Joe Rutter stories, Page 40
Steelers safety Damontae Kazee to miss time with ankle injury: ‘I have to slow down’
After injuring his ankle in practice a day earlier, Pittsburgh Steelers veteran safety Damontae Kazee wore a walking boot Sunday and said it could be a while before he returns to the fields at Saint Vincent College. Kazee indicated that, with a cautious approach, he could be out for a...
Steelers inside the ropes: On soggy day, Hakeem Butler holds onto ball, makes playsVideo
Despite being a highly regarded prospect and fourth-round draft pick, Hakeem Butler never has caught a pass in an NFL game. If the 27-year-old wide receiver continues to play like he did Saturday in his third practice of training camp with the Pittsburgh Steelers, he might get a chance to...
Steelers practice report: Minkah Fitzpatrick excused by Mike Tomlin for personal matterVideo
Minkah Fitzpatrick did not practice for the third day in a row at the outset of training camp for the Pittsburgh Steelers. Unlike the first two practices, Fitzpatrick wasn’t wearing a floppy hat and watching from the field while his teammates practiced Saturday. Coach Mike Tomlin said that he has...
4 Super Bowl champion players join Steelers Hall of Honor in Class of ’23Video
If you didn’t have multiple Super Bowl rings, you weren’t a member of the Pittsburgh Steelers’ Class of 2023 for the franchise’s Hall of Honor. Four former players were selected to join the exclusive fraternity Saturday, with two representing the super Steelers from the 1970s and two from this century’s...
George Pickens expects to see more targets in Steelers’ evolving deep passing game
George Pickens said it was no coincidence that, on the first play of training camp for the Pittsburgh Steelers, Kenny Pickett dropped back and threw deep down the sideline. Or that Pickens was the intended target. “I just feel like that is an explosive hint,” Pickens said Thursday, “that we’re...
ILB Cole Holcomb relishes chance to begin full practice participation with Steelers
Cole Holcomb was one of the first players to take the field Wednesday when the Pittsburgh Steelers held their first practice of training camp. His early attendance wasn’t an accident. “I’m a very impatient person,” Holcomb said. “I wanted to get back out there.” Because of December foot surgery, the...
Play time is over for former Steelers ball boy Joey Porter Jr.Video
It’s safe to say Joey Porter Jr. is taking his new job with the Pittsburgh Steelers more seriously than the one he held when he was a teenager. The rookie cornerback from Penn State, who was the No. 32 overall selection in the NFL Draft, was on the practice fields...
Steelers’ reps Art Rooney Jr., Buddy Parker survive latest round of Hall of Fame voting
The Pittsburgh Steelers had both of their representatives make the cut in the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s coach/contributor category. Art Rooney Jr., who presided over the team’s scouting efforts for more than two decades, and former coach Buddy Parker are among the 12 candidates that reached the latest round...
After using Uber to get to camp, Steelers rookie Broderick Jones will try to ride solo at left tackle
Nobody landed on the Saint Vincent College campus in a helicopter. Nobody arrived amid the blaring sirens of a fire truck. Reporting day for the Pittsburgh Steelers was a rather ho-hum affair Wednesday. Heck, first-round draft pick Broderick Jones didn’t even have his own transportation to Saint Vincent. Jones relied...
Steelers report to training camp intent on ending ‘too long’ streak of playoff failures
Since he joined the Pittsburgh Steelers in 2017, outside linebacker T.J. Watt has enjoyed a treasure trove of individual success. He has tied the NFL single-season sacks record. He has been named the league’s defensive player of the year. He received a nine-figure contract that made him the highest-paid player...
Steelers agree to 4-year rookie deal with CB Joey Porter Jr. on eve of reporting to camp
It took until the day before players reported to training camp, but the Pittsburgh Steelers finally got the last of their draft picks under contract. Cornerback Joey Porter Jr., the team’s initial second-round selection out of Penn State, agreed to terms on his four-year rookie contract Tuesday. Porter had been...
5 storylines facing the Steelers as they report to training camp at Saint Vincent
It has been almost 200 days since the Pittsburgh Steelers’ season ended short of the playoffs when they were edged for the seventh spot in the AFC postseason derby. After a season that ended on a four-game winning streak came to an abrupt finish, the work to prepare for the...
