Joe Rutter stories, Page 106
5 things we learned in Steelers’ win over Bengals
Five things we learned from Steelers 16, Bengals 10: ••• 1. No Conner, no worries Using a rotation that featured all four running backs at various stages of the game, the Steelers rushed for a season-high 160 yards against the Bengals, who also happen to have the NFL’s worst run...
Steelers defense answers call in 4th quarter with 2 takeaways vs. Bengals
CINCINNATI — Devin Bush has found himself out of position at times in pass coverage in his rookie season, but he made a play after the catch Sunday that showed why the Pittsburgh Steelers traded up to the No. 10 overall spot to select the former Michigan inside linebacker. Bush...
Backup QB Devlin Hodges comes off bench, leads Steelers past BengalsVideo
CINCINNATI — Devlin Hodges injected some life into the Pittsburgh Steelers offense in the second half Sunday, coming off the bench to direct a 16-10 come-from-behind victory against the winless Cincinnati Bengals at Paul Brown Stadium. The question is this: after helping produce 13 second-half points, will the rookie quarterback...
Mason Rudolph fined $50K by NFL for fight with Myles Garrett
Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Mason Rudolph was fined $50,000 for his fight with Cleveland Browns defensive end Myles Garrett in the waning moments of their game Nov. 14 at FirstEnergy Stadium. Rudolph tussled with Garrett with eight seconds remaining in the Steelers’ 21-7 loss. Garrett took Rudolph to the ground after...
Steelers confident Mason Rudolph can rebound from worst NFL startVideo
Before the final eight seconds transpired at FirstEnergy Stadium, Mason Rudolph already was set to the face the most challenging week of preparation in his young NFL career with the Pittsburgh Steelers. Before Rudolph scuffled with Cleveland Browns defensive end Myles Garrett, before he was hit on the head by...
Steelers teammates defend Mason Rudolph against Myles Garrett’s allegation of racial slurVideo
Mason Rudolph’s teammates again rushed to his defense Thursday, a week after Cleveland Browns defensive lineman Myles Garrett clubbed him with his own helmet. This time, the Pittsburgh Steelers defended their quarterback after Garrett reportedly accused Rudolph of using a racial slur when a brawl broke out between the two...
James Conner, JuJu Smith-Schuster sit out practice again for Steelers
It is increasingly likely the Pittsburgh Steelers will face the winless Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday without two of their starting skill position players. Running back James Conner (shoulder) and wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster (concussion/knee) did not practice Thursday for the second day in a row. The 5-5 Steelers have just...
Steelers teammates defend Mason Rudolph against Myles Garrett’s allegation of racial slurVideo
Mason Rudolph’s teammates again rushed to his defense Thursday, a week after Cleveland Browns defensive lineman Myles Garrett clubbed him with his own helmet. This time, the Pittsburgh Steelers defended their quarterback after Garrett reportedly accused Rudolph of using a racial slur when a brawl broke out between the two...
Steelers WR Diontae Johnson returns to practice after sustaining concussion vs. Browns
The sight of Diontae Johnson on the practice field Wednesday, less than a week after he suffered a concussion on a helmet-to-helmet hit against the Cleveland Browns, was a welcome one for Pittsburgh Steelers teammate James Washington. “It was good to see that,” Washington said. “He’s an asset to us....
No place like home for Steelers’ Tuzar Skipper as he embraces return
Tuzar Skipper never wanted to leave the Pittsburgh Steelers, so you can imagine his elation when they brought him back to the organization this week. For the first time in two-and-a-half months, Skipper had a locker at UPMC Rooney Sports Complex, and he made his feelings evident as he talked...
Steelers’ Mason Rudolph regrets not ‘keeping my cool’ in incident with Myles GarrettVideo
Quarterback Mason Rudolph accepted responsibility for his role in the melee last Thursday with Cleveland Browns defensive lineman Myles Garrett that marred the end of the Pittsburgh Steelers’ 21-7 loss at FirstEnergy Stadium. Rudolph held an impromptu media session in a team video studio before the team walkthrough Wednesday morning....
Mike Tomlin: ‘Not a lot of discussion’ on Steelers attending Colin Kaepernick workout
Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin was asked Tuesday at his weekly news conference whether the organization considered sending a scout to Atlanta on Saturday to attend free agent quarterback Colin Kaepernick’s workout. The Steelers were not among the 25 teams the NFL said were planning to attend the workout, which...
