Tony Pashos Out Against Steelers; Colt McCoy Officially Out Too

by Chris Pokorny on Dec 30, 2011 3:03 PM EST

You can forget about quarterback Colt McCoy miraculously playing in this Sunday's season finale against the Pittsburgh Steelers -- he has officially been ruled out by head coach Pat Shurmur. Wide receiver Jordan Norwood, who has also been dealing with a concussion, is out too.

Those might not be the biggest injuries for this Sunday's game, as neither player was expected to compete. The big loss for this week is the fact that starting right tackle Tony Pashos has also been ruled out. Although Pashos has been ridiculed by fans for his play this season, and rightly so at times, he was still a significant step up from his backups on the depth chart. When Artis Hicks and Oniel Cousins rotated at right tackle earlier this season, it was a mess on the right side of the line. For the past month or two, the run blocking really seemed to have improved on the offensive line, thanks to the number of consecutive games the five starters had played together in.

With Pashos out, Hicks will get the start against the Steelers. Shurmur said that Cousins and John Greco could also see playing time at right tackle. If we had any aspirations of upsetting the Steelers this week, this is the type of wrinkle that could prevent that from happening.

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I had a great mental image while reading Joe Thomas’ comments after finding out he was a Pro Bowler. When he was asked about his streak of playing EVERY SINGLE OFFENSIVE SNAP since he was drafted, I pictured him staring at Tony Pashos as he replied “As an offensive lineman it’s important for us to be out there next to each other, all the time”.

What does that MEAN - TO PLAY US OUT?!!?!?

by DaveDawg09 on Dec 30, 2011 3:19 PM EST reply actions

Goodbye, Pashos. Thanks for trying.

"A drug person can learn to cope with things like seeing their dead grandmother crawling up their leg with a knife in her teeth. But no one should be asked to handle this trip." Thompson

by LocalMan on Dec 30, 2011 3:24 PM EST reply actions

Soo either a 2nd rounder on a RT or a FA RT? I’m hoping we can just take a good FA RT on a another team, it would be quite the relief.

Dawgs By Nature: Holy Joe Thomas we suck

by Adrock2099 on Dec 30, 2011 3:55 PM EST via mobile reply actions

It would help ease the pressure a lot.

by HenryDawg on Dec 30, 2011 4:00 PM EST up reply actions

I always have found that a good FA RT eases the pressure.

by 3PON Nemo on Dec 30, 2011 7:32 PM EST up reply actions

aaaahhhh, i’m feeling better already…

by athensdawg on Dec 30, 2011 8:26 PM EST up reply actions

But odds are they would stink.

Even Doug Dieken admits Joe Thomas is the real #73

by Doc's Kid on Dec 31, 2011 12:00 AM EST up reply actions 2 recs

I’m hoping we can just take a good FART on ~~a another team~~ the Pittsburgh Steelers, it would be quite the relief.

Honor. Courage. Commitment.

by Brownsbacker488 on Dec 30, 2011 8:06 PM EST up reply actions

This comment reminds me of my immaturity

by redCel on Dec 30, 2011 9:17 PM EST via mobile up reply actions

Ok good, I’m not the only one lol

by redCel on Dec 30, 2011 9:18 PM EST via mobile up reply actions

Well that’s the game gone. Wonder if it’d be worth exploring Pinkston at RT?

Who’s our third string QB? Going into this game with half an OL I think we should go into the game with 5 QBs active, with Cribbs as the sixth option.

....just need a guy called Byner to play RT...

by LondonBrown on Dec 30, 2011 4:57 PM EST reply actions

Thad Lewis… I assume he’s active if McCoy is inactive. It would be Wallace, Lewis, Cribbs.

2nd string to Pashos is an empty refrigerator box… should be equally as effective.

