It figures that a member of the Pittsburgh Steelers, backup quarterback Charlie Batch, would support former Ohio State quarterback Terrelle Pryor. Pryor, now with the Oakland Raiders, has been suspended for five games by the NFL as a condition of Pryor’s ability to enter the supplemental draft. Doug Farrar blogs on Shutdown Corner about how Batch, who has been mentoring Pryor for years, called NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell out about the move.

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The Steelers started training camp with four quarterbacks on the roster, with either Batch or Dixon certain to be jettisoned before the season opener against Baltimore on Sept. 11. The duo has spent the last month auditioning for the No.

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Charlie Batch and Dennis Dixon don’t have to worry about losing their jobs anymore, even if the Pittsburgh Steelers backup quarterbacks would rather have taken a different path to a steady paycheck. Byron Leftwich’s gruesome broken left arm suffered in the third quarter of a 34-16 win over Atlanta on Saturday potentially ended the veteran’s season and gave both Batch and Dixon a reprieve from an unforgiving numbers game. The Steelers started training camp with four quarterbacks on the roster, with either Batch or Dixon certain to be jettisoned before the season opener against Baltimore on Sept.

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A few personnel thoughts that came about while watching the Pittsburgh Steelers’ Saturday 34-16 win over the Atlanta Falcons. Atlanta Falcons Julio Jones(notes) is special … but the Steelers taught him a few things. It doesn’t take long to see why the Falcons traded so many draft picks to move up and take Alabama receiver Julio Jones.

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PITTSBURGH (AP)— James Harrison(notes) expected the Pittsburgh Steelers defense to be tested by the high-powered Atlanta Falcons. The All-Pro linebacker also expected to get off the field. Turns out, he was half right

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