Opponent Preview: The Buffalo Bills

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Anyone who isn’t nervous about this game, please raise your hand. And then please tell us what you are smoking. The Bills are fighting for their playoff lives. The game is on the road. The weather is predicted to be inclement. The Bills have far and away the best rushing numbers in the league. They average 161.9 yards per game on the ground, and only the Cowboys and the Titans are within 20 yards of that. They average 5.4 yards per attempt, which is just crazy. They have 23 rushing touchdowns, and again only the ‘Boys are at all close.

And to make matters worse, the Steelers have not only lost Cameron Heyward, their best run defender, but their next-best, Javon Hargrave, is “Doubtful” for the game as he is still in the concussion protocol.

Character (Ac)Counts: Arthur Moats

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Tomorrow we’ll get back into the upcoming Buffalo game. But today I want to pause and honor a man who truly deserves it.

I was driving around town yesterday and had the sports radio station on for the tri-hourly update. The announcer said that Arthur Moats is the Steelers 2016 nominee for the Walter Payton Man of the Year award, and I knew as soon as I heard it that I would write about him.

Moats is one of my favorite Steelers. The timing of this award is particularly fitting as the Steelers signed him  as a free agent after he played out his first contract with the Bills.

5 Smoldering Questions: The Post-Giants Pre-Bills Edition

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by Hombre de Acero

Eli Manning’s latest visit to Heinz Field resulted in the Pittsburgh Steelers first home win over the New York Giants since 1971, as the Steelers extended their winning streak to 3 games and improved their overall record to 7-5, which allows them to keep pace with the resurgent Ravens.

But before the Steelers can think of felling their winged rivals from the sky, they have a challenge to overcome on the ground in the form of Rex Ryan’s Buffalo Bills. As this corner of Steelers Nation anxiously awaits Mike Tomlin’s sixth matchup against Buddy Ryan’s offspring, we must first resolve these 5 Smoldering Questions on the Steelers.