"A drug person can learn to cope with things like seeing their dead grandmother crawling up their leg with a knife in her teeth. But no one should be asked to handle this trip." Thompson

by LocalMan on Dec 30, 2011 5:19 PM EST up reply actions

Oh come now, Pashos has been rated very highly as of late. If you think he’s bad you must have amnesia from the beginning of the season and the last two. St. Claire and Hicks and Cousins oh my!

Dawgs by Nature -- where Montario Hardesty, apparently, 'did some good things'.

by North Coast Flea on Dec 30, 2011 6:13 PM EST up reply actions

Rated highly by who, and for what?

His performance “as of late” (mediocre) doesn’t make up for a season worth of garbage.

"A drug person can learn to cope with things like seeing their dead grandmother crawling up their leg with a knife in her teeth. But no one should be asked to handle this trip." Thompson

by LocalMan on Dec 30, 2011 7:19 PM EST up reply actions

You do realize he’s played the entire season on one foot and been substantially better than most RTs and definitely better than our backups.

by HenryDawg on Dec 30, 2011 9:07 PM EST up reply actions

yeah, that’s still not saying much and doesn’t make up for how poorly he’s played otherwise.

I’m usually defensive of players who play hurt, but he can’t stay on a team because of this very reason. I don’t want a guy who’s always hurt and is a small step up from his backup.

"A drug person can learn to cope with things like seeing their dead grandmother crawling up their leg with a knife in her teeth. But no one should be asked to handle this trip." Thompson

by LocalMan on Dec 30, 2011 10:02 PM EST up reply actions

substantially better than most RTs

That’s not saying much?

"An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools" -Hemingway

by notthatnoise on Dec 31, 2011 10:27 AM EST up reply actions

I think Pashos is substantially better than anything else we have, even if at best he’s just above average for a RT. Compared to the other horrors we’ve had there since maybe Shaffer he’s an all pro (and I’m scraping the barrel there with Shaffer)

....just need a guy called Byner to play RT...

by LondonBrown on Dec 31, 2011 11:17 AM EST up reply actions

When Shaffer was healthy he greatly improved our line. I was at our Monday night game where we beat the Giants and I believe that was his first game that year. Our line was good when he played.

by Legoman0721 on Dec 31, 2011 9:39 PM EST via Android app up reply actions

I would love to beat the Steelers, but his hurts even though Pashos has struggle from time to time.
Use the first pick on the Tackle out of USC, Kalil. Time to get a beast of an offensive line.

by Grockcubs on Dec 30, 2011 5:59 PM EST reply actions

What up dawgs?

Just joined……….please no applause : )

I have heard through the grapevine, that yinze really hate the Steelers and their fanbase and can really vile to us when we visit here. It was hard for me to beleive so I had to find out firsthand.

Anybody want to talk some football? Why isn’t their an ask a Steeler fan on here?

by steeler fever on Dec 30, 2011 6:56 PM EST reply actions

ask a Steeler fan on here

I’ve heard from some Steelers fans that it makes them nauseous to have to root for a team led by Ben Roethlisberger and with a brain damaged dolt playing linebacker?

That was my understanding.

by burntorangeandbrown on Dec 30, 2011 7:05 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs

Do you just pour the anti-nausea medicine straight into your beer before you watch a game, or do you just go straight for the hard stuff so you don’t have to remember who it is you just rooted for?

That was my understanding.

by burntorangeandbrown on Dec 30, 2011 7:07 PM EST up reply actions

option A?

by steeler fever on Dec 30, 2011 7:12 PM EST up reply actions

What are you going to ask them? Rapist or sociopath?

by HenryDawg on Dec 30, 2011 7:09 PM EST up reply actions

B

though I prefer to be called a maniac not a socipath.

by steeler fever on Dec 30, 2011 7:21 PM EST up reply actions

What’s it like to have your head so far up your ass you can smell your own bad breath?

by HenryDawg on Dec 30, 2011 7:10 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs

lol

I actually don’t have a sense of smell……….thats why I was sent over by the Steeler Nation to say HI.

by steeler fever on Dec 30, 2011 7:14 PM EST up reply actions

Often times I wonder how the social polls in America would vary on issues like obesity and literacy if they simply let the Steeler Nation secede from our great country.

