during his first season with the team, Johnson generated 3.5 quarterback sacks, three interceptions, a forced fumble and 14 passes defensed throughout his Bengals career.</p>
<p>As for Rayner, he would challenge current Steelers kicker Shaun Suisham. Rayner has played with eight teams in as many years where he has racked up 65 field goals on 90 attempts and has made 77 of 78 extra points.</p>
<p>Rayner was with the Buffalo Bills last season.</p>
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		<title>Steelers Ink Second Round Pick Mike Adams</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 03:05:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Loede</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Steelers continue to get their draft picks inked, as Scott Brown on the Trib reports the team has come to terms with second round pick Mike Adams. The 6-foot-7, 323 pound OL is expected to step right in and be a starter as a tackle from day one for a Steelers team that needs [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Steelers continue to get their draft picks inked, as Scott Brown on the Trib reports the team has come to terms with second round pick Mike Adams.</p>
<p>The 6-foot-7, 323 pound OL is expected to step right in and be a starter as a tackle from day one for a Steelers team that needs help on a revamped O-line.</p>
<p>Adams played in just 32 games for OSU, missing time with shoulder and knee injuries, as well as disciplinary issues. Adams was suspended for two games as a sophomore for violating team rules and was suspended for the first five games of his senior season for receiving improper benefits from a tattoo parlor.</p>
<p>Prior to the 2012 NFL Draft, Adams tested positive for marijuana at the 2012 Scouting Combine, cementing his status as a second round pick.</p>
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		<title>Steelers 7th Round Pick WR Clemons Comes to Terms</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 23:20:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Loede</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Steelers announced that they have agreed to terms with seventh round wide receiver Toney Clemons. A 6-foot-2, 210-pound wideout began his college career at Michigan before transferring to the University of Colorado in 2009. Clemons caught 86 passes for 1,162 yards and 11 touchdowns during his 25-game career in Boulder. Clemons had caught 12 [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Steelers announced that they have agreed to terms with seventh round wide receiver Toney Clemons.</p>
<p>A 6-foot-2, 210-pound wideout began his college career at Michigan before transferring to the University of Colorado in 2009. Clemons caught 86 passes for 1,162 yards and 11 touchdowns during his 25-game career in Boulder. Clemons had caught 12 passes for 106 yards in limited action in Ann Arbor.</p>
<p>Clemons was not invited to the 2012 Scouting Combine and ran a 4.4-40 with a 36&#8243; vertical leap and 10&#8217;08&#8243; broad jump at Colorado&#8217;s pro day on March 8.</p>
<p>Clemons is the third Steelers draft choice to agree to terms or sign a contract. Fourth round nose tackle Alameda Ta&#8217;amu and fifth round running back Chris Rainey agreed to terms over the weekend. </p>
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