Daily Links: Praise for Steelers Twitter, Another Throwback Idea
Complex Sports ranked the Twitter accounts of all 32 NFL teams, postulating their rankings based on creativity, engagement, and humor. The Pittsburgh Steelers Twitter account came in at No. 7.
“The AFC North knows how to tweet and they love trolling each other. The Steelers’ biggest tweets of the season came at the expense of the Bengals,” Complex Sports wrote.
.@Bengals pic.twitter.com/7Q6POMcNUK
— Pittsburgh Steelers (@steelers) September 11, 2022
? Former Steelers free safety Ryan Clark shared on Twitter that he attended Clark Haggans’ funeral. Haggans, a former outside linebacker for the Steelers from 2000-2007, passed away at the age of 46 on June 19 in Fort Collins, Colorado.
We laid you to rest today my boy. You taught us how to live everyday full of joy, & we owe it to you to share that lesson. We will miss you fam!! Rest Easy Clark 🙏🏾! pic.twitter.com/dHTgh68UZS
— Ryan Clark (@Realrclark25) July 22, 2023
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? Gridiron Uniforms would like to see the Steelers bring back the white pants option for a few road games. The Steelers wore the all-white uniforms during the 1970 and 1971 seasons.
#HereWeGo Anyone want to start some hype to encourage the @steelers to bring back the white pants option for a few road games? Black socks are still a must. pic.twitter.com/ExSgZMXFPr
— Gridiron Uniforms (@GridironUniform) July 21, 2023
? According to Ryan Scarpino, for the Steelers to https://twitter.com/scarpizio/status/1682392800346927104″>average
24 points per game this season, they’d need to score 408 points. That’s 100 more points than they scored in 2022. Only once since the merger did they score 100 more points than the previous season and that was 2020.
? Happy birthday to Steelers defensive lineman Armon Watts, who turns 27 today. Watts was born on July 22, 1996 in St. Louis, Missouri. He’s entering his first season with Pittsburgh after one with the Chicago Bears and three with the Minnesota Vikings.
? Steel City Star posted a clip of how the Steelers closed out a 33-10 divisional round win over the Denver Broncos in dominating fashion in 1978.
Back-to-back-to-back-to-back plays by the Steel Curtain
Closing out a 33-10 playoff win with 5 minutes left (1978) pic.twitter.com/inJarLpATH
— Steel City Star (@steelcitystar) July 20, 2023
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