Honor. Courage. Commitment.

by Brownsbacker488 on Dec 30, 2011 8:13 PM EST up reply actions

Pollution would go down. There are numerous environmental groups trying to improve the air quality. It’s among the worst in the nation, if not the worst. Completely legitimate fact too.

Even Doug Dieken admits Joe Thomas is the real #73

by Doc's Kid on Dec 31, 2011 12:04 AM EST up reply actions

do you speak english?

by athensdawg on Dec 30, 2011 8:28 PM EST up reply actions

check that, CAN you speak english?

by athensdawg on Dec 30, 2011 8:28 PM EST up reply actions

sad truth....

I was actually an English major for a couple of years. But that was long, long ago.

by steeler fever on Dec 30, 2011 10:04 PM EST up reply actions

RT out huh?

Woodley who lines up against your right tackle is out for the game too. Worilds will be taking his place ,I would imagine. He has a “decent” pass rush, but he is not that good against the run. Should be interesting to see what happens between yinze backup and our backup.

Of course Harrison is back for this game against the Browns. I sure hope he doesn’t hurt Seneca Wallace. I don’t want him suspended for the playoffs!

by steeler fever on Dec 30, 2011 7:01 PM EST reply actions

It is true that James Harrison was raised by chimpanzees?

That was my understanding.

by burntorangeandbrown on Dec 30, 2011 7:09 PM EST up reply actions

no

Gorillars!

by steeler fever on Dec 30, 2011 7:14 PM EST up reply actions

Chimpanzees are too smart to raise a peanut head like Harrison.

Honor. Courage. Commitment.

by Brownsbacker488 on Dec 30, 2011 8:25 PM EST up reply actions

exactly!

We don’t want our linebackers smart. We want em big and mean!

by steeler fever on Dec 30, 2011 10:05 PM EST up reply actions

Suspension should be the least of his worries.

by HenryDawg on Dec 30, 2011 7:13 PM EST up reply actions 3 recs

I guess you don't make many friends

when you are the baddest man in the NFL today!

by steeler fever on Dec 30, 2011 7:15 PM EST up reply actions

poor James

by steeler fever on Dec 30, 2011 7:15 PM EST up reply actions

Look at that cast of dregs
- braylon
- winslow
- charlie frye!

by Monsters of the Midway on Dec 31, 2011 9:38 AM EST up reply actions

I hear Braylon is available again

by steeler fever on Dec 31, 2011 9:46 AM EST up reply actions

I have actually been impressed with your recent drafts.

I had expected yinze to be a team on the rise and was suprised by your W-L record this year. Whats going on?

by steeler fever on Dec 30, 2011 7:19 PM EST reply actions

Yinze… what a dirt bag.

"A drug person can learn to cope with things like seeing their dead grandmother crawling up their leg with a knife in her teeth. But no one should be asked to handle this trip." Thompson

by LocalMan on Dec 30, 2011 7:21 PM EST up reply actions

I assume you are directing that at me?

I feel stereotyped! How did you know I ride a Harley?

by steeler fever on Dec 30, 2011 7:24 PM EST up reply actions

can you at least spell YINZ right, you’re an embarrassment to all from pa.

by athensdawg on Dec 30, 2011 8:36 PM EST up reply actions

I am not from pa.

Just trying to fit in……than YINZ for showing me the light.

by steeler fever on Dec 30, 2011 8:38 PM EST up reply actions

bandwagon jumper….i get it

by athensdawg on Dec 30, 2011 8:39 PM EST up reply actions

I have to be from PA to be a Steelers fan?