Signed from Giants practice squad, OLB Tuzar Skipper returns to Steelers
It took 11 weeks into the NFL season for the Pittsburgh Steelers to bring linebacker Tuzar Skipper back to their 53-man roster. Skipper, who was lost on a waiver claim to the New York Giants after the first week of games, returned to the Steelers on Tuesday when defensive end...
Mike Tomlin ready to ‘smile’ as he tries to cobble together offense to face Bengals
His Pro Bowl wide receiver and team MVP has a knee injury in addition to a concussion. One of his other starting receivers also is concussed. His Pro Bowl running back aggravated a shoulder injury that already kept him out for two weeks. His All-Pro center is facing a three-game...
Steelers RB Benny Snell to resume practicing after missing 3 games with injuryVideo
James Conner’s availability for the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday is unknown, but coach Mike Tomlin said Tuesday rookie running back Benny Snell might have a role when his team faces the Cincinnati Bengals at Paul Brown Stadium. Snell, who has missed three games because of arthroscopic surgery on his knee,...
Steelers’ Mike Tomlin calls Myles Garrett-Mason Rudolph fight ‘ugly’Video
The Pittsburgh Steelers have been in the national spotlight since their matchup with the Cleveland Browns last Thursday, a loss that culminated with a fight between quarterback Mason Rudolph and Browns defensive end Myles Garrett. Garrett, who ripped off Rudolph’s helmet and then struck him on the head with it,...
David DeCastro ready to ‘cross that bridge’ if NFL fines him for role in Browns skirmish
Three players already have received suspensions for their role in the melee that took place at the end of the Pittsburgh Steelers’ game Thursday at Cleveland. Quarterback Mason Rudolph, who was not suspended for his encounter with Browns defensive lineman Myles Garrett, is expected to be fined, and ESPN reported...
Steelers bracing for playing several games without center Maurkice Pouncey
David DeCastro doesn’t like envisioning a short-term future without teammate Maurkice Pouncey manning the middle of the Pittsburgh Steelers offensive line. It’s a reality DeCastro and the Steelers face in the aftermath of a three-game suspension that the team’s All-Pro center received for fighting with Cleveland Browns defensive end Myles...
NFL moves Dec. 1 Steelers-Browns game to 1 p.m. kickoff
The NFL changed the start time of the Pittsburgh Steelers’ rematch with the Cleveland Browns on Dec. 1 to 1 p.m. The game originally was scheduled to kick off at 4:25 p.m. The game still will be televised by CBS. Replacing the Steelers-Browns in the 4:25 p.m. time slot will...
Helmet hits in Steelers-Browns game test NFL’s concussion-reduction strategy
The Pittsburgh Steelers will begin a week of preparations Monday for their next game, and they will do so with three players, including two starters, in the NFL concussion protocol. Wide receivers JuJu Smith-Schuster and Diontae Johnson and linebacker Ola Adeniyi were placed in the protocol after suffering concussions in...
Steelers decline to attend Colin Kaepernick workout
The Pittsburgh Steelers did not have a representative scout free-agent quarterback Colin Kaepernick’s workout Saturday in Atlanta. Eight teams attended the official workout that was switched to a high school facility an hour away. Kaepernick changed locations after his representatives and the NFL disagreed about some conditions regarding the scheduled...
Steelers sign 2 players to provide depth at WR, RB positions
In the wake of injuries suffered by wide receivers JuJu Smith-Schuster and Diontae Johnson, plus running back James Conner, on Thursday night in a 21-7 loss at Cleveland, the Pittsburgh Steelers signed two players to their 53-man roster Saturday. The additions are wide receiver Deion Cain and running back Kerrith...
Steelers’ matchup with Browns brings amped-up sense of physicality to rivalryVideo
When the Pittsburgh Steelers travel to Ohio, they are used to encountering the type of physical, and occasionally reckless, brand of football that was on display Thursday night. It’s just that they expect to face it when visiting their divisional neighbors in the southern part of the state, not when...
Pittsburgh athletes can be found on right, wrong end of equipment-related shenanigans
Not since Randall Simon swung a baseball bat at a sausage race competitor 16 years ago has the national spotlight shined on a Pittsburgh professional athlete for an incident involving a piece of equipment. Only this time, a Pittsburgh player was on the receiving end when Steelers quarterback Mason Rudolph...
Browns’ Myles Garrett suspended indefinitely, Steelers’ Maurkice Pouncey 3 games for brawl
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell acted swiftly to discipline Cleveland Browns defensive lineman Myles Garrett for swinging Mason Rudolph’s helmet at the Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback’s unprotected head, suspending him indefinitely Friday afternoon with the punishment carrying through at least the rest of the regular season and postseason. Steelers center Maurkice Pouncey,...
