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Behind the Steel Curtain: BTSC Steelers Daily Six Pack- Tomlinism Edition
Music City Miracles: Tennessee Titans Morning Links: 100% Chance Of Charlie Batch Ruining My Morning Edition
Big Blue View: Where does David Carr rank?
Arrowhead Pride: Is There a Better No. 2 than Chiefs QB Tyler Thigpen?
Pride Of Detroit: Wednesday Notes: Stafford Visits NFL Network
BTSC Steelers Daily Six Pack- Tomlinism Edition
Behind the Steel Curtain —
... draft picks to sign to gauge the terms of the contract.
XL-ESPN's James Walker completed an annoymous survey of players in the AFC North with different questions and the one rule that you couldn't vote for a teammate. When it came to the question of toughest player in the AFC North many thought about putting Hines Ward down but couldn't do so due to their hatred of the future hall of famer.
XLIII-A lot of talk has been made about Charlie Batch possibly losing his job to upstart talent Dennis ...
Tennessee Titans Morning Links: 100% Chance Of Charlie Batch Ruining My Morning Edition
Music City Miracles —
... $2.4 million and $3 million. I'd expect the contracts of Marks,Britt and Cook to take a good bit longer though.
ESPN/Football Outsiders scribe Bill Barnwell takes a look at the great unspoken dead-zone of first down conversions: passes right at the sticks. His studies show that you're far more successful going either short or long, but passes right at the first down marker have a significantly less success rate.
Charlie Batch told Mike Florio's 'league source' that there's a ...
BTSC Steelers Daily Six Pack- Lockout Edition
Behind the Steel Curtain —
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IX- Charlie Batch is the Steelers representative with the NFLPA ...
Top Ten Regular Season Games of Ben Roethlisberger's Career: #10 - Week 10 2006 Pittsburgh 38_New Orleans 31
Behind the Steel Curtain —
... . Ben Roethlisberger of course, had suffered the horrible motorcycle accident during the preseason and was not yet ready to go by Week 1. Charlie Batch got the nod instead and led the team to a solid, if not overly impressive W. ...
Where does David Carr rank?
Big Blue View —
... Tyler Thigpen, Kansas City -- This guy was pretty good last season despite winning just one of 11 starts. Not a horrible safety net for Matt Cassel.
Matt Leinart, Arizona -- On reputation alone. Only Kurt Warner's brilliance is keeping him on the bench.
Then, I believe there is a second tier. I think Carr goes in here. The others in that group include.
Seneca Wallace, Seattle.
Charlie Batch, Pittsburgh.
BIlly Volek, ...
Is There a Better No. 2 than Chiefs QB Tyler Thigpen?
Arrowhead Pride —
... stacks up. The candidates for best backup quarterback in the NFL listed after the jump have a few downsides that Thigpen doesn't possess including age (Garcia, Kitna) and money due to them (Leinart).
The Candidates
Jeff Garcia (Raiders)
Jon Kitna (Cowboys)
Derek Anderson (Browns)
Sage Rosenfels (Vikings)
Matt Leinart (Cardinals)
Charlie Batch (Steelers)
Rex Grossman (Texans ...
Wednesday Notes: Stafford Visits NFL Network
Pride Of Detroit —
NFL.com has video of Matthew Stafford's interview on NFL Network yesterday and a transcript of his chat as well.
During an interview with Dan Patrick, Stafford didn't have much to say about when he thinks he will be the Lions' starting QB.
Julian Peterson thinks the Lions going 0-16 last season is a challenge for everyone now on the team.
Former Lions Jon Kitna and Charlie Batch made a list of the top ten backup quarterbacks.
The Detroit Tigers Weblog has a ...
Initial Observations - 2009 Edition
Behind the Steel Curtain —
... . They should have. In a rational world there is no way that a talent like that would be available to the Steelers as a backup. Last I heard he was doing quite well in the competition for the starting job at Tampa Bay. So who's left? Charlie Batch. Oh yeah, the herd mentality says that Charlie's old and washed up. Well, there's old and then there's old. Batch has spent much of the last five years carrying a clipboard. Not exactly a lot of wear and tear there. He's a solid qb, a respected leader in the locker room (teams representative to Players ...
BTSC Steelers Daily Six Pack- Michael Vick In Black & Gold Edition
Behind the Steel Curtain —
... from Channel 11 news to find out what the Steelers nutritionist prescribes for the Steelers. Players like Charlie Batch are on strict regiments from the nutritionist and according to her many of the Steeler players are required to drink at least six bottles of water per day to keep them from cramping up so much during practice and games. ...
BTSC Steelers Daily Six Pack- Comeback Victories Edition
Behind the Steel Curtain —
... Another debate that happened frequently this offseason in the BTSC community is whether or not it would be possible for Charlie Batch to be hired as a coach and then if a rash of injuries sprung up for them to activate him to the roster. Well the answer has been given by the ...
