...to potential buyers. At least, that's what  a text message and this article tell me:

The Wall Street Journal is reporting that the Pittsburgh Steelers franchise has been "secretly shopped around" to potential buyers.

This comes as there are reported divisions among the five sons of Art Rooney, Sr., the team's founder.

More information on Steelers.com.

While the headline was startling, it doesn't appear that there is reason for panic. For years, our motto as been "In the Rooney's we trust." I think that will apply here, and that even amidst a restructuring of the ownership the best interest of the franchise and fans will be in the forefront of their mind. In fact, transferring controlling ownership to those most fully invested in the organization could have a positive impact - or at the least a negligible one.

What does everyone else think?

(P.S. Whoever sends the mass texts at KDKA has been busy this afternoon. My second message in 5 minutes tells me we signed Denis Dixon.)

Bumped to the main page. I'm just about tired of the draft, so I'm pleased to see selections like this about the rest of our roster. BadMaafala has been rolling out fantastic write-ups about our selections, but once those are completed, I look forward to putting the draft behind us for awhile. - Blitz -

There's a lot of concern about the state of the o-line in Steeler Nation, in part merited but to a great degree overblown. Steelers fans need to worry about something, and this is the gripe of choice these days.

The constant refrain I hear is that the 2008 season will be doomed by the toughest schedule in the league (true) and a shoddy offensive line (maybe). The offensive line may still prove me wrong, but i suspect that - while not dominant - our line will be less of a "sky is falling" disaster than many are predicting.

Here's 7 reasons why:

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