Chris Adamski stories, Page 40

Blame Acrisure? Over a span of 53 seasons while playing in venues named Three Rivers Stadium and Heinz Field, the Pittsburgh Steelers only once had a losing record in home games. That was 1999, the second-to-last season played at Three Rivers. During 21 seasons playing a stone’s throw down the...

After a week of scrutiny following a game in which CBS cameras caught him expressing frustration during a one-catch, two-target stat line in a win at the Atlanta Falcons, George Pickens made some big plays in the Pittsburgh Steelers’ loss Sunday. Pickens had receptions of 42 and 25 yards, an...

During Mitch Trubisky’s brief tenure as the Pittsburgh Steelers starting quarterback earlier this season, a common criticism and narrative surrounding his performance was he was not aggressive enough or willing to take chances. Trubisky’s second relief outing — and first action of any kind in almost two months — could...

After finishing last in the NFL in rushing yards allowed per game last season, the Pittsburgh Steelers had climbed as high as sixth in the league in that category in 2022. Their past six quarters have all but whittled that away. Seven days after allowing 128 yards in the second...

This is Calais Campbell’s third season playing for Baltimore’s NFL team. He finally, in good faith, can call himself a Raven. “I’d been hearing it all week,” the veteran defensive lineman said, “ ‘You’re not a Raven until you beat the Steelers.’ ” And a big reason Campbell’s Ravens beat...

Kenny Pickett wasn’t the only Pittsburgh Steelers player unable to finish Sunday’s game against the Baltimore Ravens. Defensive lineman Chris Wormley did not play after suffering an injury to his left knee during the third quarter of the 16-14 loss. Coach Mike Tomlin did not provide much detail on the...

Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Kenny Pickett left Sunday’s home game before the end of the first quarter and did not return after being placed in NFL concussion protocol. Veteran Mitch Trubisky replaced him in facing the Baltimore Ravens, which went on to win the game 16-14. After absorbing a tackle to...

T.J. Watt, Diontae Johnson and Malik Reed were upgraded in their injury status Saturday and will play for the Pittsburgh Steelers in Sunday’s home game against the Baltimore Ravens. All three were listed as questionable on the status report Friday. Watt and Johnson, in particular, had expressed optimism they would...

1. Ode to Minkah Minkah Fitzpatrick was honored as a first-team AP NFL All-Pro during his first two seasons with the Pittsburgh Steelers. Last year, though, Fitzpatrick went without any hardware. Fitzpatrick’s play in 2022 gives reason to believe he again will be in consideration for All-Pro honors. Only three...

Coming off a rookie season that featured several superlatives and set a franchise record, it was unusual to hear Pat Freiermuth use such a negative term to describe one aspect of his game last year. “My yards per (reception),” Freiermuth said this spring, “was atrocious.” It was anything but in...

Never over the 27 seasons the Pittsburgh Steelers and Baltimore Ravens have been playing has one of the teams had a six-game winning streak in the series. But one of the players taking part in Sunday’s meeting between the two does. Steelers defensive lineman Chris Wormley presumably is the only...

When offensive lineman Trent Scott got to Pittsburgh and joined the Steelers, he was familiar with a player he in some ways replaced, Zach Banner. What he was not familiar with was a unique and colorful term the Steelers use to describe what has become his role. “Yeah, ‘nipple rubber,’...

Two of the Pittsburgh Steelers’ highest-profile and highest-paid players are not assured of playing Sunday against an AFC North rival. Receiver Diontae Johnson and outside linebacker T.J. Watt were listed as questionable to play against the Baltimore Ravens, per the injury report released after Friday’s practice. Johnson has a hip...

In terms of yardage gained, the past four of the Pittsburgh Steelers outings have each ranked among their six best games of the season. The same is true in regards to offensive points scored. Notable, too, is that the Steelers have won three of their past four after a 2-6...

Two starters on the Pittsburgh Steelers offense were upgraded on the league-mandated injury report Thursday, but the news for the MVP of the defense went the opposite direction. T.J. Watt did not practice Thursday after he had been listed as a limited participant the day prior. It’s possible, however, Watt...

Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Diontae Johnson did not practice Thursday, according to the league-mandated injury report. Johnson was listed as being a limited participant because of a hip ailment Wednesday, the first it was acknowledged publicly that Johnson was suffering from an injury of any kind in the wake of...

Pittsburgh Steelers kicker Chris Boswell returned to practice Thursday, more than four weeks after he had been placed on the injured reserve list because of a groin injury. The move opens up a 21-day window in which Boswell must be activated to the 53-man roster, or he is out for...

Soon after George Pickens took to the locker room’s logoed-background staging area reserved for group media sessions, he interrupted a reporter’s question Wednesday morning. Three days after he had one catch for 2 yards on two targets and was shown on CBS cameras purportedly complaining about his lack of involvement...

Remarkably, Lamar Jackson has only three career starts against the Pittsburgh Steelers. It appears likely that will remain the case for at least another few weeks. Jackson, the Baltimore Ravens’ star quarterback, left Sunday’s Baltimore win against the Denver Broncos because of injury. Ravens coach John Harbaugh on Monday implied...

It could be argued the Watt who had the biggest impact on the Pittsburgh Steelers’ win at the Atlanta Falcons on Sunday wasn’t reigning NFL Defensive Player of the Year T.J. but his older brother Derek. While that’s probably not entirely true, statistically it might be. After all, while battling...

Not many terms derive universal joy from NFL players like “Victory Monday,” the colloquial term for when a coach doesn’t schedule mandatory meetings for the day after a win. Victory Mondays have been a rarity for the 2022 Pittsburgh Steelers if for no other reason than they have had so...

DeMarvin Leal was activated off of the injured reserve list Saturday, clearing the way for the rookie defensive lineman to return to game action for the first time in eight weeks when the Pittsburgh Steelers play at the Atlanta Falcons on Sunday. Leal hasn’t played since Oct. 9 at Buffalo,...

James Pierre’s first-quarter interception helped spur a Pittsburgh Steelers victory against the Indianapolis Colts this past Monday night. It also helped spur a celebration that cost some Steelers defenders a collective $132,484. Thirteen defensive players were fined amounts ranging from $4,715 to $13,261 in relation to their actions following Pierre’s...

1. Cool under pressure Conventional wisdom is to rattle rookie quarterbacks via pressure and blitzing. For the Pittsburgh Steelers rookie quarterback, though, that’s been where he has excelled. How about this nugget CBSSports.com unearthed: Kenny Pickett leads the NFL this season in completion percentage when blitzed. In situations during this...

When Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin on Tuesday referenced Arthur Maulet and other run-stopping nickel defensive backs as “angry little people,” the assembled media laughed. When told of Tomlin’s colorful descriptor, the 5-foot-10, 190-pound Maulet laughed, too. But it wasn’t because it was a new Tomlin-ism that made him chuckle....