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The heat and humidity on Tuesday made it feel like the first day of training camp, but on this spring day it was the beginning of OTAs (organized team activities) that had the Steelers sweating it ...

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If one was to purchase a pound of hamburger down at the local Giant Eagle, the "lean" variety would contain seven percent fat. So would Le'Veon Bell, according to Dan Geiger of the Post-Gazette. Today on BTSC: 'Football in shorts' Starks Bolts The 'Other' Safety 2008 a bad draft Jones doesn't test well Polamalu 'best shape since college He quoted Bell in his blog Tuesday evening saying "A lot of people look at me like a big heavy guy but a lot of people forget I'm a 6-foot-2 guy and at the Combine I measured in at 230 [and] I was like 7 percent body fat. I'm not an out of shape guy. I'm a pretty lean guy." Tomlin not impressed with 'football in shorts' You best be hitting people and wearing long pants if you want to impress Steelers coach Mike Tomlin That isn't much fat for a 230 pound guy, so yes, like the hamburger, lean would be an appropriate adjective. However, the Center for Disease Control would list Bell, at his admitted height and weight of 6-foot-2 and 230 pounds, with a Body Mass Index of 29.5, or, well within the confines of "Overweight," and just one shade below "Obese." Apparently, the CDC feels he should be that super, ultra, hyper lean ground beef. Something doesn't add up here. Bell continues to get accolades from the media - if not from Steelers coach Mike Tomlin, who wasn't at all impressed with the display of football in shorts that took place Tuesday. Assuming Tomlin wouldn't want to be fined $10,000 from the league, the shorts will be on display again Wednesday and Thursday before the Steelers wrap up the first session of OTAs. Follow @NealCoolong

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It must take a lot to actually impress Steelers coach Mike Tomlin. Unfazed in answering media questions after Tuesday's first practice of the first session of Organized Training Activities (OTAs), the Post Gazette's Dan Gigler's Blog 'n Gold wrote about Tomlin's reaction to a question asked regarding any player impressing during practice. "Not at all. Football in shorts." Today on BTSC: Bell at 7 percent body fat Starks Bolts The 'Other' Safety 2008 a bad draft Jones doesn't test well Polamalu 'best shape since college Yeah, so shut up, Mr. Or Mrs. Question Asker. Football isn't a game to be played in shorts. Not to put words into Tomlin's mouth, but one has to wonder if the football in shorts reference is a quiet jab at the lack of contact in these practices, and how that might not translate well into playing the actual game - where players hit each other (until the league says they cannot hit each other). Not much to be impressed with, says Tomlin, but to turn a neutral into a positive, it doesn't appear anyone was injured. Follow @NealCoolong

The Pittsburgh Steelers first OTA session of the 2013 season got underway on Tuesday, and it appears that first-round draft pick, linebacker Jarvis Jones, might have aggravated a hamstring injury that suffered during his March Pro Day, according to a Tuesday evening report by Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin was asked about Jones following Tuesday's practice and of course he really didn't elaborate any in his response. "He's capable of practicing, which he did," said Tomlin. "Had a good day." David Todd of ESPN 970 Radio was at the Steelers practice on Tuesday Read more [...]

The Steelers opened their OTAs today with very good attendance. Per Steelers rules, I can't report on who lined up where or how many times, but I can tell you some other things: * Troy Polamalu said he's been working with a physical therapist on his calf and he feels like his 2012 season was "avoidable." In fact, Polamalu feels so good about his rehab, he says the calf injury - which has bothered him since 2010 - is now behind him. * Saw Heath Miller at the facility walking around. He didn't have a brace on his knee and wasn't limping. Now that's a long way from being ready to get back on the football field, but it's a good sign. * I tried to talk to LaMarr Woodley today, but he blew me off. Woodley did look to be in good shape. * Had a nice talk with rookie receiver Justin Brown today. Seemed like a good kid and said his decision to transfer from Penn State to Oklahoma was one of the toughest decisions he made in his life. * Ike Taylor said Cortez Allen is going to make life "hell" on a lot of opposing receivers this year. * Emmanuel Sanders wouldn't talk about his flirtations with the Patriots, simply saying, "I'm a Pittsburgh Steeler." Sanders said he wants to stay here and is open to a long-term contract.

While he might not have shown up in the same shape that he was when he came out of USC many moons ago, Pittsburgh Steelers safety Troy Polamalu still looked to be in pretty good shape for the first OTA session of the 2013 season that got underway on Tuesday. However, during his talk with the media following practice, Polamalu revealed that the calf injury that forced him to miss nine games last season has bothered him for the last four years. Polamalu was first asked by the Pittsburgh media if there is anything that he can do to ward off the calf injury moving forward. "Yeah, I've done quite Read more [...]

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Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger talked on Tuesday after the team’s OTA session and said he’s excited to be the veteran leader in the quarterback room. “I’m excited to be that guy that is a leader for those guys,” said Roethlisberger,... Source: Yardbarker: Pittsburgh Steelers The post Ben Roethlisberger: ‘I’m here to win games’ appeared first on Pittsburgh Steelers Blog - NFL - PlanetSteelers.com.