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Eight games into their season, the Pittsburgh Steelers have definitely received two very early Christmas presents in rookie receiver Mike Wallace and second-year back Rashard Mendenhall.

Thoughts on the game that will surely vault the Steelers up Peter King's Fine Fifteen... 1. This game was 7-3 Steelers at halftime, and that was with a Steeler offense that scored zero points and generated 54 yards of offense.

Three defensive starters for the Steelers were scratched for tonight's game against the Denver Broncos: Safety Ryan Clark, defensive end Travis Kirschke and linebacker Lawrence Timmons, all for health reasons.

As the defending World Champion Pittsburgh Steelers enter in their midway point Monday with the previously unbeaten Denver Broncos and coming off a Week 8 bye, I'm taking full advantage of the off week to hand out some hardware.

Steelers wide receiver Mike Wallace leads all rookies with 21 catches and 368 receiving yards.

The Steelers go into the bye week relatively healthy, though their break comes at a good time for several players.

Percy Harvin News: Percy Harvin is active for the game at Pittsburgh. [ + ] Impact: The rookie has been questionable in each of the last three weeks, but continues to gut it out and play.

Minnesota Vikings cornerback Antoine Winfield was not in uniform for Sunday's game against the Pittsburgh Steelers.

Rashard Mendenhall made his third consecutive start at running back and rushed for a game-high 62 yards and a touchdown on 17 carries in the Steelers ' 27-14 win over the Browns .

Ita s no secret that the NFL is designed to give every team a chance at a Super Bowl title.A The current setup doesna t allow teams to establish dynasties like wea ve seen in years past.A Good teams come and go and bad teams can quickly become contenders.A But for decades, the Pittsburgh Steelers have been consistently competitive.

It's little surprise that Peyton Manning leads the NFL in passing yards. And next in line is ... Tom Brady? Drew Brees? Eli Manning? Brett Favre? Philip Rivers? No, no, no, no and NO.

Willie Parker will play, as expected, today against the Browns but Rashard Mendenhall will start at running back for the Steelers.

Browns linebacker Kamerion Wimbley was sent back to Cleveland with flu-like symptoms before Sunday's game in Pittsburgh, further weakening the NFL's worst rushing defense.

How important is defensive end Aaron Smith to the Steelers' defense? The Steelers have not allowed a 100-yard rusher in 23 consecutive regular-season games , the second-longest streak in the National Football League behind the Minnesota Vikings .

A week earlier, he had dropped a much easier pass, in the University of Texas' season opener against lowly North Texas.

Steelers wide receiver Santonio Holmes was MVP of Super Bowl XLIII with nine catches for 131 yards and the game-winning touchdown.

As a graduate of Penn State, I am friends with quite a bit of Pittsburgh Steelers fans.

Pittsburgh star safety Troy Polamalu took part in practice for a second straight day on Thursday.

A day after declining to speak to reporters, Steelers wide receiver Limas Sweed talked before practice Thursday.

By football's clock it's somewhere amid the ancient history of last year, by most anyone's calendar it was nearly nine months ago, and in all but a few memories a forgotten, meaningless touchdown on a 25-degree January night of blowing snow and rattling bones.