Beleive it or not, our fanbase has lifelong fans from all across the nation. Its what happens when you win Championship over multiple decades.

by steeler fever on Dec 30, 2011 8:43 PM EST up reply actions

i’m from neo, don’t pretend to be who you’re not. bandwagon jumper

by athensdawg on Dec 30, 2011 9:00 PM EST up reply actions

oh wow....no fooling you

You are right, me and half the nation all jumped onto the bandwagon. Must be because of the popularity of the Steelers.

I am so busted….

by steeler fever on Dec 30, 2011 9:04 PM EST up reply actions

you just answered the question, thank you. where are you from anyway?

by athensdawg on Dec 30, 2011 9:07 PM EST up reply actions

That is one thing I’ve never understood about NFL fans. I’ve always assumed that a person should root for the team that they have the strongest local ties to or have a family history of. So it wouldn’t make sense for me to be a Browns fan living in San Diego, but I’m born and raised from Columbus, OH and almost everyone else in my family is a Browns fan. If I were to just choose to root for the Steelers or say the Cowboys or 49ers from the 90s just because they were popular and successful then that would pretty much define me as a bandwagon fan. It would be equivalent to following the cool kids around school just to make yourself look cool too.

Honor. Courage. Commitment.

by Brownsbacker488 on Dec 30, 2011 9:22 PM EST up reply actions

by HenryDawg on Dec 30, 2011 9:24 PM EST up reply actions

I jumped on the Steelers bandwagon

39 years ago. I live somewhere in the south, in a state that doesn’t have its own professional football team.

I am such a dirtbag, shitbag, douchebag. Any other bags yinz missed, that I am?

I should be so ashamed!

by steeler fever on Dec 30, 2011 9:27 PM EST up reply actions

thanks for correcting the spelling. you’re welcome…dirtbag…

by athensdawg on Dec 30, 2011 9:28 PM EST up reply actions

even dirtbags such as myself

can try to improve.

by steeler fever on Dec 30, 2011 9:30 PM EST up reply actions

hahaha, all in good fun! we certainly don’t wish harm to you and yours, but wen it comes to browns-steelers….well you fill in the blank. happy holidaze to you and yours, and eff the steelers! haha

by athensdawg on Dec 30, 2011 9:33 PM EST up reply actions

Happy New Year!

by steeler fever on Dec 30, 2011 9:48 PM EST up reply actions

I never called you a bag of anything. Only misguided. The grass is a lot greener in OH.

Honor. Courage. Commitment.

by Brownsbacker488 on Dec 30, 2011 9:59 PM EST up reply actions

Yinze? You, sir, must have diagnosed with the fatal disease commonly known as “Harrisonitis.” Common symptoms include denial, rabid anger, foaming at the mouth, and continuously bashing your head into walls while mumbling Roger Goodell’s name.

Honor. Courage. Commitment.

by Brownsbacker488 on Dec 30, 2011 8:22 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs

really?

I usually walk around saying DPOY, DPOY. But if you are too jealous of Harrison and the Steelers to have an intellectual converstaion about football, I can understand your misconception.

by steeler fever on Dec 30, 2011 8:33 PM EST up reply actions

There is no intellect when discussing James Harrison. Only sad, sad stupidity. However, if you truly want to have a real conversation about LEGAL football then I would be more than happy to partake in your efforts.

Honor. Courage. Commitment.

by Brownsbacker488 on Dec 30, 2011 8:36 PM EST up reply actions

James was not fined this year and only had the 1 suspension

logic would say his other plays were legal and should give us lots to talk about.

by steeler fever on Dec 30, 2011 8:54 PM EST up reply actions

If you have something you want to talk about go ahead and mention it, but I honestly don’t have much to say other than Harrison is about as classy as thug off the streets and I don’t like the team you choose to root for.

