Ryan Clark News

For a couple of teams who've won all but three of their 14 combined games, the Steelers and Broncos are lugging around plenty of issues, richly evident weaknesses that could send a promising football season careening into a u-turn tomorrow night in the Rockies.

The Steelers listed LB Lawrence Timmons and DE Travis Kirschke as doubtful on the team's final injury report Saturday, but it's not looking like either starter will play in Monday night's game in Denver .

There is a common rule in offensive game-planning around the league. If the quarterback has had some success and he likes a specific set of plays, the offense is going to run those plays on game day.

Steelers' safety Ryan Clark most likely will not play when the team travels to Denver to play the Broncos Monday night, sources said.

It may pay for the Broncos to watch the horizon this week, for the invasion may be coming.

Ryan Clark may be saying everything he needs to say with his growing silence. The Pittsburgh Steelers safety is usually one of the team's most talkative players, but he is saying little as it becomes increasingly likely he won't play Monday in Denver due to a rare blood condition that nearly caused him to die after playing there two years ago.

Steelers wide receiver Hines Ward was voted the dirtiest player in the National Football League, according to a Sports Illustrated poll of players throughout the NFL.

For the record: Pittsburgh is 5-2, Denver 6-1. Last game: Pittsburgh is coming off a bye week.

They came in jerseys, t-shirts, sweatshirts and anything else with Steelers on it.

Ryan Clark practiced today with his teammates, but it remains unclear whether he will play for the Steelers in Denver next Monday night.

How is it that Ryan Clark did not win comeback player of the year in 2008? Wasn't Chad Pennington the winner that year? And he came back from a "bad year," nothing close to death.

Steelers defensive coordinator Dick LeBeau, "I think we have the potential to become a very, very good defense." Dick LeBeau, the man in charge of the Steelers' defense, wants to exercise the same sense of caution after a four-game winning streak that he urged after the Steelers lost consecutive road games in Chicago and Cincinnati by blowing ...

Share + Oct 31, 2009 8:16 pm US/Eastern 1 of 1 Safety Ryan Clark #25 of the Pittsburgh Steelers celebrates with the fans after their 27-23 win against the Arizona Cardinals during Super Bowl XLIII on Feb.

When head coach Mike Tomlin announced last week he was sticking with second-year running back Rashard Mendenhall over veteran Willie Parker as the starter, it wasn't much of a surprise, even to Parker.

Steelers linebacker Keyaron Fox replaced injured linebacker Lawrence Timmons in Sunday's win against the Vikings.

The Steelers go into the bye week relatively healthy, though their break comes at a good time for several players.

It's called situational football, or in better terms, closing out football games.

The Pittsburgh Steelers' defense is all about taking chances, playing risky, daring an opponent to find a way to win but only rarely allowing that to happen.

Pittsburgh Steelers safety Ryan Clark isn't injured, yet he isn't sure if he can play in the team's next game Nov.

The Vikings couldn't gain a half-yard when it might have turned the game, then watched the Steelers ' big-play defense end their unbeaten season with two long touchdown returns in the final 6 1/2 minutes.