Quick Thoughts
Pride Of Detroit —
As I'm sitting here watching the Steelers-Cardinals game, computer in lap of course, a bunch of random thoughts are running through my mind. Thought I'd share....
> Seems like twenty years ago when Charlie Batch was with the Lions. Yet, here he is... staring at me in HD. How old is he... 55? Actually, he's only 35 and still looks good. Guess I was surprised to see that he has a pretty decent TD-INT ratio for his career. Just couldn't stay healthy or be consistent enough ...
Pittsburgh Steelers Defeat Arizona Cardinals, 20-10. Some Initial Observations From Preseason Week No. 1
Behind the Steel Curtain —
... and confident when the team needed him to settle down, be less skittish in the pocket and lead his team down the field for points. Dixon wasn't perfect, particularly early on. He underthrew a deep ball that would have likely gone for a touchdown. And it took him a few snaps to calm down and trust his progressions ad instincts in the pocket. But that's to be expected and not at all alarming. Just so long as he made the necessary adjustments sooner rather than later. Which he did. Charlie Batch also looked just fine out there in limited action, but one has ...
Steelers 2009 53-Man Roster
Behind the Steel Curtain —
Here's my latest version of what I think the Steelers 53-man roster will look like when the roster is trimmed down from 80. The players who are underlined are those that I think may be on the bubble.
OFFENSE:
Quarterbacks (3): Ben Roethlisberger, Charlie Batch, Dennis Dixon
Running Backs (5): Willie Parker, Rashard Mendenhall, Mewelde Moore, Carey Davis, Frank Summers
Wide Receivers (5): Hines Ward, ...
Chat with Behind The Steel Curtain for Redskins/Steelers Game
Hogs Haven —
... the linebackers and Troy Polamalu who tend to overshadow the group. Casey Hampton, Aaron Smith, and Brett Keisel form probably the best 3-4 defensive line in the NFL and with the addition of first round draft pick Ziggy Hood this season I think this defensive line will help create a lot of chaos for NFL teams including Jason Cambell and company on Saturday.
Hogs Haven: What type of minutes will Big Ben, Charlie Batch, and former Dennis Dixon play? I imagine the former ...
Recap: Redskins vs Steelers - I'm Still Not Impressed
Hogs Haven —
... 2.) 1st defense vs Charlie Batch: WIth Big Ben sitting out, I expect Charlie Batch to spend more time on his back than Paris Hilton. ...
Pittsburgh Steelers Top Ten Irreplaceable Players
Behind the Steel Curtain —
... 2007 . The Steelers depth at tackle is young and inexperienced and besides Trai Essex none of the back-up tackles currently on the roster have regular season experience. A loss of one of our starting tackles for a significant period of time could force the Steelers to dig deep on the waiver wire to bring in a tackle with game experience.
1- Ben Roethlisberger- I personally think this is a no-brainer. Whether it would be Charlie Batch or Dennis Dixon replacing Ben, either one will have ...
COUNTING OUR BLESSINGS
Behind the Steel Curtain —
... Charlie Batch.The Sporting News recently name the Steelers QBs the best quarterback corps in the NFL. Not bad given one of them is a cadaver. Yeah, Ol' Charlie is getting up there in years. But I think he moves around pretty good for a dead man. ...
Pregame Zone Blitz: Titans at Steelers
Behind the Steel Curtain —
... Interspersed with those two games were a non-start in 2004 (his rookie year) and an injury in 2006 (back-up Charlie Batch beat the ...
Interview with a Detroit Lions' Fan About Redskins Game this Sunday
Hogs Haven —
... . Then again, Rodgers wasn't the number one overall pick and didn't come with a $41 million price tag, and that's probably the main reason for the difference in approaches. The preseason news was that Culpepper had shed some weight and was looking great in practice. It seemed like the perfect scenario for the rookie to learn in. It's not like the alternatives consisted of guys named Charlie Batch, Mike McMahon, or Ty Detmer. But, now, you have a situation where if the rookie continues to stink it up, the coaching staff has to ...
The most popular guy in town.
Buc 'Em —
... can't keep it up forever. Inevitably, the starter finds their way back into the game and life goes on. The backup QB, the 6th man are just a "spark" off the bench. After all, there's generally a reason why they are the backup in the first place.
There are plenty of examples of this in the NFL. We've seen backups come in for a few plays or few games and keep things moving in the right direction. Jeff Garcia, Byron Leftwich, Charlie Batch, Kerry Collins, etc. Garcia with the ...
A Long Look at Jake Locker, Pro Quarterback, After a Brief Look at Jake Locker, Amateur Quarterback
Field Gulls —
... . He was able to get production from Charlie Batch. Batch completed 58.1% of his passes that season and had 5.1 adjusted net yards an attempt. McMahon completed 46.1% of his passes, threw for 4.1 adjusted net yards an attempt and suffered a staggering sack percentage of 15.4%. The Lions line might have been bad, but when the eminently sackable Batch posts an 8.8% sack rate behind the same line, it says something when his replacement nearly doubles it. ...
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