Honor. Courage. Commitment.

by Brownsbacker488 on Dec 30, 2011 10:10 PM EST up reply actions

Considering a suspension also cost him that game’s paycheck, you could say he was fined that much. He also missed how many games this season before we played each other? Not playing usually helps when it comes to illegal plays. Nearly every tackle he goes for is at least a spear. People only talk about H2H hits, but anytime you lead with the crown of your helmet is illegal.

Even Doug Dieken admits Joe Thomas is the real #73

by Doc's Kid on Dec 31, 2011 12:10 AM EST up reply actions

off the top of my head

I beleive he has played in 11 games with 11 sacks.

by steeler fever on Dec 31, 2011 9:46 AM EST up reply actions

Question for ya......now that we got the name calling out of the way and I know what a dirtbag I am.

Why did yinz name your blog Dawgs By Nature, rather than Dawg Pound?

Are ya glad Mangini is gone? I see him on ESPN and he seems like a nice guy, but not a great motivator of men.

What’s up with Peyton Hillis? Another kid I was followed in College. Do you think he is involved with Steroids? He wasn’t nearly as big in college as he is now. I know some players get a little bigger after they get to the NFL. But he went from Bruce Banner to the Hulk.

by steeler fever on Dec 30, 2011 10:39 PM EST reply actions

I seriously had to look up to see what "yinz" meant. Never heard anyone ever say that before.

by Brownie's Year on Dec 30, 2011 11:35 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs

1. Haven’t been here since the beginning, so no clue (And stop saying “yinz.” It’s worse than “battled.”)
2. People seemed split on Mangini’s firing. So far Shurmur has made that seem like a horrible idea to let Mangini go. My brother and I actually agreed in thinking that Mangini was probably the best coach we’ve had post-1999.
3. Hillis is a beast. No steroids. He’s been pulling trucks and stuff since high school. I would figure he spent a lot of time getting stronger while on the bench at Arkansas and Denver.

Even Doug Dieken admits Joe Thomas is the real #73

by Doc's Kid on Dec 31, 2011 12:30 AM EST up reply actions

And boning Mrs. McDaniels.

XBL - TheRabbit087. Get at me.

by SpecialBrownie on Dec 31, 2011 1:01 AM EST up reply actions

Please, stop saying yinz. It seriously makes you sound ignorant as all hell whether you’re a Steeler fan or not.

1. I didn’t name it, but we are dogs by nature so it makes sense. Also, I think it would be inappropriate to take away from what the real Dawg Pound is. Although there are probably a lot more diehard fans on this message board than what’s in those seats nowadays as compared to the past. I’ve seen it first hand. Some of those folks sadly just don’t care…

2. I never had a major problem with Mangini, but I don’t think he was the right guy for us from the get-go. He reminded me a lot of Butch Davis – too authoritarian. He never earned the respect of the players, and his coaching philosophy is impossible if your players aren’t 100% respected by him. To this day I resent him for passing over Clay Matthews Jr. and I will until the day I die.

3. If Hillis were shootin the juice the NFL would have caught on by now. Brian Cushing was caught, and that’s a better example than Peyton from the collegiate level to the pros.

Honor. Courage. Commitment.

by Brownsbacker488 on Dec 31, 2011 2:22 AM EST up reply actions

Say what you want about Mangini but the players 100% respected him.

"An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools" -Hemingway

by notthatnoise on Dec 31, 2011 10:30 AM EST up reply actions

I thought that til our losing streak end of last season.

....just need a guy called Byner to play RT...

by LondonBrown on Dec 31, 2011 11:22 AM EST up reply actions

I don’t believe Colt McCoy ever did after that news broke about his relationship with Brian Daboll.

Honor. Courage. Commitment.

by Brownsbacker488 on Dec 31, 2011 5:00 PM EST up reply actions

Reminder to everyone: you are expected to act civil, regardless of what team another fan roots for. If they get out of hand first, have at it, but unprovoked personal attacks will not be tolerated.

"An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools" -Hemingway

by notthatnoise on Dec 31, 2011 10:31 AM EST reply actions 1 recs