Deshea Townsend

Pittsburgh Post GazetteBires: Time for Steelers to start TownsendBeaver County TimesTwo weeks ago in this space, I wrote about the poor play the Steelers are getting from Gay, a third-year pro who's starting because of Bryant McFadden's ...Reviewing Steelers' Decision to Try Onside KickNew York Times (blog)Big Ben's late heroics save Tomlin from himselfFOXSports.comAdvanced NFL Stats shows support for Tomlin's on-side kickMinneapolis Star...  

Hines Ward says one more loss might be too many. At the locker stall next to him, Deshea Townsend says just one victory might be exactly what the slumping Pittsburgh Steelers need.  

The abomination at Arrowhead was all part of “the plan." So was the loss to the Bengals the week earlier. The Steelers have set out to lull the rest of the AFC playoff field into a false sense of security. Any time now, they will spring their trap. After all, no team can possibly give up four kickoff returns in five weeks, right? That must have been intentional. Maybe the special teams were just itching to set a record. Maybe they were feeling...  

When looking at the trio of Pittsburgh Steelers corner backs that actually see some major game time we're only looking at Ike Taylor, William Gay and Deshea Townsend. We all know that Taylor and Gay are the two starters and that Townsend gets ...  

PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Steelers have met with experienced quarterbacks Patrick Ramsey and Todd Bouman, a sign that injured backup Charlie Batch might be out longer than the team first expected.  

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They are the two most visible faces of tough-guy football, as personified by James Harrison's snarling and Ray Lewis' meanness. Fittingly, the weather routinely is cold and nasty when they meet, or much like the attitude each carries for the other. Toughness isn't an option when the Ravens and Steelers meet, it's a requirement.  

More photos » by Nick Wass - AP Browse more photos » I don't do this often. Ok, twice this year now. I'm going to bash a broadcaster. Troy Aikman should be ashamed of himself for as poor of a job he did broadcasting Pittsburgh's 37-36 win over Green Bay in Week 15. I have always thought he's without question the most...  

14 games in the books; two to go. In both conferences - but in the AFC in particular - there are far more teams clinging to playoff aspirations than there are not. Let's take a look at the current standings in each conference before we begin. For a comprehensive breakdown of the AFC Wild Card picture, including what precisely needs to happen for the Steelers to sneak in to the playoffs as either the #5 or #6 seed, read here. AFC Indianapolis...  

IX- Remember in 2006 when the Steelers came storming back in to playoff contention after starting the year 2-6? Well, the second to last game of the season was against the hated Ravens and the Steelers got absolutely pummeled, 31-7. Baltimore outgained Pittsburgh 359 to 251 in total yards, sacked Big Ben twice and were never really threatened by the Steelers. Please, please, please let that not be the case on Sunday - at least let us see yet...  

Wide receiver Joey Galloway has been added to the Pittsburgh Steelers' roster as the replacement for Limas Sweed. Sweed was placed on injured reserve Monday with a non-football related illness. Coach Mike Tomlin would not reveal any details of Sweed's problem Tuesday. Galloway was cut by New England earlier this season.  

The Pittsburgh Steelers say wide receiver Limas Sweed and long snapper Greg Warren will miss the rest of the season. Sweed, a former second-round draft pick, is on the reserve non-football illness list. Warren, a fifth-year pro, has been placed on the reserve/injured list. He injured his right knee after tearing his anterior cruciate ligament on the final play of Sunday's game against Green Bay.  

When a weary Mike Tomlin arrived home from the Steelers' 37-36 victory over the Packers, 8-year-old Dino popped the same question to his dad that much of Pittsburgh was asking. Why did you try that onside kick? According to the Steelers coach, his son got the politically incorrect answer. "I just told him to be quiet," Tomlin said, laughing, on Tuesday.  

503 yards passing. Peyton Manning or Drew Brees? Not a surprise. But a 503-yard game -- and in a win, no less -- by the Pittsburgh Steelers, traditionally the NFL's strongest proponents of knock-'em-down, run-'em-over football? Believe it. Finally, after years of traveling by foot or by Bus (as in Jerome Bettis), the Steelers are part of the NFL's jet age.  

OWINGS MILLS, Md. - Corey Ivy has a unique perspective on the rivalry between the Baltimore Ravens and the Pittsburgh Steelers.