Sore Hamstring Bothers Steelers' Burress
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Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Plaxico Burress remains bothered by a sore hamstring that caused him to miss nearly all of this week's practices for Sunday night's game in Jacksonville.
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Pittsburgh right guard Kendall Simmons will miss the season with a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee, leaving the Steelers short on an offensive line already lacking depth.
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Sure, Jets quarterback Chad Pennington had soreness in his right shoulder after playing two series against Tampa Bay.
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Pittsburgh Steelers running back Duce Staley missed practice again Thursday with a sore hamstring that has kept him out of two games, meaning he is unlikely to play Sunday in Cincinnati.
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Steelers quarterback Tommy Maddox will be out at least six weeks with a torn ligament and tendon damage in his right elbow, an injury that at least temporarily makes rookie Ben Roethlisberger the starter.
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Defensive end Michael Strahan had a chance to defuse an evolving he-said, he-said that he started with receiver Plaxico Burress. He instead turned the episode into the latest potentially divisive controversy for the Giants.
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Steelers wide receiver Plaxico Burress suggests there are two sets of pass coverage rules in the NFL these days &#151; one for the Super Bowl champion New England Patriots, another for the rest of the league.
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Terrell Owens did something Thursday he's never done before &#151; missed practice because of a hamstring problem.
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The Pittsburgh Steelers had their worst victory of the season Thursday - they beat the St. Louis Rams, 41-24, but lost running back Willie Parker for the season.
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It&#39;s an unspoken rule, probably written by a player, that a starter shouldn&#39;t lose his job to injury. Try selling that line to Pittsburgh Steelers fans who are busy chatting up rookie quarterback Ben Roethlisberger as the second coming of Terry Bradshaw.
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Ben Roethlisberger may be the headliner of the Steelers, but he&#39;s not the total story in Pittsburgh. That became clear when pain in Roethlisberger&#39;s ribs and maybe even his sternum
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Steelers running back Duce Staley unexpectedly missed a fourth consecutive game with a sore hamstring when he was scratched for Sunday's game against Washington.
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PHILADELPHIA  Eagles running back Correll Buckhalter probably will miss the season after tearing the patella tendon in his right knee in the first quarter of Philadelphia&#39;s exhibition game against the Baltimore Ravens last ...
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The last time the Steelers met the Patriots, coach Bill Cowher's team walked away with a 34-20 victory on Halloween. The trick that day may have been the absence of Patriots running back Corey Dillon , who had a thigh injury.
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Quarterback Chad Pennington sustained a right ankle injury in the third quarter of the Jetsâ season opening loss to the Patriots when his right leg buckled as he was being sacked.
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Running back Duce Staley was deactivated by the Pittsburgh Steelers for Saturday's game with the New York Giants because of a hamstring problem.
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Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Plaxico Burress was ruled out of Sunday's game against the Jets after missing practice with a sore hamstring Thursday, a day after he felt confident he was close to returning.