Armed with new contract, Steelers OLB Alex Highsmith believes ‘best ball is in front of me’
On the heels of his most productive season, Alex Highsmith received a five-year, $70 million contract that makes him one of the NFL’s 10 highest-paid pass rushers. Highsmith is determined to show the Pittsburgh Steelers he is worth the investment. “I know my best ball is in front of me,”...
OC Matt Canada hopes 3rd time is the charm to get Steelers’ offense humming
When the regular season opens for the Pittsburgh Steelers in September, the most scrutinized person won’t be found taking snaps on the playing field or standing on the sideline. Matt Canada will be sitting in the coaches box high above the playing surface at Acrisure Stadium, relaying plays on his...
Kenny Pickett enters Steelers camp at the head of the table
For the second consecutive year, the Pittsburgh Steelers will have the same three quarterbacks in training camp. Kenny Pickett, though, will no longer arrive as an invited guest when the Steelers report to Saint Vincent College. He has a seat firmly placed at the head of the table. Third on...
Steelers agree to 5-year deal with outside linebacker Alex Highsmith
Alex Highsmith wanted to get a contract done with the Pittsburgh Steelers before the team reported to training camp. He is getting his wish. A week before the Steelers head to Saint Vincent College, Highsmith and the organization agreed to a five-year contract. The deal includes $68 million as part...
Mistakes made as player help Aaron Curry develop as Steelers inside linebackers coach
The clean slate that the Pittsburgh Steelers will take into training camp at inside linebacker isn’t confined to just the players, although that group includes two new starters and two potential backups who weren’t on the roster a year ago. It also holds true for their position coach. Aaron Curry...
Art Rooney Jr., Buddy Parker among semifinalists for Pro Football Hall of Fame
Art Rooney Jr., whose work in the player personnel in the 1970s helped pave the way for the Pittsburgh Steelers to win four Super Bowl titles in that decade, is one of two men with ties to the organization who are semifinalists for election to the Pro Football Hall of...
Steelers plan to allow rookie TE Darnell Washington to ‘grow’ into role on offense
When the Pittsburgh Steelers report to training camp in two weeks, rookie Darnell Washington could be fourth on the unofficial depth chart among tight ends. Washington also could be situated in that spot behind Pat Freiermuth, Zach Gentry and Connor Heyward when the regular season opens in September. That wouldn’t...
Former Steelers WR Deon Cain savors MVP trophy after winning USFL championship
It has been three years since Deon Cain wore a Pittsburgh Steelers uniform, the last time he donned any NFL team’s colors in the regular season. Based on his performance Saturday in the USFL championship game, the 26-year-old wide receiver could expect his phone to ring this summer, with an...
Maulers can’t keep up with Stallions in USFL championship game
When head coach Ray Horton offered his opening remarks on the eve of the USFL championship, he wasn’t concerned that the Pittsburgh Maulers took a losing record into the game against the league’s top team, the Birmingham Stallions. “We’re ready,” Horton said Friday. “We’re like fine-tuned thoroughbred horses that are...
With Maulers in USFL title game, Ray Horton lobbies for son Jarren to get his due in coaching ranks
CANTON, Ohio — It took 30 years and stops at seven NFL destinations for Ray Horton to secure a head coaching job at any level of football. And it came not in the sport’s most decorated league but rather in the upstart USFL. Horton, the former Steelers assistant who was...
Pittsburgh Maulers believe best of season to come in USFL championship game
CANTON, Ohio — Ray Horton can’t take credit for the inspirational words that have served as the Pittsburgh Maulers’ rallying cry late in the USFL season. The Maulers, coached by the former Steelers assistant and NFL defensive coordinator, have overcome a 2-6 start with three consecutive wins that improbably have...
Steelers sign 1st-round pick Broderick Jones, 2nd-rounder Keeanu Benton to rookie deals
After going more than a month without getting one of their three remaining unsigned draft picks under contract, the Pittsburgh Steelers signed first-round offensive tackle Broderick Jones and second-round defensive tackle Keeanu Benton to their rookie contracts Friday. Jones signed about an hour after the Steelers inked Benton to his...
Allen Robinson looking to use break as way to build connection with Steelers QB Kenny Pickett
As he enters his first full season as an NFL starting quarterback with the Pittsburgh Steelers, Kenny Pickett looks to build on the on-field connection he has forged over the past year with wide receivers Diontae Johnson and George Pickens. The time Pickett has spent with veteran pass catcher Allen...
