were not healthy (Cassel, Albert, Page, etc). He just will not allow slackers.

that Niswanger IS NOT an interior Lineman (I doubt he has the feet to play tackle) He was injured last season on the same type play (QB keeper). And once again Smith outplayed Niswanger.

I hate to see a guy like Niswanger get hurt, but maybe it’ll be a catalyst for change on that Line. (other than @ RT) Pioli/Haley will now realize that Smith should be the starting Center or move Waters their and start Smith at Guard. Now I’m under no illusion or delusion that Niswanger is the sole problem, but he is the weakest link!

Niswanger was hurt this time, but if they don’t get that pass rush up the middle slowed down soon, it’ll be the QB’s being carted off.

Wade Smith needs to be starting!

I saved all of LJ’s tweets if they are ever needed.

as for the injuries.
Niswanger should have never been hurt, hated that call, wouldve been a long sneak, and we’re lucky cassel didnt get his leg rolled on.

Page is obviously on the edge of Haley’s circle, seems to be getting pushed out.

Albert: bye week plain and simple, we all knew he wasnt playing.

And Id like to take this time to say I think when you have the worst starting RB in the nfl, that includes yards per carry, blocking,..how can you expect the pass game to work without a line, a run game and always facing 3rd and long….Charles summed it up best saying we missed throws, dropped balls missed blocks..execution.,,if charles had 140 plus touches, im sure he wouldve found the end zone, certain in fact.

I know this has nothing to do with this article, but I read arrowheadpride everyday and i’ve never seen anything about which defensive player wears the helmet with the headset. Does anyone know which player/players wear the “special helmet”

he will never win consistently due 2 his ego and treatment of players…..is it me or does he treat all of Herms ex players like dirt…last i checked the guy he drafted Jackson didnt record a tkl yesterday…..and he still starts……he’s a walking double standard!

I always assumed it was Williams, but not sure about that. It’s generally an inside LB’er.

may be right, you do see Belcher giving a lot of hand signals

I am hoping the Niswanger injury becomes a blessing in disguise, just as I hoped the Mike Goff injury would be. It forces us to re-evaluate some of the guys we already have (Alleman, Ndukwe, Richardson, Colin Brown, etc.) and also look at free agents. IS AQ Shipley still available? He is a guy I liked coming out of the Draft, but is on the Steelers PS right now.

Here is the rule regarding PS players: "a player under contract to a club as a Practice Squad player is completely free to sign a contract with another NFL club during the season in order to be on the second club’s Active/Inactive (i.e., 53 man) list. A practice squad player may not sign an NFL Player Contract with his Club’s next opponent later than 4:00 p.m., New York time, on the sixth day preceding the game (except in bye weeks, when the prohibition commences on the tenth day preceding the game).If another club signs a Practice Squad player to its 53 man roster it does not have to provide any sort of compensation to the player’s former club but it generally must keep the player on the 53 man roster for at least 3 weeks, thereby mandating that he earns in 2007 the minimum first year salary for said 3 week period ($285,000 prorated weekly). "

I say bring him in.

So far, every position on the OL has been affected by injuries. Maybe Haley’s stress on losing weight is the culprit? Would be a good question to ask at a press conference.